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patphil

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41. If we do this, I guarantee we will lose any chance of retaking the House and Senate.
Mon Mar 30, 2026, 01:24 PM
Mar 30

We're no where near the point where violence is an acceptable option. Right now we have the high ground, and what you are asking will not only galvanize Trump's supporters, but will be rejected by millions of people who are supporting the Democrats. Essentially we'll lose the high moral ground.
Radicalizing the anti-trump movement is exactly what the republicans want. It gives them the excuse to brand us as dangerous, anti-american radicals, and allows them to justify harsh countermeasures before the election.
What you are calling for will destroy the election process and leave violent revolution as the only means of effecting change.
I reject that.
We need to show the whole country that the Constitution and the rule of law still matter.
I can say with all certainty, that if we lose the high ground, we lose the elections. It's that simple.
Right now we're gaining in polls all over the country, even in deep red states. This is how people show their strength in a Constitutional Democratic Republic.

Fat, lazy, cowards? That simple isn't true.

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Yes lets have Martial Law. Historic NY Mar 30 #1
It's spelled MARTIAL Jilly_in_VA Mar 30 #2
And make it so 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #7
WAIT! usonian Mar 30 #3
You first. n/t LuckyCharms Mar 30 #4
My pleasure 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #8
What are you going to do? LuckyCharms Mar 30 #10
Complain bitterly and anonymously on social media, apparently. BannonsLiver Mar 30 #17
Why are you attacking me?? 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #42
Bless your heart. I appreciate the commitment to the bit. BannonsLiver Mar 30 #44
It is one of many valuable responses. Torchlight Mar 30 #5
Show up at your representative and senators offices with pitchforks. Blue Full Moon Mar 30 #6
I was in a crowd at Fetterman's office a few months back 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #11
If you go to one of these protests and start to break things... LuvLoogie Mar 30 #9
Revolution??? SocialDemocrat61 Mar 30 #12
One of the best Doctor Who speeches n/t Just_Vote_Dem Mar 30 #52
"This past weekend, federal buildings should have been seized and occupied." Are you organizing for that outcome? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 30 #13
Low Count Poster Advice maxsolomon Mar 30 #14
The "low count" comment offends me 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #31
Well, that's horseshit. A click on your name says you're account started Sept 23, 2025. steelyboo Mar 30 #40
I've been ready DU for years, I mean 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #43
"Reading?' n/t rzemanfl Mar 30 #48
You made a questionable statement in defense of a criticism. It was easily refutable with the facts at hand. steelyboo Mar 30 #50
"I've been here for years" BannonsLiver Mar 30 #46
" What will it take to wake up this shattered country?" BannonsLiver Mar 30 #15
LOL why is it always either/or? leftstreet Mar 30 #16
And that will accomplish nothing 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #45
Americans are too afraid and too comfortable to do what it takes. BlueTsunami2018 Mar 30 #18
Yep. Fat and happy and so easily controlled 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #33
Who's pulling your strings? ornotna Mar 30 #59
Read some history books EdmondDantes_ Mar 30 #19
Uh, the Russian revolution was a full success 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #47
And the people of Russia did so well under the Soviet Union? EdmondDantes_ Mar 30 #57
"Not gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent" oasis Mar 30 #20
There is one thing here I always read. rzemanfl Mar 30 #21
Understood. As do I. niyad Mar 30 #22
Thank you. rzemanfl Mar 30 #24
I don't get it 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #49
Read your profile. rzemanfl Mar 30 #55
And what would that be? RussBLib Mar 30 #25
Maybe after the election this fall Red Mountain Mar 30 #23
That is exactly what Trump wants, dumb. doc03 Mar 30 #26
So just stay peaceful 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #34
You need to read replies to your post leftstreet Mar 30 #54
Network news spent more time on Tiger fucking Woods than the mass protests Mysterian Mar 30 #27
Yep. Incompetent AND complicit 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #35
It brings likeminded people together Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 30 #28
Why don't you ask the people of Minnesota how that turned out Keepthesoulalive Mar 30 #29
Nonsense! Minnesota is proof that you are incorrect. MineralMan Mar 30 #30
NO ONE is discouraging public protest!!! 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #36
You are doing exactly that. MineralMan Mar 30 #38
You win. 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #53
Yeah. I've been doing that since the early 1960s. MineralMan Mar 30 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #62
Sounds good. BannonsLiver Mar 30 #60
Can you post pics of you seizing federal buildings? 33taw Mar 30 #32
I'll remove this comment before I even make it 31st Street Bridge Mar 30 #37
Of course not. MineralMan Mar 30 #39
If we do this, I guarantee we will lose any chance of retaking the House and Senate. patphil Mar 30 #41
What these protests accomplish is plentiful. pandr32 Mar 30 #51
It matters a bit, but you're right. It's not enough vanessa_ca Mar 30 #58
that's quite a repug/ruskie statement Nigrum Cattus Mar 30 #61
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