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Cyrano

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7. One can only hope that "The Ghost of Christmas Future" would

Reply to Silent3 (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 25, 2022, 01:56 PM

Dec 2022

visit all, and show the future of Republican/Fascist rule. I believe it would result in a "Great Awakening."

(Politicizing Xmas sucks. But we are only responding to those who did it.)

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Charles Dickens didn't count on Trump [View all] Cyrano Dec 2022 OP

Charles Dickens did not count on TX Gov. Abbott. raging moderate Dec 2022 #1

This cruelty is beyond comprehension Cyrano Dec 2022 #4

Abbott needs to be arrested for kidnapping and human trafficking. OMGWTF Dec 2022 #17

Scrooge was a bitter old man but he wasn't a sociopath, Ocelot II Dec 2022 #2

+1,000,000 wnylib Dec 2022 #8

Yes. Scrooge would be a Trump supporter, not Trump. betsuni Dec 2022 #26

Good description of TFG FuzzyRabbit Dec 2022 #3

Hope that will be the opening line of every biography written about him Cyrano Dec 2022 #13

"It was miraculous... OMGWTF Dec 2022 #18

Christmas ghosts are all radical Democrats, doncha know? Silent3 Dec 2022 #5

One can only hope that "The Ghost of Christmas Future" would Cyrano Dec 2022 #7

no, no, no CatWoman Dec 2022 #24

Yeah! Right! ewagner Dec 2022 #12

Perhaps it was Scrooge's business partner Jacob Marley who was beyond redemption, as is Trump. Kittycatkat Dec 2022 #6

Although I am the Original Poster of this thread, Cyrano Dec 2022 #9

This could be the basis for a modernized version wnylib Dec 2022 #10

Yep. This would make a great "Twilight Zone" script Cyrano Dec 2022 #16

Carol for Another Christmas (1964) - Rod Serling's retelling of A Christmas Carol IcyPeas Dec 2022 #21

The midterms kept me from believing that wnylib Dec 2022 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2022 #11

A TRUMP would not make a very good Christmas Carol, right? Trump-types existed but were TeamProg Dec 2022 #14

Dickens wrote in a God-fearing narcissist-light era bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #15

Lack of empathy may be the root of evil. Those with a total lack of empathy are beyond redemption Joinfortmill Dec 2022 #19

Exactly. The sooner we face it, the better. vanlassie Dec 2022 #23

The only ghost who visited Hair Furhair is the ghost of Herr Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler. Justice matters. Dec 2022 #20

Harks back to a general leftist criticism of Dickens going back to George Orwell in the 1930s. Pete Ross Junior Dec 2022 #25

19th century. betsuni Dec 2022 #27