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In reply to the discussion: An NYT OpEd that says what I'm thinking. [View all]calimary
(81,268 posts)32. This sure speaks to me, too.
Last edited Thu Nov 19, 2020, 07:58 PM - Edit history (1)
EXACTLY how I'm feeling.
You TRY.
You try to set an example.
You reach out - as they're NOT doing (um, what's wrong with THEM reaching out? After all, WE're the ones who WON!!!)
And if they don't come? If they don't want to play? If they STILL don't want to play? Fuck 'em.
I'm sick of it, too. Trying to be nice. When they're kicking us in the teeth, they've BEEN kicking us in the teeth, and they're trying to KEEP kicking us in the teeth even after our election win tied their feet together? And we still have to be nice? FUCK THAT!
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If someone is still supporting Trump after all we know about him, they will probably never
Arkansas Granny
Nov 2020
#5
Democrats have to reach out if we want them to wear facemasks, if we want them to accept
Doodley
Nov 2020
#6
We don't have to like them. They don't have to like us. We do need certain minimal decency.
lagomorph777
Nov 2020
#14
Marginalize tRump-Republicons and force reasonable conservatives to make a new party. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2020
#11
"Just as in 2016, I don't need Trump supporters to be humiliated to feel great again." Final paras
Hekate
Nov 2020
#18
Numbers don't lie; everybody does better when Democrats do the governing.
Hermit-The-Prog
Nov 2020
#26