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Initech

(100,080 posts)
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 08:32 PM Oct 2018

It's becoming increasingly clear that we don't matter.

It's becoming increasingly clear that Trump, Fox News, and the religious right don't care. They are determined to rule us with an iron fist whether we want it or not. They don't care about:

- Attempted murder of their political opponents
- Their political opponents
- Sexual assault victims
- Black people getting murdered by out of control police
- The LGBT (and especially the T) community
- Women
- Minorities
- Children
- Mass shooting victims
- Mass shooting witnesses
- Veterans
- The unemployed
- Homeless people
- Part time and minimum wage employees
- Anyone who's not straight, white, male, and Christian
- Atheists
- Anyone who doesn't wave the flag and respect the anthem enough
- The retired
- The soon to be retired
- The disabled
- The environment

I could go on and on. We're all cannon fodder for the upper 1%. They don't care about the people, they only care about power and money.

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It's becoming increasingly clear that we don't matter. (Original Post) Initech Oct 2018 OP
The nation is now perfectly divided between psychopath and not. byronius Oct 2018 #1
Amazing, isn't it? Just incredible Pepsidog Oct 2018 #8
Not since the civil war no. Volaris Oct 2018 #12
Pretending global warming doesn't exist lostnfound Oct 2018 #2
If Dems dont take back the House I am not pledging allegiance to our flag. n/t SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2018 #3
I never do. Pacifist Patriot Oct 2018 #21
Well said ProfessorPlum Oct 2018 #22
I've been muttering it for years. No more unless Republicans begin to do their jobs, SleeplessinSoCal Oct 2018 #23
Empaths vs. Sociopaths. zentrum Oct 2018 #4
Very true. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #5
I'd go a step further and call many of them psychopaths. Initech Oct 2018 #15
And liberal white men... Cetacea Oct 2018 #6
They think we're race traitiors. Volaris Oct 2018 #13
Spencer, McInnes... They certainly think that ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #14
They're bullies who are asking us to knock the chip off their shoulders. They're asking for a fight. YOHABLO Oct 2018 #7
Trump fans are the people who beat people like us up in high school. Initech Oct 2018 #16
Apparently it's all ok if you say you are a "counter puncher" and that... JoeOtterbein Oct 2018 #9
Shariah law, American Style RainCaster Oct 2018 #10
Some estimate that 4% of Americans are sociopaths. If Republicans are a quarter of the -Steph- Oct 2018 #11
Seems more like 33% FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #20
don't forget elderly and disabled Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #17
Added to the list! Initech Oct 2018 #18
What did you think they really meant by "drain the swamp"? n/t CousinIT Oct 2018 #19

lostnfound

(16,180 posts)
2. Pretending global warming doesn't exist
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 09:14 PM
Oct 2018

Because we ARENT all in this together.
Maybe some foresee a dire future of environmental refugees and declining food supplies, all they care about is amassing their own wealth and defenses

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)
21. I never do.
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 05:43 PM
Oct 2018

It has to be one of the dumbest meaningless pledges I have ever encountered.

I don't need that utterance to affirm loyalty to my country. I do that by being civically engaged, voting, and volunteering in my community to help others.

SleeplessinSoCal

(9,123 posts)
23. I've been muttering it for years. No more unless Republicans begin to do their jobs,
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 07:48 PM
Oct 2018

stop suppressing votes, and only speak when strapped to a lie detector.

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
5. Very true.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:23 PM
Oct 2018

I am more for Socialism than Capitalism too. Greed and hate have destroyed my country since Reagun.

Initech

(100,080 posts)
15. I'd go a step further and call many of them psychopaths.
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:16 AM
Oct 2018

Especially Lindsay Graham, Charles Grassley, Trump, Pence, and Newt Gingrich. Ugh. The sooner they go away the better.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
14. Spencer, McInnes... They certainly think that
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 11:24 PM
Oct 2018

And they shout it in public, too. The Rump sides with them.

 

YOHABLO

(7,358 posts)
7. They're bullies who are asking us to knock the chip off their shoulders. They're asking for a fight.
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:32 PM
Oct 2018

We have to do this through the law, and the power of the people and our vote, not physical violence.

JoeOtterbein

(7,702 posts)
9. Apparently it's all ok if you say you are a "counter puncher" and that...
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:47 PM
Oct 2018

...you hit back 10 times as hard.

Cause if it's ok for Trump, it's ok for you!

-Steph-

(409 posts)
11. Some estimate that 4% of Americans are sociopaths. If Republicans are a quarter of the
Thu Oct 25, 2018, 10:59 PM
Oct 2018

population, and 100% of sociopaths are Republicans (not a fact, just my opinion), then more than 1 out of every 10 Republicans are a sociopath. That would honestly make a lot of sense.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
17. don't forget elderly and disabled
Fri Oct 26, 2018, 12:20 AM
Oct 2018

The Repugnant Party wants to raid the Social Security trust fund to pay to billionaires.

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