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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I'm realizing now more than ever that I'm weak and privileged, because I don't feel like I have the strength to fight this for four years. I know there are people out there - hell, I know people personally - who will fight until their fingernails are shredded and their hands are bloody to stop things like this, but I can't help but look ahead and wonder if any of it will actually do anything, or if this administration will look at the passion and effort and tears and blood of a hundred million people and just laugh.
I'm sorry, I think I'm just bringing things down in here. I'll stick around since I do want to stay at least a bit informed, but I think I have to step away for a while.
It's been fun.The FADA runs blatantly afoul of the 14th amendment in its breadth, although a stacked supreme court that gave us Burwell v Hobby Lobby could affirm it.
The problem is that would drive a wedge of the country in 2, because it's not only about religion but about "moral conviction," so left-leaning groups could outright refuse to do business with conservatives too, creating literal independent fiefdoms where everyone is mutually protected by their right to discriminate based on "moral conviction."
It's a banana-republic law, basically. It erodes the ability of government to function because it allows everybody to discriminate, not just private individuals.
If the nukes start flying, I really want to ride one like that.
Re: Trump supporters and racism. I'm fine with trying to win back the disaffected white Obama supporters for the purpose of winning elections, but I take a Trump vote as a personal insult. I would never be able to call one a friend. A vote for Trump is an endorsement of his scurrilous views, no matter what the voter's intent. If we don't repudiate his racism, misogyny, and xenophobia, and the fact that he won in spite of it, we risk further normalizing it as a part of our political discourse.
"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."Ahahahaha, of course they won't.
What makes that super hypocritical is that Clinton was pilloried for lying, when her "lies" were bog standard political mealy-mouthing for the most part, and her truthfulness rating overall was superb.
Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. This will happen often: humans seem to have evolved to practice denial when confronted publicly with the unacceptable.
This may explain why millions were willing to vote for him.
edited 18th Nov '16 6:46:28 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedPersonally, (and I understand that I am in a position of relative privilege that would allow me to do so) I am going to continue to try and treat people respectfully, regardless of their views. But those opinions themselves have none of my respect or sympathy, and I will tell those people as much. I mean, probably; I'm actually a huge coward. But I'm going to try.
In the years to come — and with them impending disasters, defilement of our liberties, destabilization of our economy, the crumbling of what little moral high ground we once possessed as a nation — I hope the people who voted for Trump end up regretting it. Enough, at least, not to vote for him again in 2020.
edited 18th Nov '16 7:02:07 AM by M84
Disgusted, but not surprisedYet more proof that this election was rigged - against Hillary. In more ways than one. And now everyone, American or not, is going to suffer because of it.
Oh, remember those Trump University lawsuits that the P*ssy-Grabber-In-Chief swore he wasn't going to settle? Because he never settles, ever?
"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."Without admitting wrongdoing, though. He's trying to avoid the bad press that would come of him actually making a court appearance- making it look like a 'this lawsuit was bullshit, but it makes more sense to just pay up and get rid of the issue than draw attention to it by fighting it' thing.
But, really, this was always a fairly likely outcome. I imagine nobody involved was looking forward to the nightmare that jury selection would've beennote , just for starters.
Rep. Mike Pompeo
has been selected as CIA director.
Anyone know who this guy is?
I'm already considering going silent about my political views, because in the kind of crony-capitalist oligarchy Trump seems to be building, political dissidents don't get jobs, at the minimum.
edited 18th Nov '16 7:22:22 AM by CaptainCapsase

edited 18th Nov '16 9:09:45 AM by nervmeister