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OneGrassRoot

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4. They just don't seem to get it...

Reply to Susan Calvin (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 07:57 AM

Feb 4

Nor do so many Dems in social media screaming “But that’s illegal!”

Laws and rules mean nothing to fascists. They laugh.

The mantra that “we’re a nation of law and order” (which is largely aspirational because it has never been applied equitably), has almost brainwashed people and they can’t process what is happening. They have no idea what to do.

It’s all maddening to watch, as much as knowing it could and should have been prevented.

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What in the hell good is legislation going to do? Isn't this already illegal?? [View all] Susan Calvin Feb 4 OP

tRump controls the chessboard.... FarPoint Feb 4 #1

WE need to be applying pressure to Republicans in Congress. CousinIT Feb 4 #8

Too little too late. OldBaldy1701E Feb 4 #2

I think citizen action is our only recourse... Think. Again. Feb 4 #3

Agree birdographer Feb 4 #14

They just don't seem to get it... OneGrassRoot Feb 4 #4

Most people are still in total denial. Irish_Dem Feb 4 #5

That will go NOWHERE. They need LAWSUITS, not legislation. Nt CousinIT Feb 4 #6

this is disheartening RJ-MacReady Feb 4 #7

Schumer and Jeffries seem to be clueless as to how dire the situation is. SamKnause Feb 4 #9

Ugh. Chuch, the "elegant gentleman" schtick is a ridiculous response here. Scrivener7 Feb 4 #10

Also, it's not fucking "meddling." They're not tinkering here. Its a coup, dammit. Scrivener7 Feb 4 #11

Yes it is against the law. But laws are not applied equally in our Just Us system. Autumn Feb 4 #12

It looks like we must physically stand in front of these fools, everywhere, all the time. Magoo48 Feb 4 #13