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That seems to me to be the problem with this country fionwe1987 Send a noteboard - 06/08/2021 02:43:54 PM

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I'm not naïve concerning the current state of the electorate. I have the misfortune of knowing three people who absolutely believed in their hearts that "The Storm" was coming on Jan. 6th to sweep out of office the international child sex and infant blood drinking cabal and line them all up to be shot. All three blocked me on Facebook that day. I was disappointed. I had so enjoyed mocking them.

I'm glad they blocked you, rather than show their displeasure in more awful ways. I've heard of that happening here in Missouri.


It used to be only the Far Left who wanted to tear up the Constitution to replace our government with a communist/socialist one.

What is the highest political office anyone from the Left espousing such views achieved? Genuinely curious to know that.


Now add the QANON whack jobs who want a military dictatorship headed by President for Life Donald. You claim all Republicans are courting this base. I disagree. There are those who despise them as much as I do and on these rest the hope of the Party.

You seem to be shrinking the Trump base to make your point, and sure, there are plenty of Republicans who aren't in the "President Trump for life" camp.

But that's not what I'm talking about. Just look at the number of politicians, established as well as new, who have made an about-face on the events of Jan 6.

Same with masks and vaccine, resistance to both of which on political grounds maps very strongly to strong support for Trump.

These are people literally selling the lives of their constituents, and the health of their Constitution, to tap into a vocal minority that has taken over Republican primary politics.


If there are too few to matter, then you will be proved right and we will continue to descend into the slog of permanent gridlock and discarding the Constitution to accomplish anything. I hope you are wrong and the pendulum swing, when it happens as it always does, stops more towards the middle.

I think we've only seen the first movements in the swing towards authoritarianism. And every vector on which you can track rising authoritarianism is worsening in America, so I don't see a swing in the other direction anytime soon.
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Serious question fionwe1987 - 06/08/2021 02:15:01 AM 229 Views
Trivia this is what we did with the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution Roland00 - 06/08/2021 03:21:41 AM 193 Views
Did not know this, thanks for sharing. fionwe1987 - 06/08/2021 03:40:26 AM 198 Views
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Re: How about instead fionwe1987 - 06/08/2021 04:59:44 AM 186 Views
I guess I'm hoping for a miracle. damookster - 06/08/2021 02:04:48 PM 188 Views
That seems to me to be the problem with this country fionwe1987 - 06/08/2021 02:43:54 PM 173 Views
Anti-vaccination being tied to white, Trump supporters is somewhat overstated. damookster - 06/08/2021 03:18:53 PM 214 Views
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