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TreasonousBastard

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32. Well, we don't have any real night riders these days, although the fake ones do case trouble...
Wed Nov 18, 2020, 07:56 PM
Nov 2020

No Rosewoods or Tulsas. Or trails of tears. Or Hoovervilles.

No killings at the railroad strikes, or even railroad strikes much at all. And hardly any Triangle fires, although some elements want to bring back those conditions.

Every generation thinks it's living in the best of times and the worst of times, but it's the fundamentals of human nature that cause the problems, and then save us from them. Trump allowed us to go two steps backwards when we usually only go one, but we still have gone four or five steps forward in just my lifetime. I see these last four years as a blip, not a complete reversal.

Here is how broken we are as a society. [View all] Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 OP
It is beyond broken. It is dangerous idziak4ever1234 Nov 2020 #1
Chin up! We've been in worse shape in the past. TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #2
Other than the actual civil war, I dont think so. We are close to that again, Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #5
They are at war already. We just haven't fought back. unblock Nov 2020 #12
The only thing this element understands is authority. hadEnuf Nov 2020 #40
They are the result of years of RW programming wnylib Nov 2020 #55
Well, we don't have any real night riders these days, although the fake ones do case trouble... TreasonousBastard Nov 2020 #32
I always expected a backlash from Obama getting elected unblock Nov 2020 #45
But we do have concentration camps, wnylib Nov 2020 #59
Warped speed! czarjak Nov 2020 #71
He hurts, in their view, people XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #3
Yes, it is badly broken and I don't think it can be fixed. CatMor Nov 2020 #4
That depressing conclusion is difficult to deny. Laelth Nov 2020 #6
It's depressing. And the same people who adore Trump are threatening the life Mike 03 Nov 2020 #7
I heard him say that too XanaDUer2 Nov 2020 #9
Maybe it's time for a divorce. roamer65 Nov 2020 #8
iF WE did what they are doing we would be shot dead by now, most of us Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #13
Of course. Double standard has always been in favor of the flying monkey right. roamer65 Nov 2020 #15
I agree, though the logistics would be difficult. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #26
The logistics are gonna be difficult anyway. roamer65 Nov 2020 #29
Actually, less than half is in love with the second one. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #10
Well said JGladstone Nov 2020 #18
Less than half is in love with the second one. We just counted. unblock Nov 2020 #11
This is in plain view in the red states. peacebuzzard Nov 2020 #14
I've said this before, but it is clear that Trumpy is the man all those Americans.... A HERETIC I AM Nov 2020 #16
There it is Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #23
Exactly, I do not know if it can. Tumbulu Nov 2020 #62
It's mind-boggling and depressing Yeehah Nov 2020 #17
Or a bdamomma Nov 2020 #28
Republicans run for office on the platform that government doesn't work. Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #31
I don't know... myohmy2 Nov 2020 #19
Oh, for fuck's sake. Squinch Nov 2020 #24
No way! Tumbulu Nov 2020 #63
They are broken, not the rest of us. Rice4VP Nov 2020 #20
that's bdamomma Nov 2020 #36
They hate us, you know. zentrum Nov 2020 #21
Of all the people to die on a hill for hibbing Nov 2020 #22
Reagan was nothing but Trump Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #33
Once we bdamomma Nov 2020 #25
Only about 1/5th of the nation voted for Trump. Kaleva Nov 2020 #27
Yes. This. GoCubsGo Nov 2020 #37
Only a small, vocal minority support Trump Kaleva Nov 2020 #52
Thank you! nt SunSeeker Nov 2020 #49
It is indeed, very broken. warmfeet Nov 2020 #30
The country is Broken. War destroys the country Roc2020 Nov 2020 #34
This is what will truly break the back of what's left of the United States. roamer65 Nov 2020 #35
I agree with everything you've said in your post except... llmart Nov 2020 #38
Toxic turmoil as they are Republicans not Americans. StClone Nov 2020 #39
WTF has Trump ever done for this country? world wide wally Nov 2020 #41
President Biden is a kind, intelligent man marieo1 Nov 2020 #42
Trump has enabled some wrong thinking and unrealistic expectations. Aussie105 Nov 2020 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #44
You are right Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2020 #47
Exactly. nt SunSeeker Nov 2020 #51
But you know what? BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #48
LBJ's words are as true today as they were back then IsItJustMe Nov 2020 #79
Only 22% are in love with the second one. Let's please stop amplifying the numbers. ancianita Nov 2020 #50
... Eliot Rosewater Nov 2020 #61
... ancianita Nov 2020 #64
Its only about 20% and dying off.... Jon King Nov 2020 #53
+1 Aussie105 Nov 2020 #56
It is insanity. And only 150 million cast votes. What about the other 170 million? Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #54
Some would be too young to vote. Aussie105 Nov 2020 #57
The majority of eligible non-voters are the poor and struggling JGladstone Nov 2020 #66
74.2 million of them are minors. Another 10 million are undocumented immigrants who can't vote. ancianita Nov 2020 #65
Thanks much. I was going to look for those numbers. 32 million is still a big number Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #69
But do you feel just as outraged? ancianita Nov 2020 #70
Yeah. I think voting should be required as a right of citizenship. Sorry the numbers did not account Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #73
Heh heh. ancianita Nov 2020 #75
The US of A is stuck with millions of knuckle draggers who are still fighting a Civil War from 1860 Evolve Dammit Nov 2020 #76
It is deliberately, systematically, scientifically broken. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2020 #58
A good reason to stay off social media, surely? Aussie105 Nov 2020 #60
It has to be subliminal messaging on FAUX and alt websites TigressDem Nov 2020 #67
Once Biden is sworn in the RW will devolve in infighting. radius777 Nov 2020 #68
The broken half won't stop until Trump is off the airwaves. Now that tRump crapped on Fox flying_wahini Nov 2020 #72
55% of Americans believe we had an honest election. More than Hortensis Nov 2020 #74
Totally agree. ancianita Nov 2020 #77
Thanks for this! Hope is important right now FakeNoose Nov 2020 #78
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