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gulliver

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6. If you look back at history, this crap really is kind of normal.

Sun Nov 20, 2016, 04:28 PM

Nov 2016

That includes the jeopardy to the human race itself. "President Trump" is well within the known envelope of human folly. I'm not telling you anything new there, I know.

I think there is some comfort to be found in knowing that by living through crazy times, we can feel closer to others who lived through crazy times in the past and who are living through crazy times now. Trump has already given the world a huge dose of perspective.

I voted against his ass by the way. I wanted uninteresting times, but I got these.

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A Black Comedy of Errors [View all] MineralMan Nov 2016 OP

Not a downer - realistic. My mood hasn't improved since election night. NRaleighLiberal Nov 2016 #1

Never give up. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #2

Sorry, but I'm not interested in any sort of marginal splinter movement MineralMan Nov 2016 #3

It's not "marginal" or "splinter." The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #4

To tell you the truth, I'm dropping out of organized MineralMan Nov 2016 #5

If you look back at history, this crap really is kind of normal. gulliver Nov 2016 #6

I know. I spent most of my adult life with Nixon, Reagan and Bushes. MineralMan Nov 2016 #7

I was only 12 in 1968, so all I've ever known in splitting in the Dem party. LeftInTX Nov 2016 #8

The Republican Party had one principal candidate. MineralMan Nov 2016 #9

I hear you. LeftInTX Nov 2016 #12

But, the difference between then and now LeftInTX Nov 2016 #10

The Republicans figured out basic populism as a strategy. MineralMan Nov 2016 #11

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing," said Edmund Burke The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2016 #13

"everyone who is young to wake up and get smart really quickly" Martin Eden Nov 2016 #14