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Post by hop2 on Jul 16, 2019 11:09:39 GMT
My grandmother once said this of someone: "He's diarrhea. He doesn't even have the fortitude to be a piece of shit." Let this grub root around in the pile of MAGA shit it crawled out of. They aren't worth your energy or consideration. We love you, elaine! Oh, I am so stealing your grandmother’s saying. It applies to so many GOP stalwarts. I do not understand Trump supporters. They want to time travel to the 50’s. But time and the nation have moved on. Trump is dangerous, and I would argue that he seems increasingly unmoored from reality. I really wonder if he is getting senile. He always was a morally bankrupt liar. But in addition to that he has every single sign of dementia that my mother had... way more signs than Reagan
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2019 11:21:30 GMT
Ongoing support of Trump is so much more than just a difference of political opinion.
I could set that aside before he was elected, and even at the very beginning of his presidency. I was always vehemently opposed to him, but I could see how some conservatives chose to support him because some of his policies were in line with their beliefs. They believed he'd be "more presidential" after election and tone down his hateful, cruel words. But now he's continued to spew hatred - and indeed, ratchet it up - for years. And it's not just his words, but also his actions and his policies.
It's become impossible to give that out to conservatives anymore. His racist, sexist, dangerous rhetoric has gone on far too long. There's no way anyone can believe he doesn't mean what he says. He's said the same horrible things over and over and backed it up with actions that manifest his hate and harm targets of it.
Overlooking hate because you like tax cuts (that probably didn't help you too much) isn't an acceptable trade off. Turning a blind eye to human rights violations and open white nationalism because you prefer more money in your paycheck is not a difference in political opinion. It's a choice to say money is more important than humanity.
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Post by hop2 on Jul 16, 2019 11:24:37 GMT
Look, I have been on this (and the old forum for years). MANY of you here have known me for a long, long time and I stand by who I have been from my first day on this forum. I have never been rude to any of you although many of you cannot say the same back to me. Some of you used to be pretty good friends with me, but the very fact that I maintain my conservative standards and do not see things the way you are absolutely determined they are has made me persona non grata with you. So be it. I'm sorry. I have liked many of you very much and have been sad to see the end of the friendships. But I'm not going to get into a mudslinging contest anyone and that's all that can happen on this board anymore if anyone tries to present a different point of view from what is the general view here now. Elaine, you were one of the ones that I felt the worst about losing friendship with. I liked you much better on the old board than I did many of my conservative cohorts. Trump has ruined that friendship I guess. I want to say I expected a far more nasty response from you tonight than I got and I thank you so much for it. You sounded like my old Elaine in your response. I am sorry if I misunderstood you and I appreciate your explanation. I'm going to leave it at that. Thank you for the measured reply. I do care about you and worry about you. G'nite all. I respect you snowsilver, but you still refuse to address the topic at hand. How do you excuse Trumps tweets aimed at the congresswomen? He tweeted racist veiled threats at 4 US citizens, 3 of whom are natural born, your ok with that? While his threats were veiled just enough to allow him to twist out of it when his minions do his bidding, the racism in his Tweets was pretty clear. BTW the women he tweeted at are women I rarely agree with, but that doesn’t mean I can stand idly by and let it happen. Seriously, I can’t imagine the constant calls I’d be making to their offices were any of them my representative. What if I’m next? Apparently being a citizen, even a citizen born here, doesn’t have the protections we imagined it had, if that comment is allowed to stand unopposed. I believe in the protections I thought I had therefore I’m opposing it, even though the comment was directed at people I disagree with. It’s the attack that can not stand, not whom it was against. Your refusal to even acknowledge that he’s making these outright racist comments makes me sad, because your clearly not the person I thought you were.
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Post by mikklynn on Jul 16, 2019 11:25:30 GMT
Pissy? Nah. You just make me laugh because your feeble attempts are as demented as Trump’s. Bless your heart, you don’t even realize who the dumb one is here. Go practice goose stepping in your backyard. My grandmother once said this of someone: "He's diarrhea. He doesn't even have the fortitude to be a piece of shit." Let this grub root around in the pile of MAGA shit it crawled out of. They aren't worth your energy or consideration. We love you, elaine! O.M.G. I love, love, love your grandmother.
