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  1. 1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

    And yet we continue to associate, fraternize, and embrace his supporters as friends, neighbors, and relatives. We (myself included) do not have the courage to shun these people socially. 

    It’s not a matter of courage.  It’s a matter of persuasion.  Shunning drives the wedge deeper.  It’s counterproductive.  One side is slipping towards authoritarianism.  The only way to win them back is to appeal to their hearts.  Which they still have.  

    This isn’t 1930s Germany.  The US isn’t a homogeneously Anglo society with a relatively small, isolated minority population that is easily scapegoated.  We are an integrated, ethnically and culturally diverse nation. 99.9% of Trumpists have a close black, Latino, Asian, gay, liberal, Jewish, Muslim, or atheist friend or family member.  Focus their attention on how Trumpism would hurt that person.  Point out others who would lose dear friends, sons, daughters, wives, etc. if the nasty far right divisiveness ever takes hold.  Prep them to push back when they hear that shit.  You can be conservative and still say “I love people who are different than I am and I’ll fight for their right to life, liberty, and happiness here in the USA.”  

    That’s the only way we win this thing, imo.  People have to respect each other enough to push back against their own political tribe when the leaders try to divide us.

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  2. 31 minutes ago, Irwin F Fletcher said:

     

    The leading conservative media outlet has now stated that running a country requires “killing people.”  Let that sink in for a moment.  Sure, Tucker criticized the Kim regime on somewhat superficial grounds (they’re Stalinist!), but at bottom a leading conservative voice just proclaimed that killing human beings is required to lead a country.  

    Holy shit.  We are fucked.

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  3. 5 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

    My advice for buying a main guitar is to get the one your guitar hero plays.   That'll get you on the way to the tone you want, plus some inspiration.  So if you love Slash or Jimmy Page, get a Les Paul.  If you're a Clapton or Hendrix guy, get a Strat.  And so on. 

    But if you’re a “good Clapton” guy, get a Les Paul.

  4. 9 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    There's plenty of "militia" (right-wing terrorist) groups that aren't full of geriatrics. Plenty of their membership aren't in great shape, but they're all stupid, literally insane, and heavily armed.  They're dangerous and they're hoping for a civil war. They wouldn't win, but they could do a shitload more damage than most people understand and they'd have support from many within the law enforcement community.

    A true civil war is probably still pretty unlikely, but these groups becoming something like the first Klan, which terrorized the south during reconstruction and murdered hundreds if not thousands of people while local law enforcement looked the other way, is quite possible.

    We’re witnessing the birth of American brown shirts.  It’s surreal.  

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  5. 4 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

    Haven't you heard? White people are the real victims in America.

    It’s amazing how quickly the Party of Responsibility became the Party of Whiny Babies.  

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  6. 1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

     

    The only thing missing from this 1980s  post-apocalyptic B-movie we’re living is a horn speaker blaring these slogans out into the desolate streets.

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  7. There was a pony-level “select” game a few weeks ago next to my son’s soccer field.  I watched a bit, thinking it would surely be pretty high quality ball.  Boy was I wrong.  The pitcher came out for warmups and proceeded to throw three wild pitches in a row.  And his catcher was just as inaccurate on throws back to the mound.  Then the game started.  Sheesh.  These kids were painfully bad.  They had slick unis, though.  

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