There’s no salvation for this party. There just isn’t.
There’s no salvation for this party. There just isn’t.
Disturbing. Again, if anyone's a psych major, you might want to specialize in cult deprogramming therapy, because we've got a need for it.
Oh, and reports are out that the White House was briefed by the FBI about what the insurrectionists had planned. Down to the details of smashing in the windows and storming the building, and that they had maps of escape tunnels.
The Trump White House, again, didn't just "do nothing" with this information, they held up the National Guard being called in for hours. 100% aiding the insurrection.
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How can "Hang Mike Pence" be taken out of context? I mean this is basically Shaggy Defense level of bad.
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America could get a majority of the population vaccinated, and achieve herd immunity one day but when will there be a time when we are vaccinated against the currently rampaging moral and intellectual virus known as Trumpism? Where does it end? How can we mitigate it? Better media? Destroying all right-wing propaganda media like Info Wars and Fox News?
"I love mankind...it's people I can't stand!!"
- Charles Schultz.
It's just gaslighting. It's all they have.
"MAGA-terrorists invaded the capitol."
"No, it was ANTIFA."
"We arrested perpetrators who insist they're not Antifa, they're die hard Trump supporters."
"Well, they didn't want to really hurt anyone."
"They were saying they were going to hang Mike Pence. They were attacking police officers, and murdered one. Others are still in the hospital."
"Yes, but 'hang Mike Pence', that's taken out of context."
"They brought a gallows and a noose, and were stealing news equipment, then using the cables to fashion more nooses."
"Well, they were just caught up in the moment..."
"They had detailed plans and brought equipment to breach the building, after discussing busting in to execute traitors in online posts."
"Well, you can't expect the White House to have foreseen this..."
"The White House was warned by the FBI a day in advance, and not only refused calls for advanced security, but as the chaos worsened, resisted calls to send backup for hours."
"But there's no way they were sympathetic to the people who broke in..."
"Multiple individuals including Trump, Giuliani, Mo Brooks, Josh Hawley, Mary Miller, Ginni Thomas, and Ted Cruz gave inciting speeches. That's not even everyone..."
"That's out of context, too. It's not like anyone was helping these people in the building..."
"Several Capitol Police officers appeared sympathetic and were letting the terrorists in. Against the specific instructions of the Sgt. At Arms, Rep. Lauren Boebert was not only making social media posts, but was specifically giving the location of Nancy Pelosi, who the mob was hunting for."
"Yeah, but this is all coincidental. Don't divide us when the country needs UNITY."
"Your party tried to murder its own VP candidate, and several members of the House and Senate. They brought equipment, radios, and attempted a siege of the building. They failed. Your definition of "unity" is not facing consequences for a conspiracy to overthrow the government. Get f***ed."
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"Always listen to the crazy scientist with a weird van or armful of blueprints and diagrams." -- Vibranium
People who leave the party aren't able to vote in primaries and change the party.
That gives even more power to the crazies.
The goalposts remained the same.
You edited out the part of my post explaining that.
That is a different argument than the idea that is an example of hypocrisy.
Sincerely,
Thomas Mets
Think of this and other forms of tribalistic mania less like an alien scourge, or a virus and more like an addiction. Much like alcohol and nicotine, that **** is toxic but feels GOOD to the point where it can gear a human mind to become more and more dependent on it. We put out PSAs explaining how deadly cigarettes are all the time.....It (alone) STILL doesn’t discourage hooked people - even those who fully understand they’re shortening their lifespan - from lighting one up as a quick wind-me-down. And as for alcohol? It bears even more similarity to the -isms that plague society today. Outlawing and punishing its use only made it thrive underground in the form of speakeasies. For an individual, simply “quitting” can be a long process with the threat of relapse ever present. That’s the scale of difficulty in addressing this problem.
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How has that worked out for you the last 10 years. Have you been able to make the Party more or less crazy? Your Party has become the Tea Party. Trump is still your Party leader, with no effort by your Party to do anything about him. 2/3 of the House Republicans backed the election fraud hoax that led to the insurrection, and that was after the riots. The House leadership endorsed it and there is zero accountability in your Party for those that fomented the attack. You are as effective as the "resistance" in the Trump White House. You don't get to endorse the Republican Party and not take responsibility for what they are.
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