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yardwork

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17. I'm right there with you.

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 03:04 PM

Jan 2026

I read history and I've seen this story before.

How could the German people go along with the mass deportation and murder of millions of people just because they were Jewish, gay, travelers, or just different from some arbitrary standard? Austria and Germany were the epitome of civilized nations when they let this happen.

How could people who considered themselves to be Christian enslave other people for hundreds of years, torturing, raping, murdering? Why did white European colonists think God gave them the right to murder millions of other people and take their land?

It happens over and over throughout human history.

If we survive this the lesson is that the U.S. is not special. We are not exceptional. We are human beings just like everybody else and many of us have really shitty values and behaviors.

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Ever since DJT ran for president the first time, I have seen the absolute worst of people [View all] MIButterfly Jan 2026 OP

Well said! Playingmantis Jan 2026 #1

Thank you, Playingmantis! MIButterfly Jan 2026 #7

Monkey see, monkey do. But with lower IQs. Dave Bowman Jan 2026 #2

I say "FUCK" a lot more. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2026 #3

They seem to have "burned the boats" and are going to take this hell ride to the bitter end. Blues Heron Jan 2026 #4

He's continuing the tradition of no_hypocrisy Jan 2026 #5

If this behavior you've described continues to spread around the country and the world, it will be the end of Fil1957 Jan 2026 #6

You nailed it - KT2000 Jan 2026 #8

Thank you, KT2000! MIButterfly Jan 2026 #9

You couldn't be more correct, MiButterfly. Buddyzbuddy Jan 2026 #10

Thank you, Buddyzbuddy! MIButterfly Jan 2026 #13

Hope that the MAGA cult winds up dying alone in their later years and abandoned by their families. Crowman2009 Jan 2026 #11

"Go out and be the biggest asshole you can possibly be and you'll be rewarded?" OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #12

I'm afraid you may be right, OldBaldy1701E. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #14

True, it was always the practice to kind of act like they were not behaving in that manner, but... OldBaldy1701E Jan 2026 #23

In my life I have seldom wanted anything more than news of him stroking out Orrex Jan 2026 #15

I hate to say it but that may be the only way we'll finally be rid of him MIButterfly Jan 2026 #19

Barbarians. moondust Jan 2026 #16

I'm right there with you. yardwork Jan 2026 #17

I've been reading a history of the "dark ages" in Europe jmbar2 Jan 2026 #24

Yes. I've thought about the plague years a lot. yardwork Jan 2026 #26

I think of lot of current anti-immigrant hysteria is related to climate change migrations jmbar2 Jan 2026 #30

That's it. yardwork Jan 2026 #33

Couldn't agree more popsdenver Jan 2026 #18

It's true here in Michigan too. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #20

Texas is probably absolutely the worst. mwmisses4289 Jan 2026 #25

brand car popsdenver Jan 2026 #32

K&R canetoad Jan 2026 #21

Thank you, canetoad! MIButterfly Jan 2026 #22

Malignant Aggression 2na fisherman Jan 2026 #27

Thank you, 2na fisherman, for this possible explanation. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #31

Wow - that really rings true jmbar2 Jan 2026 #36

I cried when I went to bed last night Jilly_in_VA Jan 2026 #28

I've cried a bit lately, too. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #34

The need to hurt, demean, & dominate others is the way of the world now SunImp Jan 2026 #29

And isn't that a sad state of affairs? That the worst of humanity has the most influence. MIButterfly Jan 2026 #35