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2019 11:26:47 GMT
I don't believe he has dementia. That's giving him an excuse. He's the same garbage human he always has been. He's unmoored from reality because he doesn't operate in reality. He lives in an echo chamber, has no intellectual rigor or desire to inform himself, and is primarily interested in enriching and aggrandizing himself. To attribute this to advancing age or something of that nature is to minimize his personal accountability for his actions.
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Post by elaine on Jul 16, 2019 11:30:57 GMT
What famous individual was brown-skinned, came from a “shithole country,” was NOT happy with the status quo, and spoke out against people in power and their treatment of the poor, the sick, and the needy?
If Jesus were to come back today, Trump would tweet that he should “Go back to ‘where he came from’ if he didn’t love things the way they are.” And his followers, many who profess to be religious, would cheer. That is how far Trump has taken his followers from the teachings of the New Testament.
Trump doesn’t care about the welfare of any life that isn’t white or male. Women only have value if they are white, straight, and physically attractive to him. Those that continue support him may be anti-abortion, but they certainly are not “pro-life.” I refuse to believe anyone who continues to support him and justifies their vote with the “pro-life” spiel.
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Post by dewryce on Jul 16, 2019 11:47:33 GMT
I don't believe he has dementia. That's giving him an excuse. He's the same garbage human he always has been. He's unmoored from reality because he doesn't operate in reality. He lives in an echo chamber, has no intellectual rigor or desire to inform himself, and is primarily interested in enriching and aggrandizing himself. To attribute this to advancing age or something of that nature is to minimize his personal accountability for his actions. I think he might have dementia, but I mainly base that on his changed speech patterns and his inability to answer a question in a cohesive manner (and not just because he’s trying to carefully word something). Not because of his actions. He’s always been a terrible human and there’s no excuse for it.
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Post by busy on Jul 16, 2019 11:51:57 GMT
I don't believe he has dementia. That's giving him an excuse. He's the same garbage human he always has been. He's unmoored from reality because he doesn't operate in reality. He lives in an echo chamber, has no intellectual rigor or desire to inform himself, and is primarily interested in enriching and aggrandizing himself. To attribute this to advancing age or something of that nature is to minimize his personal accountability for his actions. I think he might have dementia, but I mainly base that on his changed speech patterns and his inability to answer a question in a cohesive manner (and not just because he’s trying to carefully word something). Not because of his actions. He’s always been a terrible human and there’s no excuse for it. When has he ever been able to answer a question in a cohesive manner, though? It's always been a string of hyperbolic words and phrases strung together loosely, saying nothing of substance. The only "meaning" you've ever been able to get out of most things he says is that he thinks he's amazing.
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Post by Merge on Jul 16, 2019 11:57:57 GMT
$775/day is more than 5x my salary. Certainly could afford a tooth brush & soap for that. Hell a room at the holiday inn is only $175/ night & comes with toothbrush & soap that leaves $600 more for food/clothing legal fees etc Where the hell is all this money going? Right into the pockets of the people who own the for-profit detention facilities.
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Post by dewryce on Jul 16, 2019 12:02:16 GMT
This is the point I'm at. And it's very sad to me to realize this about friends, neighbors, old co-workers, and peas I liked. That verbalized very well how I feel, TFS. We need to have these conversations with each other, let it be known that this is not okay. Someone mentioned the importance of contacting our representatives in another thread. I completely agree. But I think it can have just as much, if not more impact to stand up for what’s right in our day to day interactions. Not give the bigoted hate any room to grow in our midst.
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Post by dewryce on Jul 16, 2019 12:03:06 GMT
I think he might have dementia, but I mainly base that on his changed speech patterns and his inability to answer a question in a cohesive manner (and not just because he’s trying to carefully word something). Not because of his actions. He’s always been a terrible human and there’s no excuse for it. When has he ever been able to answer a question in a cohesive manner, though? It's always been a string of hyperbolic words and phrases strung together loosely, saying nothing of substance. The only "meaning" you've ever been able to get out of most things he says is that he thinks he's amazing. It didn’t use to sound like word salad. He was always full of crap, but most of it made sense even if it wasn’t true.
