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LiberalArkie

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8. They consider themselves as patriots. Really.

Reply to gibraltar72 (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2021, 02:03 PM

Feb 2021

Let's go back in time to Florida 2000 where the Republicans ran out the clock on the election. If the Democratic Party was as active as the current Republican Party what would we have thought of people storming the capital to correct the vote tally.

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I will never understand why historians like Beschloss didn't [View all] gibraltar72 Feb 2021 OP

They know edhopper Feb 2021 #1

Exactly MLAA Feb 2021 #3

20 month chapter might be more effective empedocles Feb 2021 #2

In 20 years, the traitors won't be traitors. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #4

Or they could be dead, at least some of the mouldy oldies. niyad Feb 2021 #5

A sad thought. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #7

They're in the minority. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #9

They can't read... Claire Oh Nette Feb 2021 #6

They consider themselves as patriots. Really. LiberalArkie Feb 2021 #8

Maybe they believe history is written by the victors and that's why they are all about winning in jalan48 Feb 2021 #10

History is unlikely to say much about Trump followers other than the insurrectionists. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #11