100%. Congress are failing us. The Supreme Court are failing us. What is it going to take?
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100%. Congress are failing us. The Supreme Court are failing us. What is it going to take?
fishonjazz
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Watch that video that rubashov recently posted. It's a really good watch and supports your post quoted here in great detail.
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The supreme Court is doing what Trump tells them to do so they are doing what he built them to do. That's on the Dems for not fighting the appointments harder imo.
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You know what would have allowed the Dems to fight harder? Changing their policies into ones their constituents supported so as to win more votes. The American people have rejected the retarded nonsense of pretending to not know what a woman is and belief skin color should determine opportunity via top-down governmental edict. So long as Democrats cling to the 20% side of 80/20 issues, they are going to get weaker.
It's crazy how come drunk some posters are off Donald Trump
I want to elaborate on this a little more: ~75% of the country could smell Trump as a rat, initially. A wide field of traditional Republicans running for President dramatically split the semi-rational vote of Republicans, and as that field winnowed down, Trump had basically already won the primary. Then Republicans consolidated behind their candidate because he was their candidate and he won on a razor thin technicality. As a result the Overton Window has been blown out and his absolute chaos has become normalized, in particular to an entire generation of young people that just do not know better.
The lesson of the Nazis to me and I thought to most people was that otherwise decent people can be steered into unfathomable beliefs which we must forever be wary of. I know that the vast majority of people that voted for him are otherwise mostly decent folks and not genocidal maniacs. That is not required to sign off or even participate in the madness before us.
It’s just so sad and frankly inexcusable. The unfortunate reality is we need to find out about what ****ing around does, now. And it’s going to be painful.
I am reminded of what I was taught in church about the perils of pridefulness and that is the only thing that can explain why Trump is not the most unpopular President in American history right now. We’re about to learn how powerful pride is in the face of JUST PLAIN BAD ****.
Advocating for the marginalized is definitively unpopular or those peoples wouldn’t be marginalized. That shouldn’t be a reason to eject all sense of rational governing, but here we are.
Yeah, but at least we wont have a trans woman win a swim meet while the economy tanks!
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Ya what is crazy to me is that people think that it's either trans women kicking *** in women's sports or trump.
No other option.
In reality there are plenty of Republican, and even Democratic, candidates that are against trans women in sports who aren't also the most corrupt, scandalous, dishonest, and immoral politician in history. It didn't have to be trump in order to achieve what those on the right wanted.
Dumbasses.
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Don't forget abortions, and the pinnacle the regular guy wants in abortion prevention, putting women who have abortions in prison. Nothing says "come unto me" like putting women in prison for taking care of their medical needs. That is WAY more important than anything else that Trump might do.
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As with all things, it is a mixed bag. I do applaud finally going through the government finances to make a sincere effort at eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse. I support forcing immigrants to go through the official channels set up by the Legislative Branch rather than turning a blind eye to our southern border. I'm glad to see someone who isn't obviously senile sitting as a figurehead while unelected mystery men run the most powerful nation on earth. While I am not cheering anyone losing their job, it is a reality that many government departments have needed modernization for a long time and there is far too much redundancy is many of the government's services.
As for the tariffs, no. I'm not happy with them and have become even more opposed as I've learned the numbers were derived from trade imbalances. That is retarded. I had hoped Trump was using them as a lever to get other nations to drop tariffs they have against US goods, but then other nations started dropping those and we hit them with tariffs anyway. That is where I step off the train.
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Garbage. Class warfare has a long history in populist movements and nearly always the majority are the ones cast in the role of 'the marginalized' under the boot of some ruling group who needs to be overthrown. Susceptibility to that argument is predicated on bigotry. It requires the believers to see people in terms of groups instead of individuals. Democrats have been beating the drum for decades blaming the straight-white-males, who represent roughly 29 percent of the US population, as keeping the 'historically marginalized' 71% down.
I cannot tell you how encouraging it is to see that tired tactic losing its ability to sway the American people. The smallest, least powerful demographic is the individual, and that is what republics are designed to protect. I will champion individual rights all day long and bigots can eff off with their group rights / group grievances. The answer to bigotry isn't more bigotry, it's apathy. We've passed peak victim. Fewer people than ever care about where your great-great-great grandparents called home, or what god you worship, or who you choose to love. If the Democrat party believes they didn't bigot hard enough in the last election then they've learned nothing and things will get worse for them.
What are you on about? Trans people are absolutely marginalized and that is what I’m talking about.
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I get you loud and clear. You think Jennifer Pritzker, the billionaire, is "marginalized" because of the box you put them in. It is the boxes you put people in that I object to. I reject that whole construct. I see Jennifer Pritzker as Jennifer Pritzker the billionaire because that is who that individual is, and I don't believe our government should treat Jennifer Pritzker any different from how it would treat any other billionaire.
If you want to set higher tax rates for the wealthy, I'm onboard. If you want to provide aid to the indigent, count me in. If you want to compile lists of anecdotes to justify treating someone different because of their skin color or gender identity then me and most of America are going to tune you out. That is what I am on about.
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Especially for those who’ve had relatively easy and prosperous lives. Just look at our coworkers, friends, and family members who’ve joined the cult. Most I know were never really engaged in politics. Most still aren’t. But Trump is a master demagogue and knows how to prey on the insecurities and grievances of people. And there are a lot of insecurities and grievances out there, especially from white upper middle class folks who identify as Christian (but usually aren’t very zealous practitioners for obvious reasons).
Those who are truly struggling mostly know Trump is full of crap. Or don’t have time to work themselves up over the cultural grievances that Trump shovels their way. Which is why Trump’s base is primary white, prosperous, uneducated, and bored as ****. They find meaning and community in screaming at librarians, telling doctors to jab themselves, and throwing America to the wolves. If they truly ever experienced injustice or poverty, they’d know that America is pretty damn awesome. They’d respect the social safety net, not want to dismantle it. They’d know that America has imperfections but has ultimately served them well.
There’s just a severe lack of patriotism and maturity among trumpers. They’re children who just haven’t ever grown up. They’ve never expanded their narrow view of life and what American dream might mean for others. They capped out as being the #3 wide receiver on the football team and one of the captains on cheer. And they’re angry that the rest of us don’t respect them the way we used to do “back in the good ol days” when we all showed up and watched their “performances” under those “Friday Night Lights.”
And if it means reminding those pesky Spanish speakers whose country this is? And if it means reminding those blacks where their places are? And if it means telling all those annoying libtards who told me to be ashamed of Trump and buy some Econ car to **** off? And if it means reminding those pesky educated women and queers who is at the top of the hierarchy? Then hell yes, Gimmie Trump!
Let’s Go Brandon!
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enchilada_style
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We needed something this stupid to happen
Sardines
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It might not be quite stupid enough.
I think Trump needs to stroke out live on TV. Then when the part of his brain that controls his language skills is destroyed he might start making more sense. Only then will his cultists realize just how stupid the **** he says is.