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BlueTsunami2018

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9. We need to admit to ourselves that there's only one way to deal with fascists.

Reply to markpkessinger (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:34 AM

Aug 2025

And act accordingly.

We can’t vote them out and they won’t just leave.

There should be full scale riots in the streets already. But Americans are too comfortable and are incapable of doing what needs to be done. We’re paralyzed by convenience.

The bad guys won without a shot being fired.

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At the end of the day... -misanthroptimist Aug 2025 #7

Sure, they'll be proven wrong in the end . . . . markpkessinger Aug 2025 #10

We need to admit to ourselves that there's only one way to deal with fascists. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2025 #9