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Post by elaine on Jul 16, 2019 12:03:40 GMT
Look, I have been on this (and the old forum for years). MANY of you here have known me for a long, long time and I stand by who I have been from my first day on this forum. I have never been rude to any of you although many of you cannot say the same back to me. Some of you used to be pretty good friends with me, but the very fact that I maintain my conservative standards and do not see things the way you are absolutely determined they are has made me persona non grata with you. So be it. I'm sorry. I have liked many of you very much and have been sad to see the end of the friendships. But I'm not going to get into a mudslinging contest anyone and that's all that can happen on this board anymore if anyone tries to present a different point of view from what is the general view here now. Elaine, you were one of the ones that I felt the worst about losing friendship with. I liked you much better on the old board than I did many of my conservative cohorts. Trump has ruined that friendship I guess. I want to say I expected a far more nasty response from you tonight than I got and I thank you so much for it. You sounded like my old Elaine in your response. I am sorry if I misunderstood you and I appreciate your explanation. I'm going to leave it at that. Thank you for the measured reply. I do care about you and worry about you. G'nite all. Elise, you lost me in the aftermath of Charlottesville, when you supported Trump. I had hoped that I was wrong, and that things would change, but time and time again, including your lack of response to Trump’s latest round of tweets, even when directly asked for your response by other posters, has shown that your stance back then wasn’t a fluke or a one-off. Your responses and lack thereof make me both sad and angry too. But, you have to live with your beliefs and choices, just as I do with mine. Does it make me sad that Trump’s presidency has resulted in my losing people I considered to be friends? Yes. But, when I reflect on it, they are the same people they always were, it is just now their beliefs that were previously hidden are now out in the open. One cannot support someone who preaches White Supremacy and then make exceptions for some people who are: persons of color/non-Christians/non-US citizens/LGBT/disabled/poor/mentally ill because you “know” those few people and like them. It IS an all-or-none proposition. Because I can guarantee that those torch bearers in Charlottesville could not care less if I and my Jewish family had conservative friends somewhere. And being white, doesn’t make Trump’s racist tweets and comments any less offensive because those weren’t directed at my family. “Pro-life” means supporting living, breathing human beings, not just preventing women from having access to safe legal abortions. Honestly, anyone who supports Trump’s hateful words and despicable policies that treat people as less than human, is not a friend of mine or my family. Because anyone who does not speak out against his rhetoric now supports White Supremacy. And White Supremacy/Nationalism is morally wrong and evil. It should be fought tooth-and-nail by anyone who claims to value life. I honestly think that there is nothing that anyone can say that will change that core belief for me.
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Post by gulfcoastgirl on Jul 16, 2019 12:11:28 GMT
Don’t fool yourselves. Jesus is crying for all those who support Trump after the past two days’ tweets and press conference. If you you find yourself or your children or your family on the chopping block, or in the gas chamber, or mown down by an asshole in a Dodge Charger, because you don’t meet the White Male Supremacist’ ideal and you haven’t spoken out, you have no one to blame but yourselves. We know who some of the 25 who responded to the 4th of July Festivities poll are. They and the rest of you are typical White Supremacist lily-livered cowards. I hope it is your children and not mine who suffer what you have wrought. And I will pray for that. Elaine, I truly hope you are going to come back and apologize for this post. Because you have now gone far further than any other Pea that I can remember in wishing horror on children of other Peas. Even Lauren only wished bad things for ONE Pea's child and she apologized and that Pea and she are now friends. But you have wished suffering on any the children of any Pea who doesn't see Trump the same way you do....you state you are even praying for that! And I am stunned at the names of some of you who have "liked" this post. REALLY?? It is time that someone stood up and called you out for this type of rhetoric. This is beyond awful. I truly hope that some of your liberals will stand with me and call this the hate speech that it is! And just so you know.....there is no bat phone. Carly is not a member of the group that meets elsewhere. You won't believe it, but there is no hateful discussions there about any liberal on this list. There is just controlled discussion on world events. But no bat phone. The reason I saw this is because I (unlike most of the members of the conservative group you reference) never left this list. I saw your thread title, and opened it because it was so inflammatory. Again, liberals, do you support and pray for the suffering of the children of Americans who don't see things the way you do? If not, I hope at least some of you will have the courage to stand against this awful thread of Elaine's And the manners police arrive........
