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David Ross's avatar

It's quite clear that progressives in DC under Joe Biden have loss patience convincing the "rubes, Trumpers and rednecks" (ie, anyone who doesn't blindly agree with everything they say) to smarten up and come around to the new reality. From vaccine mandates to DOJ attacks on parents, to IRS surveillance of our financial lives, to questioning the very reason why America exists, we will be made to comply by Leftists. No dissent is allowed, and if dissent is chosen, the gov't will come knocking (or crashing) on your door. It's hard to believe that Biden voters really wanted all of this, but I don't see them coming forward and denouncing these tactics. All I can say is if there isn't a red wave of monumental proportions in '22 and '24, we're through as a nation I'd want to live in.

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jt's avatar

Well, You see ME? I've BEEN denouncing this crap long before THIS post came up.

But if You give me a choice between Biden and T.Rump? It's not a choice of the LESSER of two evils, is what I'm saying.

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Susie's avatar

You may want to be careful about the capitalized "me" in your comments... narcissisism is real and it rears itself up regularly in your comments... ie. I'm the only right-thinking person here...

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Neil Kellen's avatar

Crazy on left leads to totalitarianism because politicians on the left embrace it. Crazy on the right leads to nothing because politicians on the right ignore it.

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RAH's avatar

Nice one, Neil! Not only is crazy on the right ignored, it's roundly shouted down.

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Kate's avatar

That logic of making it a personality issue will only ensure you keep getting this kind of crap. I think Biden is far more evil, but that's me. I thought things were going fine under Trump. And I didn't vote for him the first time. He was one of the last remaining barriers against all this crap. But at least there are no more mean tweets.

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David Ross's avatar

Well put...

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David Ross's avatar

Well, I didn't mean literally no one... :-) For all of his faults (and there were many),Trump was against this type of b.s. Given a choice, I'd take him back in 2 seconds compared to the train wreck currently sleeping in the White House.

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Sea Sentry's avatar

Agreed, but why are we talking as if these are the only two Americans eligible for the White House? Can't we do better? Why do we keep falling for their fear and vilification tactics that make us fear the "other side" even as we know our own candidates (I'm talking about the two parties) are 3rd rate? Maud Maron and other "lifelong liberals" need to stand up to today's far left progressives that want to either dismantle or control everything this country stands for, our warts notwithstanding.

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Kate's avatar

You took the very words out of my brain. Train wreck indeed.

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Rfhirsch's avatar

Going to eat at a restaurant is working? Aren't you paying for the meal? Or in New York City do the restaurants pay the customers?

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RAH's avatar

False equivalency with respect to uniforms and vaccines because there are no informed consent rules for uniforms. If an employer wants to mandate a vaccine for employees free from government influence that's one thing. If government aims to mandate vaccination then the proper venue to enact such a measure is through the state legislature.

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David Ross's avatar

They're being mandated in the workplace, which means everyone that has a job (except for very small companies). The military as well. Together, that's a lot of people, lol. I believe in vaccines (I worked in pharma for 30+ yrs, 12 or so in the vaccine area), but I don't believe in vaccine mandates. You seem quite willing to give up your freedoms to a gov't that has demonstrated its incompetent in every way imaginable. Oh, and Biden has been credibly accused of avoiding over $500K in taxes, though I'm sure he'll skate--this is D.C., after all. As they say, you could look it up.

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Nancy Robertson's avatar

Yes. It's an interesting idea. A friendly divorce might be much better for both parties than the hateful marriage we have now. And just because the two countries split doesn't mean they couldn't closely coordinate things like national defense, especially if there were a major emergency or a war with China. Many people have strong ties to families, friends, institutions and businesses in the other country, and those would certainly continue. Maybe a split would allow each side to ramp down the extreme political division and return to something closer to normal.

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Rob W's avatar

Who gets the nukes?

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RAH's avatar

Nukes are products of white supremacy and toxic masculinity and thus entirely incompatible with woke utopian thinking...

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jt's avatar

Well, M. RW... This takes the cake. Give Your idea some SERIOUS thought, take a couple aspirin, and call me in the morning.

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jt's avatar

Naw. I'm not being authoritarian. I'm suggesting that splitting the country is a crackpot idea. There aren't gonna be many of EITHER party who would agree with You on that. I'm just one among many.

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jt's avatar

First of all, You realize that all You hafta to do to get me to quit replying to You, is for You not to post this kind-a crap.

Yah. In THEORY, You got every right to propose splitting up the country. But if You pause and give it about TWO SECONDS THOUGHT... How long after that before You're bowing down to the CHINESE.

While I'm doing this, basically, SINGLE HANDED... I keep stuff like REALITY in the back of my mind.

If I was a conspiracy nut, then I'd swear the CHINESE were behind all this because they're loving every bit of it.

So, NO! This is one-a the WORST ideas that was ever conceived. If You can give me a rough estimate of how long a split country would last against the CHINESE, I might think about it for about two seconds.

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Rfhirsch's avatar

But the UK left the EU in order to KEEP its constitutional rights, which the EU bureaucrats were violating every day.

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