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65. Right...because if you get rid of the Republican Party, all of its members will magically disappear

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Wed Jun 22, 2022, 08:25 PM

Jun 2022

And when the America First Party gets someone elected President?

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I have an honest question [View all] Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 OP

my opinion on this has always been NJCher Jun 2022 #1

I don't see why we should even permit a traitorous party Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #4

Start banning one political party, and pretty soon yours will be banned too. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #5

Maybe that's a reason to get out in front of them Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #10

You might want to audit a course in constitutional law. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #14

Or read it at some point. iemanja Jun 2022 #23

Right...because if you get rid of the Republican Party, all of its members will magically disappear brooklynite Jun 2022 #65

That is exactly how the Trumpsters describe Democrats. iemanja Jun 2022 #7

We all know Trumpsters are traitorous troglodytes Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #12

Because the First Amendment to the Constitution includes the right Ocelot II Jun 2022 #2

The first amendment doesn't give a criminal and terrorist organisation Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #8

Maybe we can set up a committee Sympthsical Jun 2022 #11

+1 for the callout of Robespierre-ian short-sightedness TheProle Jun 2022 #42

Unless an organization or political party engages *solely* in unprotected activity, Ocelot II Jun 2022 #13

To quote Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, probably a meaningless name to you. tritsofme Jun 2022 #17

I'm well aware of "Justice" O.W. Holmes, Jr. Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #18

Authoritarians, such as yourself, always have excuses for why things are different this time tritsofme Jun 2022 #26

Tankies gotta tank AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2022 #55

It would be unconstitutional. TomSlick Jun 2022 #3

JFC iemanja Jun 2022 #6

Autocracy?? Who said anything about an Autocracy? Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #9

You want to abolish the opposition iemanja Jun 2022 #15

We're supplying Ukraine with billions of dollars with/for weapons Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #20

Ukraine has a young and unstable democracy. iemanja Jun 2022 #21

That's rather patronising to our Ukrainian allies, don't you think? Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #35

It's an accurate statement iemanja Jun 2022 #38

What about them? If they had any true honour and loyalty to country, Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #39

And even stronger democracies, like the UK, Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #40

This is exactly what is threatening some of the fledgling democracies in Europe Cheezoholic Jun 2022 #16

One party rule ... NO thanks! 👎 nt Raine Jun 2022 #19

It would be the DEMOCRATIC Party, I would remind. But it need not be a one-party rule Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #22

And when those parties disagree with the one true party? Fla_Democrat Jun 2022 #29

So do you suppose the GOP would ever join any of those parties? But they could vote as Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #32

Your suggestion is to have a dictatorship...that is what one party rule is...no. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #33

WHY do people imagine that conservative voters disappear if the Republican Party does? brooklynite Jun 2022 #66

So zero conservative opposition? Polybius Jun 2022 #68

California doesn't have any meaningful opposition parties Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #70

But Republicans are allowed to run Polybius Jun 2022 #78

Exactly how would the government go about legally banning a political party? Dysfunctional Jun 2022 #24

There is no way to go about it legally. Ocelot II Jun 2022 #25

The Ukrainian parliament passed a bill last month and President Zelensky signed into law Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #27

The Communism Control Act was passed at the height of the Red Scare Ocelot II Jun 2022 #28

Even if the Court said such an act was "unconstitutional," Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #73

No we can't. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #31

We have a constitutional Republic and free speech...so no we can't. Demsrule86 Jun 2022 #30

Huh? I'll put this in the "Why do/didn't Democrats allow/let Republicans do bad things?" file. betsuni Jun 2022 #34

You went to outlaw the Republican Party? Bucky Jun 2022 #36

Well, actually, it was/is Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #37

Thank you for asking this question. Jedi Guy Jun 2022 #41

Yeah! And then we can hold rallies! AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2022 #43

That seems a little gauche and ostentatious, doesn't it? (N/t) Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #48

I'm not the one who wants to crush our enemies beneath our heel... AZSkiffyGeek Jun 2022 #50

On second thought... Iggo Jun 2022 #44

It's a question you should think about longer before posting. MineralMan Jun 2022 #45

I think the problem is that this person has thought quite a bit, just prefers tyranny. tritsofme Jun 2022 #46

Perhaps. I don't know. I do know that not a lot of thought went into it. MineralMan Jun 2022 #47

I take great exception to that Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #51

Laughable. The Democratic Party is not tyrannical, you are. tritsofme Jun 2022 #53

Oh, come on Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #54

Come on yourself. tritsofme Jun 2022 #56

I am NOT advocating the Democratic Party embrace tyranny Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #58

Of course you are, whether you choose to pretend or not. tritsofme Jun 2022 #63

Can you name any single power states that weren't totalitarian? EX500rider Jun 2022 #67

California Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #71

You mean the place where Ronald Reagan was once governor EX500rider Jun 2022 #75

I mean the place that now has no meaningful opposition Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #76

Should they do people can vote for whoever they want EX500rider Jun 2022 #77

I think that Conservatism is an outdated, illogical, and unhelpful ideology. Caliman73 Jun 2022 #49

I'm not ForgedCrank Jun 2022 #52

All right. I surrender. Mea culpa Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #57

It's not a living document to many Polybius Jun 2022 #69

I care not one whit what dead Scalia had to say even as to the price of butter Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #72

Many of us believe it to be dead as well Polybius Jun 2022 #79

Why not charge the Republican Party under the RICO Statute? The Protagonist Jun 2022 #59

Hey. There's an idea Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #61

They can't be a democracy if they can do that. treestar Jun 2022 #60

What, Ukraine? We say they are. Seeking Serenity Jun 2022 #62

Then a somewhat flawed one treestar Jun 2022 #64

I would be satisfied if our media/county simply just labeled them for what they are Cosmocat Jun 2022 #74