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RoeVWade

(746 posts)
Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:44 AM Dec 2

Democrats can't endorse "vigilantism" even if we sometimes think it's deserved. [View all]

You can hope for it or dream about it sometimes, but don't actually literally endorse it unless you want to be like these Republicans saying whatever Hegseth might have done, those "terrorists" in the boats deserved it lawful or not.

It's the argument, that they are bad enough, we can ignore due process, or proper identification, or actually telling the American people the details of what happening. It's a horrible slippery slope. Who wants a man like Trump making those decisions, Not me!

Let's not go there with them.

That's my opinion, and I'm sticking to it.

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Fog of war. Make no mistake: the gloves are off. marble falls Dec 2 #1
Respectfully, there is no real war here karynnj Dec 2 #8
Give it a very little time. Kristal Nacht happened before a war. The Rischstadt fire happened befor the war. ... marble falls Dec 2 #11
I never said not to fight these illegal actions karynnj Dec 2 #15
Petitions and demonstrations are not enough. They are not going to a polite debate, whether we are or not. ... marble falls Dec 2 #16
I agree, we don't need to degrade ourselves just because the Republicans are indulging in it Walleye Dec 2 #2
Yeah, there is no "thought crime" so we can have "is he dead yet" thread, but these quite possibly illegal acts should RoeVWade Dec 2 #5
We shouldn't listen to any of that. They have no moral authority. Walleye Dec 2 #6
+100! marble falls Dec 2 #12
I was expecting this to be about Luigi MichMan Dec 2 #3
It's not? leftstreet Dec 2 #4
Based on all the other comments, apparently not MichMan Dec 2 #13
Make sure you understand the fight we're in. Happy Hoosier Dec 2 #7
Agreed. EdmondDantes_ Dec 2 #9
Every American soldier who enlisted to fight the Nazis felt that same thing. marble falls Dec 2 #14
This is murder from kacekwl Dec 2 #10
plenty of so-called progressives cheered that gun humping freak Mangione Skittles Dec 2 #17
Is that your strawman on fire? Democrats do not endorse vigilantism. Maru Kitteh Dec 2 #18
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