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myohmy2

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2. yes...

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sat May 22, 2021, 02:12 AM

May 2021

...there are no guarantees we'll remain a democracy especially when a third of the population is hell-bent on destroying it...

...I know we're not supposed to think of Republicans as our enemy, but they are...everything we want, think or desire they oppose and they're willing to oppose it violently...how do we coexist with people that don't want to coexist?

...Republicans...

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Is America still in danger of losing her democracy? [View all] kentuck May 2021 OP

It *is* "much better with Biden as president" -- but Trump had 4 years to wreck the country... Hekate May 2021 #1

We must continually look for NEW voters to register. Funtatlaguy May 2021 #14

yes... myohmy2 May 2021 #2

The number is actually much smaller than 1/3. Qgop represents approx 28% of the voting PortTack May 2021 #4

your maths are way off Celerity May 2021 #9

I don't believe 100 million are MAGA. Elessar Zappa May 2021 #18

Goes beyond just the voters, if we are talking about systemic threats, people who would fall in line Celerity May 2021 #22

Sorry, its far higher than 1/3 of our total population Cosmocat May 2021 #11

"Not all republicans believe in the big lie..." myohmy2 May 2021 #13

eternal vigilence is the price of liberty. patphil May 2021 #3

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ PortTack May 2021 #5

I'm more scared now than I was for most of FG's tenure. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #6

The internet will have to be NJCher May 2021 #7

What do you propose? Remember, the US has what is likely one of the long wave, Celerity May 2021 #10

It can be done NJCher May 2021 #17

Yes Meowmee May 2021 #8

As long as a lie carries the same or more weight as the truth Norbert May 2021 #12

You win the thread. Boomerproud May 2021 #16

Well yeah, been like that for a couple hundred years. 48656c6c6f20 May 2021 #15

Thank you. nt PETRUS May 2021 #24

Yes, America isn't a Democracy, it is a Republic MiniMe May 2021 #19

And for most of its history, it has not been a democratic republic. Yavin4 May 2021 #20

Is a democratic republic the same as a republican democracy? kentuck May 2021 #21

This is my deepest worry, actually Tumbulu May 2021 #23

It is close vercetti2021 May 2021 #25