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bucolic_frolic

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4. All true but some must still try to find a way out, or to head off this beast
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 09:03 AM
Nov 2024

We must find a way to try to get inside the MAGA mind and alter its path. I don't see MAGA as much different from the McCarthy era, 1950s. MAGA needs to focus on the future, the world they create for us and for themselves as well. To stop with the anger and ego and rage and realize life runs on logic, daily performance, building a future.

I say don't engage with them. Confronted with their warped ideas, just ask then "What's that gonna do for you?" and walk away. I'd call this SHOCK & SHUN. Ignore them. Let them know you don't agree without arguing. They love arguing and dominance. Give them neither. Treat them like mental patients. Because that's what they are. Their minds have been so abused by Q and MAGA illogical rhetoric, gaslighting, stonewalling, and Donnie braying in a raspy throated voice mumbling weird ideas.

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I'm 3/4 of the way thru my life Dennis Donovan Nov 2024 #1
Same MuseRider Nov 2024 #27
Me either. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Nov 2024 #2
I remember back when Barack Obama was elected gab13by13 Nov 2024 #3
It was already broken well before Obama. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #6
Also on the day they met ReRe Nov 2024 #60
Is that before or after Obama said we needed to displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #76
I don't know when Obama said ReRe Nov 2024 #79
It was pretty much a rhetorical question displacedvermoter Nov 2024 #81
i hope you are wrong about Trump ReRe Nov 2024 #82
All true but some must still try to find a way out, or to head off this beast bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #4
Only way to stop it pimpbot Nov 2024 #11
Mental patients, hmmmmm? Just Jerome Nov 2024 #16
My plan is to give the maga I work with some hints. louis-t Nov 2024 #36
You're right, of course. Like Biden says, we can't just walk away from them. Still, they're predictable as rain. ancianita Nov 2024 #37
I walked away from 8 members of my family this election . I have no problem walking away from Autumn Nov 2024 #40
I sympathize. I have such members, too. Thing is, they're still out there in the dark. ancianita Nov 2024 #43
The family members I cut out are not in the dark. They are well aware. Autumn Nov 2024 #46
Joe Biden is a good and decent human being JustAnotherGen Nov 2024 #58
We are indeed in a war. To win it, we need allies. Martin Eden Nov 2024 #5
This is silly and just the interpersonal version of bought partisanship TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #9
Absolutely gab13by13 Nov 2024 #12
Its been a crime syndicate for years. Just Jerome Nov 2024 #18
Then what? MichMan Nov 2024 #51
Don't tell me what I love. Martin Eden Nov 2024 #21
I just repeated what I percieve was put out and gets put all the time by the comity crowd. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #53
You perceive a lot of things I did not say, nor implied Martin Eden Nov 2024 #59
They aren't my allies. They are the facsist's and the fuel for the fire in which we burn. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #73
"THEY" are not a monolithic block. Martin Eden Nov 2024 #78
Mmmm, I like yams. n.t. AlanAdam Nov 2024 #86
Yes, there's a world of potential allies. summer_in_TX Nov 2024 #24
That's not a bad idea, if done with kindness Martin Eden Nov 2024 #26
They are already going by prophecy, That nasty ass fucking sack of pus is the son of their god. Autumn Nov 2024 #48
Agree. Over the holidays, practice patience, ancianita Nov 2024 #50
You can't fix stupid. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #54
If the relationships were "formerly good" then they're already damaged... Mr. Mustard 2023 Nov 2024 #28
We all have different family experiences and relationships Martin Eden Nov 2024 #32
I walked away from 8 of them this election. I have no regrets and would do it again in a heartbeat. Autumn Nov 2024 #42
Retumplican... Hugin Nov 2024 #7
Well said. Vinca Nov 2024 #8
Died with former Speaker Newt Gingrich DownriverDem Nov 2024 #10
agree. barbtries Nov 2024 #13
Well said. nt moniss Nov 2024 #14
This BigMin28 Nov 2024 #15
Agreed and for the people who say that moniss Nov 2024 #17
When someone punches you in the mouth you don't hug them back for doing it and ask for another. Hotler Nov 2024 #19
There are some here who see self-defense as no better than assault Orrex Nov 2024 #22
+1. nt Hotler Nov 2024 #33
When we compromise with evil, it weakens the good. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #20
The root problem there is, we lack a common vision. paleotn Nov 2024 #23
It's not vision it's money Farmer-Rick Nov 2024 #44
The Civil War Erda Nov 2024 #49
Two things misanthrope Nov 2024 #80
My ancestors answered the call in a previous time of division... FailureToCommunicate Nov 2024 #25
We lose sindri Nov 2024 #29
Politics "used to" be about shared power, consensus and compromise maxrandb Nov 2024 #35
There is no "our side". Democrats just won't get support behaving like Trump JI7 Nov 2024 #38
You are wrong. Reality scoffs at what your are putting down here. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #55
Agree! mountain grammy Nov 2024 #30
Voters always say they want compromise, but never give Dems credit for doing it LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #31
Nor are Republicans ever punished for strident refusal to ever compromise. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #57
yep-- sounds familiar. It's so freaking aggravating LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #64
It's really not "voters" that always say they want "compromise" maxrandb Nov 2024 #85
True, it's mostly pushed from the media. They hold up polls saying voters want compromise but who knows how manipulated LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #87
In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place. Gandhi Ping Tung Nov 2024 #34
That bipartisan bullshit will be the death of us and our planet. I'm not playing that Autumn Nov 2024 #39
curtain voteragain Nov 2024 #41
My sentiments exactly. Wake up, we are the bigger half! Bigerhalf Nov 2024 #45
The problem is we are a big tent party oldmanlynn Nov 2024 #47
Currently wryter2000 Nov 2024 #52
Agreed... No compromise with Trumpers, ever Blue_Tires Nov 2024 #56
The compromise... orwell Nov 2024 #61
I can't count how many times I have heard this. StrictlyRockers Nov 2024 #62
Yeah, that kind of negativity is very common and I'm not having it LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #65
Thank you. It's ridiculous. betsuni Nov 2024 #66
This was particularly true in 2000 GoreWon2000 Nov 2024 #63
I think what we are facing now is going to be much worse Meowmee Nov 2024 #67
That's why we have the Supreme Court we do. Rigpa108 Nov 2024 #68
Hell yeah. byronius Nov 2024 #69
My thoughts Playingmantis Nov 2024 #70
The common ground needs to be with voters iemanja Nov 2024 #71
The voters are the Republicans and are the ones who give no quarter if the politicians make any move toward moderating TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #74
Why suddenly are there so many more Republicans iemanja Nov 2024 #75
History won't show anything MadameButterfly Nov 2024 #72
"Gleefully murder" Shrek Nov 2024 #77
Guess you missed the stories of pregnant women bleeding out and dying in red states maxrandb Nov 2024 #84
Nails it republianmushroom Nov 2024 #83
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