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wildeyed

(11,243 posts)
25. People don't pay attention.
Sat Jan 21, 2017, 08:52 PM
Jan 2017

They didn't believe the things Trump said. They didn't believe he could win. They disliked Clinton and bought BOB bullshit that was mostly started by white supremacist and Russian trollbots. Media is broken. Our government has been broken for a long time. People are shallow, have tiny attention spans and crave amusement above facts and decency. Bad people took advantage of our moral failings and the weakness of our institutions and ran a huge propaganda game all over our heads. Trump won. It is what it is. We should learn from that and move on. Nothing to gain from regretting the past.

Maybe they will wake up now. Maybe we will save democracy. Maybe not. But these protests are a huge shot across the bow of the RW political and propaganda machine. They are pushing too hard and too far to the right and will continue to face massive backlash if they don't dial their shit back tout sweet. Or they will have to shoot middle class white people in the streets to keep us all in line.

I made a meme for them, special Cannot WAIT for midterms.

More important: where will they be in 2018? Retrograde Jan 2017 #1
Will the organization and activism continue? Hopefully. But where was it three months ago???????? RBInMaine Jan 2017 #3
One of the things I heard at the march was that justiceischeap Jan 2017 #2
You never, ever, ever take ANYTHING for granted! It was DUMB thinking and DUMB behavior!! Hopefully RBInMaine Jan 2017 #4
Unfortunately it seems every generation has to learn that for themselves. Agschmid Jan 2017 #13
They will learn the hard way. liquid diamond Jan 2017 #33
Most people I talked to DID vote and volunteer forjusticethunders Jan 2017 #35
I was just saying this... orwell Jan 2017 #5
Actuallly we did. Check the popular vote totals. Agschmid Jan 2017 #14
We didn't where needed, and MILLIONS didn't vote or voted third party. Colossal FUCK UP, PERIOD! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #22
Absolutely positively CORRECT! Learn the lesson, and March in October/November 2018!!!!! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #20
If all those people actually voted... tinrobot Jan 2017 #6
78,000 votes in three states. Keeps me up at night. kairos12 Jan 2017 #7
The gory details: Trump margins: PA: 0.73%, WI: 0.77%, MI: 0.23% progree Jan 2017 #8
Back to my regularly scheduled tequila network. kairos12 Jan 2017 #12
Ask Putin and Comey Takket Jan 2017 #9
Comey and Putin didn't force "progressives" to stay home or vote third party. OWN the FUCK UP! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #24
Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #30
Media was bombarding us with 'her emails, her emails'. Kingofalldems Jan 2017 #10
With the mega-monster that is Trump, that should not have mattered. Many were APATHETIC! Period! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #19
K & R .. JHan Jan 2017 #11
she got 3 million more votes than he did JI7 Jan 2017 #15
She didn't win where NEEDED, and APATHY killed us, not just Comey and Putin!!! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #17
the comey thing was a huge factor and a lot has come out after about how it was too hurt Clinton JI7 Jan 2017 #21
Complacency leads to disaster Calculating Jan 2017 #16
Spot on correct! RBInMaine Jan 2017 #18
+ 1 liquid diamond Jan 2017 #34
I hear ya. Maybe few thought he would win so it didn't matter. wrong Laura PourMeADrink Jan 2017 #23
People don't pay attention. wildeyed Jan 2017 #25
This is the opposite of helpful. meadowlander Jan 2017 #26
Interesting that I don't see the word "disenfranchised" anywhere on this thread. n/t Cal Carpenter Jan 2017 #27
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THEY DIDN'T VOTE? truebluegreen Jan 2017 #28
Plenty of Hillary voters raised their voices today! Generic Other Jan 2017 #38
Some folks (like march co-chair Linda Sarsour) find it easier to be anti-Trump than pro-Hillary oberliner Jan 2017 #29
Sure you want to go there? HassleCat Jan 2017 #31
With each fresh Trump horror, I think of those who said they couldn't vote for Clinton betsuni Jan 2017 #32
People are fools Generator Jan 2017 #36
honestly DonCoquixote Jan 2017 #37
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