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Qutzupalotl

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81. There is something we can do.

Mon Nov 15, 2021, 12:15 PM

Nov 2021

Talk to your fellow citizens in person more than you do online. Oppose the other side without hating them. Counter BS with facts rather than more vitriol. Don’t take the bait. Don’t respond in kind.

This may seem pointless at first. The temptation is to justify your own bad behavior by citing theirs. But that just perpetuates the vicious cycle.

Responding calmly will seem insignificant in the onslaught of lies. Individually, it is. Collectively, it can lift the country. Whether it will be enough to stop a fascist takeover remains to be seen.

We can bemoan the fact that we have to be the reasonable ones. That’s understandable. But the other side is a brainwashed cult. We have no choice.

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Is the America we know coming to an end? [View all] Cyrano Nov 2021 OP

You're absolutely correct. Well said. sop Nov 2021 #1

The "America we know" has already come to an end world wide wally Nov 2021 #2

This: But the tide of fascist shit is above your waist and rising. CrispyQ Nov 2021 #3

+1 So many people fail to realize this distressing reality. appalachiablue Nov 2021 #10

Yep Bettie Nov 2021 #22

Thanks for sharing that important perspective from the irishtimes Martin Eden Nov 2021 #30

He does not support that in the article treestar Nov 2021 #53

"..Fascism does not need a majority .." 👈🏾 THIS !!! Nazis only had peak 37% of German parliment uponit7771 Nov 2021 #54

And that 40% thinks they will be the .1% in charge. keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #82

My spirit has been troubled even more as of late. sprinkleeninow Nov 2021 #4

There are some things that wnylib Nov 2021 #67

I'm just so tired. sprinkleeninow Nov 2021 #72

Aren't we all? Four years of Trump wnylib Nov 2021 #77

This would make an excellent original post. CrispyQ Nov 2021 #83

I agree. Hope wnylib is reading this and Cyrano Nov 2021 #85

I can't copy and paste from my phone. wnylib Nov 2021 #88

I guess you're just going to have to tap it all out again. CrispyQ Nov 2021 #89

Well there's a sadistic suggestion. wnylib Nov 2021 #92

Do you have a friend with a desktop or laptop? Cyrano Nov 2021 #90

I would say has come to an end., from what we thought would last for quite a while. BlueJac Nov 2021 #5

I am a woman, disabled, and poor. Ka-Dinh Oy Nov 2021 #6

Hugs XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #7

Awww, thanks. Ka-Dinh Oy Nov 2021 #8

Love and best to you, it's a disgrace what's appalachiablue Nov 2021 #11

I have those problems but I know there are those who have it much worse. Ka-Dinh Oy Nov 2021 #17

Don't let the bastards get you down. Fight and know we care. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #37

Disabled? keithbvadu2 Nov 2021 #84

Functioning democracy and society is breaking down. Hard to see any way to turn it around. Doodley Nov 2021 #9

++ appalachiablue Nov 2021 #12

I think it's already ended FoxNewsSucks Nov 2021 #13

I think the ship had sailed. onecaliberal Nov 2021 #14

One thing that I think could nip the death threats, anyway - cilla4progress Nov 2021 #15

I'm afraid that is coming zipplewrath Nov 2021 #40

I'm afraid that is coming zipplewrath Nov 2021 #96

Absolutely! cilla4progress Nov 2021 #97

The media is already declaring Repubs the winners in 2022 New Breed Leader Nov 2021 #16

Time to start cilla4progress Nov 2021 #18

Preparing for what New Breed Leader Nov 2021 #20

Preparing for the R takeover of Congress in 2022. cilla4progress Nov 2021 #29

Yes, we will more than likely lose the house. The senate remains in our favor and looks like we PortTack Nov 2021 #44

I'm still not willing to concede the House. Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #86

Not to over-simplify things (I am just focusing in on a BIG one) but social media is ripping apart Celerity Nov 2021 #19

Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2021 #26

Social media was the paradigm-breaking inflection point as it is partially directed two-way traffic Celerity Nov 2021 #27

