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PCIntern

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Wed Jul 2, 2025, 08:53 AM Jul 2025

We are going to do this the way the Republicans do it... [View all]

That is, effectively. All we have to do is just keep saying over and over and over and over again that he’s insane, that he’s crazy, that he’s senile and demented. After a while, it will become true… Even though it is already true if you get my meaning.

And by the way, if anybody mentions to you that this is or anything else is “beneath us” I’m going to tell you to tell them that there is nothing beneath you when you’re fighting for your life and your children and grandchildren’s lives.

I will relate a story which occur occurred when I was about 13 or 14 years old: it was the anniversary of Hiroshima or Nagasaki and my father, who served four years in the Pacific theater, sat me down and said “There is a legitimate moral viewpoint that the atomic weapons should not have been detonated in a population center, and I fully understand where someone would righteously feel that way. I am here to tell you, however, and if they had not done this, that the invasion of Japan would have cost millions of Americans their lives, including mine because they were going to send the older soldiers in first as the shock troops so to speak, and you wouldn’t be here, although you would never know that, obviously . Then, after the war, there would be firing squads for generals who were found to have withheld the bomb and allowed millions of soldiers to die unnecessarily.”

My father was a humanistic, other-oriented, giving, kind person who understood the pragmatic nature of life more so than my mother who was equally loving of mankind, and was an idealist. My father accepted human frailties and weaknesses, as well as what comes with a profit-based system, whereas my mother believed that “intellectual, bright, and decent people“ should lead the world to health, education, and peace.

Of course, they would both be sick and could not stop throwing up if they saw what was going on at the present time.

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My father told me something similar. mommymarine2003 Jul 2025 #1
My first husband was older. murielm99 Jul 2025 #2
A Japanese friend said the bomb ended feudalism Easterncedar Jul 2025 #3
An interesting point well worth thinking on Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #11
We know he is unfit but kacekwl Jul 2025 #4
Thank you for this most excellent viewpoint, my dear PCIntern. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2025 #5
Thank you my dear CaliforniaPeggy.... PCIntern Jul 2025 #6
Your last sentence...yes. ChazInAz Jul 2025 #7
I don't think so... PCIntern Jul 2025 #9
This! We must all live in a reality based world. Idealism is a good thing. Facing reality will save our asses. Joinfortmill Jul 2025 #8
"...there is nothing beneath you..." hay rick Jul 2025 #10
TRUMP IS NUTS! Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #12
Remember the old adage: DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #13
True. Trump isn't the end-all-be-all of the Republican problem. He's a useful tool for rightwing extremists... Beartracks Jul 2025 #21
There is an element to being a cult leader that isn't easily replaceable or reproduceable. Vance sure doesn't have it. CrispyQ Jul 2025 #27
Hey DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #32
I agree with your post. Once the bill is passed all bets are off. -nt CrispyQ Jul 2025 #35
I have struggled my whole adult life to understand the ethics of... NNadir Jul 2025 #14
Three, or four, elderly Psychotic Men DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #33
Agreed. We will "beneath us" right in to oblivion with these zero integrity magats sarchasm Jul 2025 #15
Two topics in the o.p. - the asshole and the bomb. 3Hotdogs Jul 2025 #16
Then there are those who didn't have to go serve during that wartime nitpicked Jul 2025 #17
Before you degrade Carter DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #34
That is one point of view. Let's try another POV. There was no need for an invasion of Japan. flashman13 Jul 2025 #18
Interesting story! Doodles Jul 2025 #19
So it was just a pure coinkydink that they surrendered PCIntern Jul 2025 #22
No not at all. We didn't let them surrender until after we dropped the bombs. flashman13 Jul 2025 #28
And the bombs allowed the emperor to save face rather than just outright surrender because they were beaten. flashman13 Jul 2025 #29
Utter rewriting of a horrifying time. PCIntern Jul 2025 #31
Replying to my own comment: PCIntern Jul 2025 #36
I am not going to argue the point with you. I stand by everything I have said. It is historical fact. flashman13 Jul 2025 #37
You're not going to argue and then you write three expository paragraphs doing just that: PCIntern Jul 2025 #38
" ...there is nothing beneath you when you're fighting for your life and your children and grandchildren's lives." OldBaldy1701E Jul 2025 #20
That was the story at the time, it wasn't true Nigrum Cattus Jul 2025 #23
A Bomb. A Radioman. A River. And a Father I Almost Never Knew. usaf-vet Jul 2025 #24
This jives with my family history.... PCIntern Jul 2025 #30
Let's remember that Donald Trump is a pathological liar with zero credibility Martin Eden Jul 2025 #25
It would be nice to have a propaganda network of AM radio stations and Cable News channels maxsolomon Jul 2025 #26
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