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MarvinGardens

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2. We are regressing

Reply to TheMastersNemesis (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2017, 03:21 AM

Jan 2017

...going back to older, less civilized ways, where the majority party governed and the minority party listened and had zero power. Courtesy of Republicans, and we should extend them the same courtesy (ie none) the next time around.

The Civil War? The main disagreement there was enslavement of fellow humans (despite attempts at revisionist history later). It would seem silly for us to get into a shooting war over our present differences. I think there is still hope for us to work things out through the political process.

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The Mood Of The Country Is Akin To The Mood Just Before The Civil War. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Jan 2017 OP

This time conservatives recruited another country BEFORE they fired a shot, disgusting bastards uponit7771 Jan 2017 #1

We are regressing MarvinGardens Jan 2017 #2

More like the late 1960's. JNelson6563 Jan 2017 #3

Actually, much more like the French Revolution revmclaren Jan 2017 #4

That's what I was thinking too. Merlot Jan 2017 #9

I get the feeling that there is no going back. smirkymonkey Jan 2017 #5

No hpe of reconciliation does not have to equal ending badly. Merlot Jan 2017 #10

Rum, Romanism and Rebellion has turned to Tequila, Terrorism and Totality. Feeling the Bern Jan 2017 #6

Gee whiz, thanks for the prediction of all-out bloody civil war in the US. Hekate Jan 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Jan 2017 #8

The hard right and the toady GOP want submission or they want a fight, hadEnuf Jan 2017 #11

As a friend has stated: We are living in an era where Rhetoric is greater than Logic. GoneOffShore Jan 2017 #12