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EllieBC

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81. So he's a Tankie?

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 08:50 PM

Mar 2024

My condolences.

Tankies always see themselves at the top of the heap after the whole thing burns down and their utopia is established. They never picture themselves in the bread lines with the rest of the rabble.

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My ultra-liberal husband said he will vote for orange [View all] MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 OP

Have your contacted a divorce lawyer yet? kimbutgar Mar 2024 #1

I hope he regains his sanity... n/t hlthe2b Mar 2024 #2

He will. MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #16

That was also Susan Sarandon's "point" robbob Mar 2024 #28

Not even a hint of a valid point kcr Mar 2024 #63

What valid point does he have? yardwork Mar 2024 #64

I Don't Think it's a "Valid point". Sanrandon tried Cha Mar 2024 #68

Sarandon is responsible for the loss of Roe v. Wade and the stacking of the federal courts LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2024 #80

Yeah that was Stupid! TY Cha Mar 2024 #82

That's idiotic. Oneironaut Mar 2024 #3

The Bourgeois said the same thing about the French Monarchy before descending the country into a century of chaos. TheBlackAdder Mar 2024 #75

Only the most corrupt can clean up corruption! bucolic_frolic Mar 2024 #4

Same argument was made in 2016. It didn't work. TwilightZone Mar 2024 #5

A selfish, privileged assertion, imo. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 2024 #54

Then he is no liberal. The best I would characterize him as is an anarchist. I assume though JohnSJ Mar 2024 #6

He is an Accelerationist obamanut2012 Mar 2024 #8

That is self-destruction. Fortunately I believe there are more sane people who WILL protect our JohnSJ Mar 2024 #11

Your husband is not "ultra liberal," he is an Accelerationist, which is a right wing ideology obamanut2012 Mar 2024 #7

Accelerationism sounds cool, but it's just modern-day corporate Republicanism run amok. sop Mar 2024 #35

Oh, I agree -- far right/ALT right are driving it in thsi country obamanut2012 Mar 2024 #56

There are more than a few people on the left driving it as well. sop Mar 2024 #59

It will be the dawning of the age of Aquarius. yardwork Mar 2024 #62

Shades of Susan Sarandon circa: 2016. herding cats Mar 2024 #9

I was going to say: That's some Susan Sarandon-level horseshit right there. Aristus Mar 2024 #17

Exactly. herding cats Mar 2024 #25

Tell your husband, for me, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Vinca Mar 2024 #10

I came pretty close to thinking that - but the insurrection cured me of any of those thoughts TBF Mar 2024 #12

Not this shit again. RandySF Mar 2024 #13

America cannot be destroyed Sympthsical Mar 2024 #14

See project2025. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2024 #32

That would be the shittiness mentioned Sympthsical Mar 2024 #36

There's very little in that that's new. TwilightZone Mar 2024 #48

"Ultra Liberal" LOLZ He sounds like a deep thinker. LOL nt GuppyGal Mar 2024 #15

Nothing surprises me any more. I have a lovely neighbor, good guy and very helpful to us, who once said on Facebook that CTyankee Mar 2024 #18

That's just stupid. MineralMan Mar 2024 #19

Yeah well he doesn't have a uterus. ismnotwasm Mar 2024 #20

Remember Susan Sarandon saying the same thing back in the 2016 election? tblue37 Mar 2024 #21

Yeah well, a lot of us said the same thing in '68. marble falls Mar 2024 #29

I started becoming active in politics when my dad had me go w him through our apt building putting flyers under our.... electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #44

I read 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail', Hunter S. Thompson's diescription of HHH as a ... marble falls Mar 2024 #52

We are fighting for scraps left over from our MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #22

He is right. Our court system is so corrupt I don't see how it can be fixed. Autumn Mar 2024 #23

He thinks the Constitution will still be in effect if TFG gets the White House? haele Mar 2024 #24

No he doesn't. MOMFUDSKI Mar 2024 #41

So he thinks what happened in Cambodia or North Korea is the way to go obamanut2012 Mar 2024 #57

Egads, all the people who fought and died for this country are Emile Mar 2024 #26

He's a dummy. Squaredeal Mar 2024 #27

Direct him to read about Fritz von Pappen sarisataka Mar 2024 #30

We have to destroy the country to save it? greatauntoftriplets Mar 2024 #31

Yeah somehow I don't think that if a constitional convention is ever called... Initech Mar 2024 #33

Unfortunately, that became my feelings years ago. electric_blue68 Mar 2024 #40

And in comes Project 25. The end of the country and it isn't returning if destroyed! RKP5637 Mar 2024 #34

That's one theory that makes some sense. Turbineguy Mar 2024 #37

I have 2 Gen Z that DemocratInPa Mar 2024 #38

We didn't phone bank in NY in 2020 due to covid. lapucelle Mar 2024 #70

Time to lock the liquor cabinet. bif Mar 2024 #39

I don't share the opinion but I certainly understand the frustration driving it Takket Mar 2024 #42

Democrats who felt the same in 2016 helped give us trump. Silent Type Mar 2024 #43

and he fucked up the courts. the only way out now Orangepeel Mar 2024 #76

He needs therapy asap budkin Mar 2024 #45

May I ask JustAnotherGen Mar 2024 #46

Don't count on the courts to save us dalton99a Mar 2024 #47

My condolences on having to deal with that bedazzled Mar 2024 #49

Keep talkign to him Bettie Mar 2024 #50

That is such bullshit...countries who get autocrats are destroyed for years...you husband is Demsrule86 Mar 2024 #51

Lois had a reaction Aviation Pro Mar 2024 #53

Not a very smart thing to consider. Caliman73 Mar 2024 #55

Insane, but my Uber liberal son thus far says he will vote for neither because he is in a safe blue State Freethinker65 Mar 2024 #58

Too often when a culture is burned to the ground, what replaces it is even worse dlk Mar 2024 #60

The Russian Revolution comes to mind. ShazzieB Mar 2024 #85

That approach hasn't worked yet. yardwork Mar 2024 #61

You misspelled maroon ornotna Mar 2024 #65

Ah, The Burn It All Down So It Will Be Better Strategy ProfessorGAC Mar 2024 #66

The scumbag said he would be dictator on day one. LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #67

I'm not going to let that happen. There's other members here that aren't going to let that happen. Niagara Mar 2024 #69

nooooooooooooooo BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 2024 #71

Are you married to Susan Sarandon? jcgoldie Mar 2024 #72

That's not liberal. Not the meaning of the word. betsuni Mar 2024 #73

My two LGBTQ daughters may not survive that dystopia Stuckinthebush Mar 2024 #74

"Some of you may die, but, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make!" Oneironaut Mar 2024 #86

No kidding! Stuckinthebush Mar 2024 #90

To quote Alfred SocialDemocrat61 Mar 2024 #77

Rightly or wrongly, lots of people don't really see the current system capable of improving things. Silent Type Mar 2024 #78

gosh H2O Man Mar 2024 #79

So he's a Tankie? EllieBC Mar 2024 #81

That is very sad to hear. I hope you will be able to convince him otherwise. nt LoisB Mar 2024 #83

No offense Mountainguy Mar 2024 #84

When your divorce is finalized he can hook up with xmas74 Mar 2024 #87

Once fascism takes hold only blood shed will remove it. nt Hotler Mar 2024 #88

Not productive NT Patton French Mar 2024 #89