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Initech

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14. Something went very wrong in the last 4 years.

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 12:13 PM

Oct 2017

We need to pin point the precise moment when our country started turning to shit.

IMO, it was Sandy Hook. That is when we as a country should have disarmed and said "enough is enough". But nope.

It was the first time I ever heard of that piece of shit Alex Jones. I was totally appalled, disgusted, and horrified by the way he and his fans were treating the victims of that tragedy. They actually successfully justified murdering children. They went there. The guns started flying off the shelves thanks to ultra paranoid gun nuts. We haven't been the same since.

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Never again ask "How did Germans let it hapen?" [View all] Cyrano Oct 2017 OP

I agree 100%. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #1

The Holocaust resulted spike jones Oct 2017 #32

But we can also see how dangerous and difficult it is to combat tyranny. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #33

We have even less of an excuse than the Germans Rural_Progressive Oct 2017 #35

Yes but social media was used to lie and to subvert the election. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #36

for whatever reason important articles don't "catch on" questionseverything Oct 2017 #38

Looks like Hillary knows not fooled Oct 2017 #65

The Germans also had double digit unemployment and inflation ThoughtCriminal Oct 2017 #44

Exactly: Americans hate out of STUPIDITY. Duppers Oct 2017 #51

And presently..... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #67

Even most R voters I know Duppers Oct 2017 #74

The White Rose: It is not this dark yet, but its getting there. spike jones Oct 2017 #40

Thanks for the link. Granny M Oct 2017 #68

I agree, as well cilla4progress Oct 2017 #2

Yeees. Seems like a thousand years ago that we had Obama Cyrano Oct 2017 #5

It takes longer to build a house than to tear one down world wide wally Oct 2017 #11

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. --Sam Rayburn nt raccoon Oct 2017 #45

We have no excuses either nini Oct 2017 #3

They have no excuses. rainin Oct 2017 #10

Yeah I've watched enough documentaries to know where we're headed Va Lefty Oct 2017 #4

I fear we may be headed into an era Cyrano Oct 2017 #6

Steven Spielberg has made sure to chronicle lunatica Oct 2017 #66

We're letting a minority of this country change our democracy, if not outright destroy it. no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #7

Sinclair Lewis tried to tell us mehrrh Oct 2017 #8

Sinclair Lewis also wrote "The Jungle" which changed this country and shocked it. It exposed the kerry-is-my-prez Oct 2017 #37

That was actually Upton Sinclair... First Speaker Oct 2017 #39

Whoops! Sorry Upton - you were a great man. Wish we had more like him nowadays. But people kerry-is-my-prez Oct 2017 #41

America is impotent world wide wally Oct 2017 #9

We are NOT helpless! orangecrush Oct 2017 #12

I couldn't agree more. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #13

Something went very wrong in the last 4 years. Initech Oct 2017 #14

We do it one day at a time. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #15

This! All of it! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #20

You are absolutely correct. We are watching history arthritisR_US Oct 2017 #16

I found this blog about that. i thought it was very interesting. SummerSnow Oct 2017 #17

I read recently on this website Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #18

by @matthewamiller Resist spike jones Oct 2017 #29

Thanks. n/t Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #30

A MLK quote Duppers Oct 2017 #53

Here.. HAB911's great thread.. Duppers Oct 2017 #54

Yes, when we ask that question we need only look in the mirror. PatrickforO Oct 2017 #19

Yeah, got front row seats Bradical79 Oct 2017 #21

Good post canetoad Oct 2017 #22

Really like the comment that every act of resistance is a Enoki33 Oct 2017 #23

We all talk a good game, who who is actually resisting and how? adigal Oct 2017 #62

I keep thinking about that poem "First they came for the trade unionists... calimary Oct 2017 #24

Sounds a lot like my election night article... stevenleser Oct 2017 #25

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2017 #26

And let me add an even scrarier note: FigTree Oct 2017 #27

WOW !!! So Germany was tip of the spear society before Hitler. US is third largest country on Earth uponit7771 Oct 2017 #49

GOP wants tax cuts and racism written into law, they will and are risking all life Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #28

Agree. In my opinion, the United States of my birth is gone. It has been sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #31

That's it. Duppers Oct 2017 #55

A horrific history lesson Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #34

Could we derail the republicans by Denis 11 Oct 2017 #42

We would need to be cautious Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #70

I said during the voting season "Vote like it's 1932- only this time, you can do something about it" NBachers Oct 2017 #43

Because many people actually supported it JI7 Oct 2017 #46

+1, ... and most Germans living in those towns STILL ... STILL DID NOT BELIEVE UNTIL ... uponit7771 Oct 2017 #47

We are suppose to learn from history. Butterflylady Oct 2017 #48

Sinclair Lewis told us in 1935 in "It Can't Happen Here" TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #50

I haven't. Not in a long time. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #52

Did Hitler have assistance within German government?? benld74 Oct 2017 #56

The enemy looks just like us. donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #57

k&r n/t lordsummerisle Oct 2017 #58

Is anyone here really saying that millions of people are going to be systematically exterminated? Doodley Oct 2017 #59

I asked some a-hole conservative on twitter last night who was saying horrid things about "libtards" adigal Oct 2017 #60

Read "They Thought They Were Free" justgamma Oct 2017 #61

I started seeing this with the passage of The Patriot Act after 9/11. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #63

So true! C Moon Oct 2017 #64

I agree we are on a horrible path jimlup Oct 2017 #69

Well, I see solutions and paths of resistance offered, but nobody seems to want to do them ck4829 Oct 2017 #71

We have the potential effects from a real prolonged nationwide strike if we can get organized. BSdetect Oct 2017 #72

Its all about Wealth. Its all about destroying the Middle Class INdemo Oct 2017 #73