Agreed. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #38

Humans are inherently prone to deny objective truth misanthrope Nov 2021 #70

It has. It's done NewHendoLib Nov 2021 #21

Not sure teh GOP has... Cryptoad Nov 2021 #23

Just ask Marie. Tommymac Nov 2021 #66

It's all about intimidation for power and money bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #24

If elected Dem leaders don't INSIST on immediate accountability and pass voting rights laws. CousinIT Nov 2021 #25

We have become an undisciplined people. No Vested Interest Nov 2021 #28

The GQP Traildogbob Nov 2021 #31

Know your neighbors, customers, suppliers by name. Tetrachloride Nov 2021 #32

Out with the Old, in with the New Martin Eden Nov 2021 #33

Yes, but I believe absolutely the electorate can still stop it, Hortensis Nov 2021 #34

It could be as bad as you say. Just keep an eye on how most Americans see the situation, too. ancianita Nov 2021 #35

Agree..thx. So much is unknown. If we act and behave as if our country is doomed then PortTack Nov 2021 #47

20% getting all the attention KentuckyWoman Nov 2021 #36

You are so right! Thx for the positive news PortTack Nov 2021 #48

"And maybe they're not." I think one indictment is woefully inadequate at this point. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #39

Yes. And the clock is running faster and faster Cyrano Nov 2021 #58

indeed. Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #65

Perhaps we lived through the golden era, and it is gone now. Irish_Dem Nov 2021 #41

K & R, OP & Thread. Duppers Nov 2021 #42

The end started with Ronnie Raygun NotANeocon Nov 2021 #43

Reagan was the "Great Communicator" StClone Nov 2021 #50

He was not a communicator at all. NotANeocon Nov 2021 #57

Reagan was a clueless amiable imbecile Cyrano Nov 2021 #59

+10000 roamer65 Nov 2021 #99

No k&R thread trashed! LW1977 Nov 2021 #45

More than one "America" MarkinSWFL Nov 2021 #46

welcome to DU gopiscrap Nov 2021 #101

Greasing the skids are the Billionaires. We are here Because of them. StClone Nov 2021 #49

I'm so glad I'm 72. mwb970 Nov 2021 #51

Without voting rights being passed? Yes, we'll turn into Texas uponit7771 Nov 2021 #52

Yes Botany Nov 2021 #55

Ended in 2016. Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #56

The problem is, Elessar Zappa Nov 2021 #87

Take my chances Texaswitchy Nov 2021 #93

Raygun ended with the firing of the Air Traffic Controllers. kairos12 Nov 2021 #60

Reagan began his first campaign for president in Cyrano Nov 2021 #61

It's happening RFCalifornia Nov 2021 #62

You have to pay attention to the signal, not the noise. Scruffy1 Nov 2021 #63

LOL why because white people don't like each other now? CrackityJones75 Nov 2021 #64

It already ended in the early 2000s when we accepted WMD lies and torture camps traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #68

Nope - keep fighting. Oneironaut Nov 2021 #69

What never existed can never end gulliver Nov 2021 #71

There was never one America I knew DFW Nov 2021 #73

America (actually USA) as idealized is a myth. PufPuf23 Nov 2021 #74

You are speaking from the perspective of a white person and not that of a NA or Black Kaleva Nov 2021 #75

I wouldn't be posting about politics if I thought there was a chance there'd be a fascist takeover Kaleva Nov 2021 #76

Yes American Interregnum Nov 2021 #78

This IS the America we know. GoCubsGo Nov 2021 #79

Absolutely Glaisne Nov 2021 #80

There is something we can do. Qutzupalotl Nov 2021 #81

Bill Nye moondust Nov 2021 #91

That would be a complete overhaul of the system. roamer65 Nov 2021 #98

That's wishful thinking Poiuyt Nov 2021 #100

Some kind of change is inevitable, but who knows how it'll resolve out Bucky Nov 2021 #94

Recipe: 1) America elected a wannabe fascist, 2) Majority GOP pols uncritically support a leader andym Nov 2021 #95