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 12:11:57 GMT
What famous individual was brown-skinned, came from a “shithole country,” was NOT happy with the status quo, and spoke out against people in power and their treatment of the poor, the sick, and the needy? If Jesus were to come back today, Trump would tweet that he should “Go back to ‘where he came from’ if he didn’t love things the way they are.” And his followers, many who profess to be religious, would cheer. That is how far Trump has taken his followers from the teachings of the New Testament. Trump doesn’t care about the welfare of any life that isn’t white or male. Women only have value if they are white, straight, and physically attractive to him. Those that continue support him may be anti-abortion, but they certainly are not “pro-life.” I refuse to believe anyone who continues to support him and justifies their vote with the “pro-life” spiel. Women only has value for his own sexual gratification.He isn't pro life or anti abortion either unless he's speaking to his followers. I refuse to believe, knowing his record on womanising, that he has only fathered five children. I'm certain that there are women out there that he has demanded they have an abortion following his sexual relationships.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 12:47:25 GMT
Trump, like alcohol, doesn't change who you are in essentials. He reveals it.
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Post by Sarah*H on Jul 16, 2019 12:51:14 GMT
Trump didn't ruin any of your friendships. Your response to Trump just let people better understand who you are. I'm sure Carly has some friend openings if you're looking for replacements.
And the narcissism of making a post about the horrors he has wrought on the world a pearl clutching post falsely accusing Elaine of things you've ignored from others before, bemoaning the loss of friendship and reiterating once about how you feel unwelcome on this board is almost as sad as your lack of a response to those horrors. Keep touting those conservative political values though, whatever they might be.
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Post by maryannscraps on Jul 16, 2019 13:04:28 GMT
Trump supporters are not conservatives. They are white supremacist, racist, and lack in critical thinking skills. Deplorables indeed. My very conservative inlaws didn't vote for and do not support Trump. They bemoan the loss of their Republican Party. They are not welcome there anymore, and wouldn't want to be associated with it anyway. I'm so proud of them for speaking out in a deep southern state.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 13:11:19 GMT
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 16, 2019 13:39:18 GMT
Good morning to everyone who's not a white supremacist Trump apologist!
Interesting to read that some of y'all wanna be sad about losing friendships because you like Trump. Uh. Okay, sit there and be sad. The rest of us will be over here not giving a fuck about that feeling.
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Post by J u l e e on Jul 16, 2019 13:50:28 GMT
Look, I have been on this (and the old forum for years). MANY of you here have known me for a long, long time and I stand by who I have been from my first day on this forum. I have never been rude to any of you although many of you cannot say the same back to me. Some of you used to be pretty good friends with me, but the very fact that I maintain my conservative standards and do not see things the way you are absolutely determined they are has made me persona non grata with you. So be it. I'm sorry. I have liked many of you very much and have been sad to see the end of the friendships. But I'm not going to get into a mudslinging contest anyone and that's all that can happen on this board anymore if anyone tries to present a different point of view from what is the general view here now. I would think that you maintaining your conservative standards puts you very much at odds with the Republican Party and the person leading it. And your continued support of that party puts you very much at odds with your Jesus.
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Post by sassyangel on Jul 16, 2019 14:00:27 GMT
I’ll be honest - I really can’t understand why it’s so hard for ANYONE to speak out against reprehensible stuff like this. Even quite a few of my usually very non political golden retriever FB pages I follow, have felt compelled to speak out against it. Because as has been stated over and over again, silence on this fundamental thing makes you complicit. How can you have friends that you love and care for, and be silent as they’re repeatedly attacked by the leader of this country?
I’ve always liked what Elie Wiesel had to say about silence and neutrality, but seeing as friendships seem to be at the core here, this seems more fitting.
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Post by J u l e e on Jul 16, 2019 14:03:41 GMT
elaine , I never saw the thread you are talking about above - I am so sorry to hear about that. I haven't been spending as much time here lately and am sure I've missed much. I am so glad you're back. I will take your outspoken passion any day over someone who politely and quietly aligns herself with Trump and this administration.
