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FarPoint

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13. 45 took full advantage of our Liberal weaknesses....

Sat Nov 20, 2021, 08:11 AM

Nov 2021

We have to own our lack of backbone spine when it was essential to set healthy boundaries.... For the last 30-40 years, Progressive went out in the street to try and curb this anarchy in the making....Our Democratic leaders sat on their hands.....lacked the ability to unite and see the big picture, denial was their friend and our demise....We opened the door for them.....years of taking the low road....

So, I believe they feel it now....they are experiencing apnea from the strangulation by the abusive GOP ....

So, who will be our Abraham Lincoln and lead us out of this doom?

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We're really headed to an extremely dark place, where this is the mainstream GOP view of the Libs. [View all] Soph0571 Nov 2021 OP

That's where we have always been JI7 Nov 2021 #1

I've been hearing getemjoe Nov 2021 #2

Well.... FarPoint Nov 2021 #4

Agree completely n/t rainin Nov 2021 #6

I was in college when the Clintons were in law school. ShazzieB Nov 2021 #5

It wss there but not THIS extreme Cosmocat Nov 2021 #10

You may have pointed out the one silver lining in this. Of course there was pernicious evil Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #22

Me too. I remember it as a few discounted eccentrics, the butt of jokes. jaxexpat Nov 2021 #43

Welcome to DU getemjoe KS Toronado Nov 2021 #58

I believe we are all targets.... FarPoint Nov 2021 #3

Kurt Schlichter is extreme even for GOP, not even their mainstream. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #7

Kurt brought out a good point to my attention in this Tweet.... FarPoint Nov 2021 #8

We have been headed down this path my whole life Cosmocat Nov 2021 #12

45 took full advantage of our Liberal weaknesses.... FarPoint Nov 2021 #13

Lincoln was good, but politically, wnylib Nov 2021 #14

'Public sentiment is everything' - imagine where that sentiment ws empedocles Nov 2021 #41

Lincoln brought us through a civil war. wnylib Nov 2021 #45

All of these "grass roots" movements are planned and funded by conservative money. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #20

It's not a "tiny percentage." Limbaugh and others have over a thousand outlets, including many Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #24

The fact that you believe that is just another one of their PR victories. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #32

You are correct. Even Hannity doesnt get the ratings the big 3 get every night. oldsoftie Nov 2021 #54

We have never countered any of it. I have lived in rural areas much of my life and I can tell you it Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #60

Not a conundrum at all. The misinformation campaigns that have been being Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #63

But will "we" do it, and "who" will do it? Will require lots of cash. Bannon knows how. Where Evolve Dammit Nov 2021 #68

Yes, exactly. Where are we? Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #72

You nailed it. Fox and rush, and right wing radio, may they all feel unrest in hell BComplex Nov 2021 #61

The headline of this post is more Raw Story's style, not DU's. TheRickles Nov 2021 #11

The OP only copied the tweet. Celerity Nov 2021 #18

Maybe some quotation marks, then, to establish a little distance between DU and RS. TheRickles Nov 2021 #31

He rose to the rank of Colonel in the Army muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #66

Praise Jesus! Huh, Kurt? czarjak Nov 2021 #9

And it all goes back to toxic masculinity. None of this has anything to do with policy or even Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #15

well said Locrian Nov 2021 #27

I always thought "owning" was an interesting choice of word. Literally owning us is their wish. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #36

own is indeed literl Locrian Nov 2021 #49

There have always been Nazis gab13by13 Nov 2021 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #47

That guy's account was suspended. Good Maraya1969 Nov 2021 #17

No, that was a parody or troll, spelled 'Kirt', not 'Kurt' muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #67

Coups only work after you demonize the opposition malaise Nov 2021 #19

I'm pretty sure your last sentence is a typo, but it expresses a deep truth. TheRickles Nov 2021 #39

LOL - thanks malaise Nov 2021 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #48

So if vigilantism is legal now, does that mean wnylib Nov 2021 #21

Yep! 3825-87867 Nov 2021 #29

Who? Icanthinkformyself Nov 2021 #38

There are people among the police, wnylib Nov 2021 #42

Trump White Youth. Yep. n/t OneGrassRoot Nov 2021 #23

tomorrow bdamomma Nov 2021 #26

They bdamomma Nov 2021 #25

One thing that could help you feel better... Bluethroughu Nov 2021 #28

White racists fear demographics like nothing else. The Jungle 1 Nov 2021 #30

Apocalypse Watch bucolic_frolic Nov 2021 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #50

My hope is that they will keep saying the silent parts... OneGrassRoot Nov 2021 #34

The point of no return. Icanthinkformyself Nov 2021 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Nov 2021 #53

Nah, we're not that weak. We are millions of points of light. ancianita Nov 2021 #37

We need a massive 'action" of people wnylib Nov 2021 #44

To the Republican Supremacists: Be Careful What You Wish For NEOBuckeye Nov 2021 #46

We've been in a dark place before. Lonestarblue Nov 2021 #51

For those here claiming that "this has nothing to do with race" note the words. yardwork Nov 2021 #52

The corporations and the rich need them and use them. ananda Nov 2021 #55

Kurt Schlicthter is a bully and a coward NEOBuckeye Nov 2021 #56

And to think OldkySoul Nov 2021 #57

The divide is real Buckeyeblue Nov 2021 #59

They are so proud of their nastiness and hate. But hey, they throw a buck into the plate on Sunday Hotler Nov 2021 #62

It's been that way for years, especially since "with us or against us" in the Bush crime era traitorsgalore Nov 2021 #64

Who the fuck is "Kurt Schlichter"? nt Progressive Jones Nov 2021 #65

hater who isn't afraid to use his real name on social media milestogo Nov 2021 #71

"Your pain delights me" IcyPeas Nov 2021 #69

Save the fetus, kill the Libs. milestogo Nov 2021 #70

Oh fuck that idiot ismnotwasm Nov 2021 #73