GOPPERS At Town Halls In Illinois, Maryland & North Carolina Incensed

[TheMastersNemesis]

and want to shut down the government. They believe the GOP is playing too nice and want Obama impeached. A lot of GOP reps are getting an earful. Republicans think Democrats and Obama are wrecking the country. How can we possibly live in peace when so many GOPPERS want to not only deny 30 million people access to health care, believe food stamp recipients should starve and want to have everyones pension scrapped/

[TreasonousBastard]

1. I don't have an answer. We were doing pretty well for a while, but...

then this undercurrent of meanness came out and stopped everything.

FWIW, it's always been this way. Go back to the Pullman strike, the Progressive movement, Teddy Roosevelt, and, of course, King and the civil rights movement. Nothing's been easy since Shay's rebellion and the underserved and underrepresented play right along with the oppressors even when they have the chance to change things.

Rarely does it ever work, and often as not a charismatic leader with ties to serious power is needed to make it work.

I wish I knew an easier trick to stop the nonsense.

[RussBLib]

2. go to the Town Halls and make yourselves heard

...if a few libs start speaking out at these Town Halls, they are likely to get some PR

[BeyondGeography]

3. This time it's War

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[global1]

4. Think About It DU'ers Some RW Group/Organization Is Seeding These Town Halls With These People......

so that the Repug Congresspersons or Senators can say that "this is what the American People want". This is what they are hearing when they go to Town Halls.

These people 'carping' at the Town Halls are ringers. They are not rank and file American voters. It's all a set-up.

[octoberlib]

6. +1

[octoberlib]

5. Town halls always bring out the extremists and whackjobs. Always.

In NC, Democrats have been protesting and getting arrested over these policies. Moderate Republicans are starting to show up as well. The extremists may get a lot of air time but they're a minority. At least in North Carolina they are. Especially now that people are actually being affected by their shitty legislation. The moderates voted for the extremists in the NC legislature just because they had an R after their name. Most of them are regretting it now.