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Ms. Toad

(37,102 posts)
5. There is a time and place for everything, and all of us have different roles.
Tue Mar 4, 2025, 11:39 PM
Mar 2025

While I am disappointed that there are dems supporting his cabinet choices - after Jan 20, no dem should have voted for any cabinet choice, and I think they should be doing more to draw attention to his grab of the nation's purse strings, I think the action today is appropriate. Both the signs, and the few who were vocal. It does us no good to risk the seats we do have in Congress.

Let those outside of Congress be loud and demanding and get arrested outside of Tesla. Let the attorneys and the Dem AGs file suits. Let artists use their art as a weapon. Let those who typically spend lots boycott corporations that fall in line around Trump. Let those who are too battered right now step back and rest.

There are enough things to do, and enough ways to do them. We don't have to all do the same thing.

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Agreed JBTaurus83 Mar 2025 #1
Trump is already failing with the public. Why take attention away from that by creating a distraction? mzmolly Mar 2025 #2
That seems to have been the losing strategy JBTaurus83 Mar 2025 #4
25 years, if you feel like revisiting Florida circa December 2000 hatrack Mar 2025 #21
Because trump doesn't give one single lump of shit about his polling Javaman Mar 2025 #7
What do you think they mzmolly Mar 2025 #13
Did you not read my original post at the top of this thread? nt Javaman Mar 2025 #14
Zelenskyy maintained decorum while sitting there being humiliated directly True Dough Mar 2025 #3
And the Dems should have walked out while he was in mid rant Javaman Mar 2025 #8
There is a time and place for everything, and all of us have different roles. Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #5
See how well this "action" ages in a month Javaman Mar 2025 #9
K&R orangecrush Mar 2025 #6
Dems should have stood and turned their backs to him when he entered Martin Eden Mar 2025 #10
At least that is something actionable. nt Javaman Mar 2025 #11
Well said. It is embarrassing. NewHendoLib Mar 2025 #12
They should have chanted in unison any or several of the following terms; felon, rapist, fraud, traitor. And they ... xocetaceans Mar 2025 #15
The only effective means of dealing with fascists is to kill them Kaleva Mar 2025 #16
So we wait to see if there is another election in 2026? Javaman Mar 2025 #17
If you are correct but don't start killing them, ... Kaleva Mar 2025 #18
Who said anything about violence? Javaman Mar 2025 #19
Violence is the only effective way of dealing with fascists Kaleva Mar 2025 #20
Oh don't worry, I completely agree but we are talking about the Dems reaction to Javaman Mar 2025 #22
Plus 1! Kaleva Mar 2025 #23
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