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Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#276951: Apr 8th 2019 at 5:45:02 PM

His heart,oh wait he doesn't have one

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#276952: Apr 8th 2019 at 5:49:55 PM

[up] I would steal his brain, but he doesn't have one either. tongue

RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#276953: Apr 8th 2019 at 5:52:52 PM

You know what would be nice? Republican candidates hoping to challenge Trump's rule.

But we all know that will never happen. I still firmly believe his base is all a Hive Mind whose heads will explode if they ever think about crossing him.

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AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#276954: Apr 8th 2019 at 5:55:02 PM

[up] Well, Bill Weld was last I checked. He was a Republican Governor(?) all those years ago, and was Gary Johnson's Vice-Presidential candidate in 2016.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Apr 8th 2019 at 8:55:43 AM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#276955: Apr 8th 2019 at 6:28:02 PM

Kasich might be considering a move as well.

But none of them have a prayer, the GOP rank and file are near unanimous in their support for Trump.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
CrimsonZephyr Would that it were so simple. from Massachusetts Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Would that it were so simple.
#276956: Apr 8th 2019 at 6:36:52 PM

The GOP base knows what's up, probably better than anyone else: fragmentation means a Democratic victory.

"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#276957: Apr 8th 2019 at 6:41:17 PM

Honestly it'd be a pretty bad idea-splitting the votes almost never works out.

Leviticus 19:34
RainingMetal (Handed A Sword) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#276958: Apr 8th 2019 at 7:23:17 PM

Frankly splitting the vote would be a Mercy Kill for a decent Republican.

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ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#276959: Apr 8th 2019 at 8:34:29 PM

How are you guys handling life in this Trumpian hellscape? I mean, I'm getting by all right, but emotionally, I'm at the end of my rope. I cannot believe the sadistic, dystopian horseshit that's become the norm since the man took office. Real life is unrecognizable. On the one hand, it's good to know that the people I've always hated were truly, actually, capital-E Evil and I no longer have to feel bad about hating them, but so many things inspire frothy-mouthed rage that it's honestly exhausting.

Anyway, who do you guys like in the 2020 race? I'm thinking Warren.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276960: Apr 8th 2019 at 8:37:42 PM

Gillibrand, though I'm not sure she'll be able to win the primaries, given how she's currently polling. But we're still over a year away.

Disgusted, but not surprised
wisewillow She/her Since: May, 2011
She/her
#276961: Apr 8th 2019 at 8:40:11 PM

[up][up] Yup, same to all of the above.

ThriceCharming Since: Nov, 2013
#276962: Apr 8th 2019 at 8:42:14 PM

I need to research Gillibrand. I'm aware of her, but know next to nothing about her platform. I've pretty much resolved to (as the uncool kids say) "vote blue no matter who," even if it's somebody shitty like Joe Biden.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#276963: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:01:13 PM

[up][up][up][up]I don't live in the US, but we're in a broadly similar political climate with an equally horrible president, so maybe what I'm saying will still apply.

The worst part for me on a day-to-day basis is wondering whether any given perfectly nice and reasonable sounding person I know is actually a blackshirt, or at least complicit. My state voted for the fascist-in-office by a very convincing margin, so the vast majority of people around me are likely to be shitty by default. During the election period it was honestly unreal seeing the support for someone so openly hateful and bigoted first-hand, from people who really should know better. It's a really weird and exhausting feeling doubting everyone I know, and then either feeling shitty when it turns out my suspicion was validated or relieved that I was wrong.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Apr 8th 2019 at 12:04:20 PM

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#276964: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:10:22 PM

Tbh, I really hate how everyone in my immediate family is a Trumphead. Like, sometimes you know when someone has some shitty opinions, but when someone like Trump comes along and validates them...

I don't pretend that I have it the worst of it. I'm Caucasian and cisgender. That doesn't preclude me from worrying about the people that are more vulnerable to the administration's evil.

There are days, like during the Kavanaugh hearings, where I have shaken with anger.

Do not obey in advance.
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#276965: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:18:31 PM

Honestly being more worried about who's a blackshirt and who's not is the more exhausting part of my day to day life too.

Oh really when?
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276966: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:21:56 PM

I've had a lot of practice coming to terms with the people in my life having shitty views. Comes with growing up with kind of racist and homophobic parents whose idea of discipline was a lot of verbal abuse and physical abuse.

Edited by M84 on Apr 9th 2019 at 12:22:36 AM

Disgusted, but not surprised
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#276967: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:22:53 PM

At least where I'm at I haven't had to really worry about that. I work at the AG's office in Minnesota which is currently run by a Democrat (and has been for the last 50 years), and I'm pretty sure most everyone there is at the very least not a Republican. I've also heard them talking about Trump or current politics every now and then, and they all seem to hate the big moldy orange's guts.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276968: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:24:48 PM

The rest of my family doesn't think Trump is a big deal — probably because we're relatively financially well-off — and politically apathetic. I'm the only registered voter in my family.

Disgusted, but not surprised
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#276970: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:40:48 PM

I doubt very much that the EU is going to stop supporting Airbus. Especially in the wake of two of Boeing's new "fuel-efficient" planes crashing and killing everyone on-board.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#276971: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:52:18 PM

My siblings and I are solidly left-wing. My mom is centrist to left-ish; very much dislikes Trump, watches CNN constantly. My dad I dunno, pretty sure he was a Bush Republican, but kinda strikes me as a "both sides are bad" sort of guy; last time I got a clear read on his political views was early-to-mid-2016, where his stance was "Trump's bad, Clinton's bad, Sanders is worse".

Outside my immediate family (and to some degree inside), we generally Don't Ask. Visited my grandparents over the holidays and they don't seem to like him. Before that was a family reunion in mid-2016, where I recall one uncle saying that Obama ruined the country, and an aunt saying that people working minimum wage need to get a Real Job™, so make of that what you will.

-

In terms of 2020 candidates, most of them seem fine enough, but so far Warren and Harris have held my attention the most. It's still early on in the process, so I'm content to wait and see.

Edited by Blueeyedrat on Apr 8th 2019 at 9:54:36 AM

TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#276972: Apr 8th 2019 at 9:55:42 PM

Among South Asians, it's generally split down the middle. There's those who look at Trump's xenophobia and think he's out of his mind.

And there's those who look at his "fuck Muslims" stance and say "Works for Me".

I hold the secrets of the machine.
CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#276973: Apr 8th 2019 at 10:05:54 PM

[up] I'm guessing those other South Asians are Bhutanese, Indians, Nepalis and Sri Lankans, because it doesn't make any sense for Afghans, Bangladeshis, Maldivians or Pakistanis to be saying that.

Edited by CookingCat on Apr 8th 2019 at 10:11:18 AM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#276974: Apr 8th 2019 at 10:07:46 PM

I’m the only Democrat in my family. The most die-hard Trump-loving, Fox News watching, Rush Limbaugh acolyte in my family is the 100% Mexican-blooded uncle born in Mexico.

TechPriest90 Servant of the Omnissiah from Collegia Titanica, Mars, Sol System Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Servant of the Omnissiah
#276975: Apr 8th 2019 at 10:08:08 PM

[up][up]Nah, it's more of a religious split. Non-muslim (and conservative) South Asians are pretty much okay with the Trump bandwagon. Other than them, not so much.

It's always been a religious thing. Nationality is something of a secondary point.

[up] Wow, that's one hell of a boomerang.

Edited by TechPriest90 on Apr 8th 2019 at 1:15:34 PM

I hold the secrets of the machine.

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