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1. Not buying it. I'll paraphrase MLK Jr.s' famous statement.

Reply to kimbutgar (Original post)

Wed Jul 26, 2023, 07:50 PM

Jul 2023

“the arc of moral intelligence is long, but it bends leftwards towards empathy and justice.”

IMO if one starts with those things, you won't succumb to right-leaning cruelty...and ya won't be able to stand listening to that crap for two months.

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I read this letter to the editor in the SF Chronicle today and I can't stop thinking how correct and [View all] kimbutgar Jul 2023 OP

Not buying it. I'll paraphrase MLK Jr.s' famous statement. brush Jul 2023 #1

Large numbers of people who vote don't have the skills or the basic decency... Silent3 Jul 2023 #4

We outnumber those "large number of people." See the 2020 results. brush Jul 2023 #5

By a troubling small margin given how plainly awful Trump is Silent3 Jul 2023 #6

trump will be indicted 4 times and most likely convicted at least once... brush Jul 2023 #7

The OP isn't just about the next election Silent3 Jul 2023 #8

I share your optimism. rubbersole Jul 2023 #9

In a speech years ago, the writer/historian Morris Berman said something which has remained... keep_left Jul 2023 #12

Nah, we just defeated what you call the disinformation matrix in 2020... brush Jul 2023 #13

We definitely defeated the Matrix this time, but it was close (something like 80,000 votes... keep_left Jul 2023 #14

Being indicted four times and possibly convicted, women still angry over dobbs... brush Jul 2023 #15

In the wayback MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #2

I also remember reading Alex Jones in the early 2000's and it didn't take me long to think he was kimbutgar Jul 2023 #3

my smart Phd cousin has become a maggot loon, but he is his father's son. ditto head + angry alex pansypoo53219 Jul 2023 #10

Did something similar last summer sabrams Jul 2023 #11