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sagetea

(1,545 posts)
27. Just a question for you
Sat Mar 15, 2025, 01:46 PM
Mar 2025

Have you ever been bullied? Been in an abusive relationship?

What it feels like in this country right now is abuse, A bully is in charge and is gaslighting, manipulating, being cruel to people just for the sake of it, 'Because they can"

I, personally, have been bullied by male people, been abused by male people, manipulated into doing things I didn't want to do, been beaten so bad that I had to go to the ER. I thought if I just appeased the perp., it would get better, but it didn't, it only got worse.

now, look at the Dems. We've been socially, nationally, publically beaten, gaslit, manipulated, and now comes the 'appeasement' in a bully/abusive relationships, will only ever get worse.

The Felon, was and is going to make our collective lives worse, in every way, no matter how that vote happened. Since they (we) are appeasing them, they will (like before) believe they have total power over us, BECAUSE we gave up and gave in. The abuse that will happen now, will only get worse, because the abuser now thinks he as not only permission to beat us, but he thinks, because we gave him permission, will do his worse, just to see if we live through it.

I know this because I have lived through immense abuse, only now, it is not just one woman, it is every woman, every child, every man, that will be abused with the permission from those who gave him permission to.

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K&R Docreed2003 Mar 2025 #1
THIS NotHardly Mar 2025 #30
You are absolutley correct. William769 Mar 2025 #2
Shutting down the government would have hurt Democrats, not the GOP. valleyrogue Mar 2025 #3
+1. the "show 'em we're mad as hell!" routine stopdiggin Mar 2025 #8
If what you say is true, why didn't the majority party Emile Mar 2025 #9
It would have affected everyone. What do you think will happen when this happens again? JohnSJ Mar 2025 #11
This +1 Emile Mar 2025 #37
Just a question for you sagetea Mar 2025 #27
I disagree strongly with your assumptions. NotHardly Mar 2025 #31
disagree nt Celerity Mar 2025 #36
it still amounts to argung for a shutdown stopdiggin Mar 2025 #4
Repugs did not cross the aisle. Not in the House or Senate, No democratic input. GreenWave Mar 2025 #5
If the base needs rallying then we are indeed in trouble. Personally, at this point we should be focusing on winning Silent Type Mar 2025 #6
This sort of thing affects voting in a terrible way...people think why even bother. Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #14
Collusion Timewas Mar 2025 #7
the option was either a CR - or a shutdown stopdiggin Mar 2025 #10
I don't believe there would have been a shut down and even so Trump would have been blamed. Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #15
we were within hours of a shutdown stopdiggin Mar 2025 #17
No winners Timewas Mar 2025 #16
There was no Continuing Resolution of the original House budget. CountMyVote4Reality Mar 2025 #21
it was what was on the table - for an up or down vote - at zero hour stopdiggin Mar 2025 #38
This bill is bad...it enables Musk and people will literally die. Demsrule86 Mar 2025 #12
Recommended. H2O Man Mar 2025 #13
Oh, great wryter2000 Mar 2025 #18
I have to sit this one out. My wish would be a governtment shut-up, not shut-down. twodogsbarking Mar 2025 #19
The base had a unified push back. Schumer and 8 Dems and 1 Ind chose to ignore the majority of the Senate Democrats Nanjeanne Mar 2025 #20
Why blame the Democratic congress members? Turbineguy Mar 2025 #22
I don't get why democrats would blame their Emile Mar 2025 #39
I think Senator Schumer has been around the block enough times to understand Erda Mar 2025 #23
IMO, I think he provided cover for the centrists. Emile Mar 2025 #40
The GQP had another option relayerbob Mar 2025 #24
I suspect that is exactly what they would have done. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #25
I've little doubt relayerbob Mar 2025 #32
What raised consciousness during the civil rights movement? Frasier Balzov Mar 2025 #26
Authoritarian regime. SSJVegeta Mar 2025 #28
Amazing Cirsium Mar 2025 #29
Everyone will be hurt. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #34
Totally agree -misanthroptimist Mar 2025 #33
I agree. JohnSJ Mar 2025 #35
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