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In reply to the discussion: Is it "over" for you? [View all]

ForgedCrank

(3,037 posts)
66. No.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 04:52 PM
Jul 2025

But that's because I'm not buying into the crazy doom postings or melodramatic media headlines either.
Things are certainly not going how I would like them to go, but reality doesn't at all correlate with the news and social media narratives.
I know what the fix is for this, and that fix is to do what we almost always do in the upcoming med-term elections. We can see it from here, we just have to be patient and try to recognize the frenzy of melodramatic exaggeration of every single thing that is going on right now for what it is, and that is a great deal of fear-mongering BS.
We all knew they would sew chaos for a couple of years so we shouldn't be at all surprised by any of this. But, this can be fixed, and we will fix it like we always do. We just need to stay grounded for the time being and focus on solutions, not crazy headlines full of BS.

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Is it "over" for you? [View all] orangecrush Jul 2025 OP
Good lord, give up? MuseRider Jul 2025 #1
Good orangecrush Jul 2025 #4
Oh, hell, no! I'm just getting started. Ocelot II Jul 2025 #2
Civil Rights Lawyers are our only hope. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #17
that part of the battle is lost quakerboy Jul 2025 #35
We don't have time to weep.. homegirl Jul 2025 #45
next step is survive quakerboy Jul 2025 #49
Hitler had his brown shirts and eliminated Reichstag... Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #50
there's truth in what you say quakerboy Jul 2025 #58
Yes! Listen to Tom Petty Mtnmama Jul 2025 #89
Hell no! TomSlick Jul 2025 #3
Don't obey in advance orangecrush Jul 2025 #6
Our oath calls for us to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution COL Mustard Jul 2025 #22
Roger that! TomSlick Jul 2025 #71
I have been saying for a year or more gab13by13 Jul 2025 #5
To quote that great philosopher Yogi Berra: "It ain't over til it's over". That won't happen LoisB Jul 2025 #7
My father survived Auschwitz Danmel Jul 2025 #8
Thanks for sharing that orangecrush Jul 2025 #10
May his memory COL Mustard Jul 2025 #23
We can all learn from his story. calimary Jul 2025 #28
You are right bdamomma Jul 2025 #87
no, not over. (but i could use some ice cream about now) nt orleans Jul 2025 #9
Same here orangecrush Jul 2025 #11
i'm reading your reply while eating a hot fudge sundae. however... orleans Jul 2025 #59
Chocolate is the cure for many ills, in my experience. ShazzieB Jul 2025 #60
I believe in Chocolate Therapy! Ice cream, chocolate chip cookies, 72%-85% chocolate bars (ymmv 😉 ), electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #67
For as long as I can punch and kick and think, I will. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #12
These worthless traitors have forgotten a very important rule Nigrum Cattus Jul 2025 #13
Nailed it orangecrush Jul 2025 #14
Americans are cowards angrychair Jul 2025 #31
You're absolutely correct. Gimpyknee Jul 2025 #81
Maybe bdamomma Jul 2025 #88
Fuck no! EarthFirst Jul 2025 #15
Link arms orangecrush Jul 2025 #24
Great! Thanks so much for this, orangecrush Grim Chieftain Jul 2025 #16
Right there with you orangecrush Jul 2025 #19
Who's with me. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #18
Yup orangecrush Jul 2025 #20
Beat me to it! Capt. America Jul 2025 #82
"" AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #21
PRESS ON! nolabear Jul 2025 #25
What's sad is that we no longer have a government that answers to the people Johnny2X2X Jul 2025 #26
It's not over til it's over. Harker Jul 2025 #27
I'm a disabled born in the US old man with naturalized parents. I'm locked and loaded if they come knocking ;) n/t Cheezoholic Jul 2025 #29
Yep. OldBaldy1701E Jul 2025 #83
I need to know Mossfern Jul 2025 #30
I might suggest orangecrush Jul 2025 #33
Oh, I do that already Mossfern Jul 2025 #55
Here's one: Ocelot II Jul 2025 #37
Postcards to Swing States needs help. Dulcinea Jul 2025 #39
Thanks orangecrush Jul 2025 #41
Thanks for the link Mossfern Jul 2025 #56
Fuck Naw ... hell fuck naw uponit7771 Jul 2025 #32
Not yet! Sometimes things change for the better, and sometimes from unexpected reasons, or circumstances, unexpected... electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #34
It's over in the sense that not having Medicaid has fatal consequences n/t Stargleamer Jul 2025 #36
"I have not yet begun to fight!"--John Paul Jones Dulcinea Jul 2025 #38
Don't give up the ship! orangecrush Jul 2025 #76
It aint over until the nukes fly all over the planet Warpy Jul 2025 #40
In a way, yes, due to the cuts to clean energy NickB79 Jul 2025 #42
It is officially confirmed now......... DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #43
We ain't dead yet... orangecrush Jul 2025 #44
My wife and I DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #64
Sorry to hear orangecrush Jul 2025 #73
Democratic Socialist Party is growing nt Trueblue Texan Jul 2025 #51
They should just call it DENVERPOPS Jul 2025 #65
Yes edhopper Jul 2025 #46
And don't forget the midterms next year! ShazzieB Jul 2025 #61
That is the midterms edhopper Jul 2025 #62
I see what you mean. ShazzieB Jul 2025 #72
Trump can go shove his "big beautiful bill" right up his big ugly ass! Initech Jul 2025 #47
Sideways orangecrush Jul 2025 #75
I'll drink to that! Dulcinea Jul 2025 #92
no fucking way Kali Jul 2025 #48
2nd that! orangecrush Jul 2025 #74
I will die before I surrender EnergizedLib Jul 2025 #52
"Was it over when the germans bombed pearl harbor?" Fullduplexxx Jul 2025 #53
LOL CatWoman Jul 2025 #70
Im 67 years old. JPPaverage Jul 2025 #54
I'm a liberty or death kind of guy, but I do believe we are beyond a political solution. IrishAfricanAmerican Jul 2025 #57
Hell no, it's not over! ShazzieB Jul 2025 #63
No. ForgedCrank Jul 2025 #66
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2025 #68
Hell, no, it isn't! CBHagman Jul 2025 #69
Ukraine comes to mind orangecrush Jul 2025 #80
Yes, bdamomma Jul 2025 #90
The market is the best line of defense WSHazel Jul 2025 #77
I read on bluesky that indivisible wants to train Bev54 Jul 2025 #78
Thanks orangecrush Jul 2025 #79
It's been over for me since Reagan stole the life I thought I would have... Hugin Jul 2025 #84
Same here orangecrush Jul 2025 #85
Nope bdamomma Jul 2025 #86
FUCK NO! it ain't over.... hwmnbn Jul 2025 #91
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