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Hekate

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26. MadAboutHarry, I've been recalling DU during BushCheney. We refrained from calling for their deaths...
Sun Jul 14, 2024, 10:25 AM
Jul 2024

As such. Usually. Actually, every time someone got close I called it out just because it seemed to skirt some kind of federal crime and I did not want us to go there, and didn’t want it to become a habit. It’s about the office, not the man.

And for anyone reading this who doesn’t recall, we really, really hated BushCheney. When I first got here there was a thread on “what do you do when Bush’s face comes on the tv” and one guy (and yeah, I do remember who it was ) said he would full-on moon the tv screen.

Ah, the dear old innocent days. Maybe it’s time to bring back the Agent Mike jokes — they served a purpose. Agent Mike is retired now, but he trained his replacement Fred before he left. Hi, Fred. Have a donut on me.

We know Trump is a stochastic terrorist. Now he has the prospect of Project 2025. He’s not POTUS now, but he was and he could be again. I will not cower, but at the same time I am pulling myself up short in this moment and asking if I've crossed a certain line I set for myself 20+ years ago. There are some things adults shouldn’t put explicitly in a public setting.

We still need our jokes, dark humor, and a place to rant and vent. Yes we do, and this is our home. We need reliable news sources and a place to hash them over. We need our friends, and they are here.




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People, take the high road. [View all] madaboutharry Jul 2024 OP
Agreed Rebl2 Jul 2024 #1
... lamp_shade Jul 2024 #2
OK, reminds me of Dad: elleng Jul 2024 #3
Just like they took the high road Johnny2X2X Jul 2024 #4
We don't have to act like them. madaboutharry Jul 2024 #5
There are moments in time... The Grand Illuminist Jul 2024 #11
Use their playbook against them. Why is that so wrong? AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #15
Because they are murderous thugs? No. Hekate Jul 2024 #19
And yet, their playbook works and works well. Appeal to emotion works more than intellectualism AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #20
You asked for us to become them. They are murderous thugs. So, hell no. Hekate Jul 2024 #27
I asked to use their playbook. Where did I say "commit murder?" Nice argumentum ad absurdum. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #38
Why would bdamomma Jul 2024 #32
Why are you comparing yourself to "them?" Daveigh Jul 2024 #7
doesn't take much effort to be better than absolute fucking scum Skittles Jul 2024 #9
When they go low, we say nothing? When Paul Pelosi gets attacked and they joke and insult him and we say nothing? AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #14
The high road in this moment. madaboutharry Jul 2024 #18
Last time we went high when they went low, we lost in 2016. Remember? AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #21
That all sounds so sane and normal.. But guess what??? In the few days of niyad Jul 2024 #34
Yeah okay Javaman Jul 2024 #6
I don't like Trump, but I wouldn't shoot him or anybody. BootinUp Jul 2024 #8
I don't wish them any physical harm Skittles Jul 2024 #10
Bring back the ads. dalton99a Jul 2024 #12
Politics is a full contact sport and i abhor people telling me what I can and cannot do. AZLD4Candidate Jul 2024 #13
Political violence should never happen. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #16
If he were in jail, he would have been safe. Lock him up! Emile Jul 2024 #17
I, for one, am so sick of these morally superior posts hamsterjill Jul 2024 #22
This is not a morally superior post. madaboutharry Jul 2024 #23
We must agree to disagree. hamsterjill Jul 2024 #30
See post 34. niyad Jul 2024 #35
More concerned with how stupid it all looks, if we're being honest Sympthsical Jul 2024 #25
Alternative suggestion Sympthsical Jul 2024 #24
MadAboutHarry, I've been recalling DU during BushCheney. We refrained from calling for their deaths... Hekate Jul 2024 #26
Agent mikey retired??? Why did nobody tell me??? I didn't even send him a card. niyad Jul 2024 #28
Agent Mike said he had some trout fishing to do Hekate Jul 2024 #31
Nice of him to warn us! I hope the trout are biting. . . niyad Jul 2024 #33
The high road goes nowhere now. nt -misanthroptimist Jul 2024 #29
we fucking live on the high road bigtree Jul 2024 #36
Agree MustLoveBeagles Jul 2024 #37
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