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brooklynite

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7. But that's my point....

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 2, 2022, 08:56 AM

Jun 2022

We have not yet reached that point

After the SC revelation on Roe v Wade and multiple mass shootings in the last month? What makes you think public sentiment will radically change in the future?

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What is "public sentiment"? [View all] kentuck Jun 2022 OP

We are iving under an oligarchy. The majority opinion is ignored. CentralMass Jun 2022 #1

Repugs say public sentiment means nothing and votes don't matter thst much. lark Jun 2022 #2

Semtiment is irrelevant... brooklynite Jun 2022 #3

I disagree. kentuck Jun 2022 #4

But that's my point.... brooklynite Jun 2022 #7

Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. kentuck Jun 2022 #8

I think Lincoln refers to a blend of common sense, morality, wisdom, and knowing what is right bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #5

The sentiment was in the countryside... kentuck Jun 2022 #6

Republicans are now openly calling democracy "mob rule" Walleye Jun 2022 #9

They are acting like fascists. kentuck Jun 2022 #10

Being fascists comes naturally to them. Being good Americans is out of the question Walleye Jun 2022 #11

Their recent CPAC Convention in Hungary indicates they don't even care anymore... kentuck Jun 2022 #12