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Hugabear

(10,340 posts)
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:38 AM Aug 2012

Rethugs are the greatest threat this planet faces.

There, I said it. Rethugs represent the single greatest threat this planet faces. Yes, I said planet, not just this country.

There are a multitude of reasons.

They oppose any and all efforts to combat global warming, which they deride as a myth. This alone would make them the greatest threat to the planet, because their actions (or lack thereof) will lead to irreversible climate change, which would put billions of lives in jeopardy within the next century.

They oppose any and all efforts to clean up the environment. As a result, we would face dirtier air, dirtier water, more diseases. They actually MOCK efforts to try and improve the environment.

They encourage reckless military saber-rattling with countries such as Russia, North Korea, and Iran. If they had their way, we'd already be at war with Iran, Syria, and Venezuela simultaneously, while daring Russia to do something as we placed missile defense systems near the Russian border. We were very fortunate to make it through 40 years of Cold War without any nuclear exchanges or full-scale war. Seems like that's not good enough for the warmongering repukes.

These are just the physical threats the GOP poses to the planet, threats that could very well put humanity's existence into peril (not to mention almost all other wildlife)

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Rethugs are the greatest threat this planet faces. (Original Post) Hugabear Aug 2012 OP
I agree. I'm not in that much of a joking mood about this flamingdem Aug 2012 #1
+1,000 freshwest Aug 2012 #2
thanks for the confirmation flamingdem Aug 2012 #3
Thanks, I needed the hug. Deep breathing! freshwest Aug 2012 #4
I've been saying that since 2000 Floyd_Gondolli Aug 2012 #5
I think it's because they are dying out and they want to take everything/one with them diane in sf Aug 2012 #6

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
1. I agree. I'm not in that much of a joking mood about this
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 12:40 AM
Aug 2012

and I won't be over it until mid-November when I hope to breathe a sigh of relief!

 

Floyd_Gondolli

(1,277 posts)
5. I've been saying that since 2000
Fri Aug 31, 2012, 01:01 AM
Aug 2012

That's when it all got so much darker. Thats when it became clear they are capable of anything.

The only point I would add is one of the things that makes them so dangerous is their complete lack of empathy. Sociopaths have the same trait. And that's what they are: sociopaths.

If it were up to me their leaders would be in prison and their supporters forced to undergo intensive deprograming, or face deportation.

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