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In reply to the discussion: I'm preparing to LEAVE THE COUNTRY - David Pakman [View all]
Celerity
(54,685 posts)64. I am not shocked at all
I'm shocked at how many here didn't watch the clip before replying
It is a major DU specialty for posters here to knee-jerk respond (so often in error) to things without reading or watching most, if any, of an OP's articles or videos, etc.
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Because Pakman did not say he was leaving now, he said he was looking into keeping all his options open, to
Celerity
May 2025
#33
Those bad circumstances will require all of us here to resist and overcome.
marble falls
May 2025
#35
Easy to say if you are not in direct cross hairs. I recall some extraordinarily problematic shaming here done by
Celerity
May 2025
#38
Pakman makes a reasoned case for an exit strategy, and all you say is "Well, bye"?
GoneOffShore
May 2025
#36
He's made his decision for himself. I don't blame or criticize him. I am disappointed. The fight is here and it ...
marble falls
May 2025
#37
He didn't say he was leaving, as it stands. You can not frame it as such, as he absolutely made that clear in the video.
Celerity
May 2025
#40
Being realistic about the current situation is not, as you say, chickenshit
GoneOffShore
May 2025
#20
Not to mention he's the best, intelligent, debates the MAGAts & leaves them in the dust. These haven't heard him.
UTUSN
May 2025
#51
Me as well. Honestly, some of these replies sound like the shit I'm used to hearing from conservatives. I don't know how
Karasu
May 2025
#17
Some of us who are staying, naturalized or not, are going to fight it out. "Never Again!" No more third reichs ...
marble falls
May 2025
#31
He's preparing. He isn't leaving but he's learning about what it takes to move to another country.
chowder66
May 2025
#7
Me, either. Only he and his family know the situation and I don't ever want to be in his shoes
Deuxcents
May 2025
#11
The essentials of moving to another country are the same essentials when moving to the next State
DFW
May 2025
#12
In 2017 we thought to leave and in 2018 we left - The 1933 vibe was strong then.
GoneOffShore
May 2025
#21
Well he has loads of money. He's young, he's annoying And. .... The internet is world wide he can talk wherever he i
Srkdqltr
May 2025
#56