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Post by pyccku on Jul 16, 2019 14:04:14 GMT
When has he ever been able to answer a question in a cohesive manner, though? It's always been a string of hyperbolic words and phrases strung together loosely, saying nothing of substance. The only "meaning" you've ever been able to get out of most things he says is that he thinks he's amazing. It didn’t use to sound like word salad. He was always full of crap, but most of it made sense even if it wasn’t true. If you watch old video of him, he used to be able to follow a thought and complete a sentence. He was definitely full of himself and loved hyperbole - but he didn't make statements about the airports during the revolutionary war or anything similar. I do think he has dementia, based on: 1. he can't keep track of sentences and often forgets where he's going mid-sentence 2. he can't keep track of what he's said already and keeps repeating it 3. he isn't keeping "the quiet parts" quiet anymore - he makes trouble for himself because he can't keep quiet about things that should be kept quiet 4. he doesn't really know where he is sometimes - he got off Air Force One, and then started walking down the runway instead of getting into the waiting vehicle. Why? Who did he think that the vehicle was for? Where was he going instead?
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Post by hop2 on Jul 16, 2019 14:08:23 GMT
When has he ever been able to answer a question in a cohesive manner, though? It's always been a string of hyperbolic words and phrases strung together loosely, saying nothing of substance. The only "meaning" you've ever been able to get out of most things he says is that he thinks he's amazing. It didn’t use to sound like word salad. He was always full of crap, but most of it made sense even if it wasn’t true. he used to be able to string his bullshit in a fairly cohesive manner. I’ve seen him speak in person this is definitely a change in ability to express his exaggerated bullshit.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 16, 2019 14:18:38 GMT
I’ll be honest - I really can’t understand why it’s so hard for ANYONE to speak out against reprehensible stuff like this. Even quite a few of my usually very non political golden retriever FB pages I follow, have felt compelled to speak out against it. Because as has been stated over and over again, silence on this fundamental thing makes you complicit. How can you have friends that you love and care for, and be silent as they’re repeatedly attacked by the leader of this country? I’ve always liked what Elie Wiesel had to say about silence and neutrality, but seeing as friendships seem to be at the core here, this seems more fitting. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King, Jr. And since we're talking about Dr. King, let's read his whole Letter from Birmingham Jail, and most specifically these words: "I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and Jewish brothers. First, I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season." Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured."
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Post by lizacreates on Jul 16, 2019 14:29:14 GMT
The reason I saw this is because I (unlike most of the members of the conservative group you reference) never left this list. I saw your thread title, and opened it because it was so inflammatory. Again, liberals, do you support and pray for the suffering of the children of Americans who don't see things the way you do? If not, I hope at least some of you will have the courage to stand against this awful thread of Elaine's Sometimes, I don’t know what to say anymore. Did you and your conservative friends on this board speak against Trump when children were forcibly separated from their parents? Are you all speaking up now that children are being held in custody in squalor? How about much earlier on when House Republicans and Trump were celebrating in the Rose Garden because they just passed a repeal of Obamacare that would render millions uninsured? How about when one of his supporters in a rally shouted migrants ought to be shot? Or how about when he refused to condemn the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and blamed the murder on both sides? How about the hate speech that comes out of Trump’s mouth and Twitter fingers as regularly as night follows day? Just a few examples of his atrocities, right? Because to list everything would be a colossal undertaking. Now, I’m not 100% sure none of you spoke against any of these because I’m not here everyday, but if you didn’t speak up then, you have no right to smite anyone now. Yes, Elaine’s thread is inflammatory and it SHOULD BE inflammatory. It’s meant to incite a reckoning, a provocation to examine ourselves and recognize what is morally wrong, AND a push to speak against that wrong, even if it’s just on a message board, or on Twitter, or with friends and family, or wherever and with whoever has an ear to listen. When there is injustice, abuse, corruption, cruelty, brutality, unfairness, oppression, violations, lawlessness and such, there is NO virtue in silence. None. There is no wrong that has ever been remedied by silence. None.
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Post by pinklady on Jul 16, 2019 14:30:44 GMT
I have never been rude to any of you I are you fucking kidding me with this? Lady, you are too clueless to function.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jul 16, 2019 14:34:23 GMT
I have never been rude to any of you although many of you cannot say the same back to me. Some of you used to be pretty good friends with me, but the very fact that I maintain my conservative standards and do not see things the way you are absolutely determined they are has made me persona non grata with you. So be it. I'm sorry. I have liked many of you very much and have been sad to see the end of the friendships. But I'm not going to get into a mudslinging contest anyone and that's all that can happen on this board anymore if anyone tries to present a different point of view from what is the general view here now. Your "civility" is meaningless. Playing nicely while protecting white supremacy and hate doesn't earn you any Heaven points. Good luck.
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Post by peano on Jul 16, 2019 14:43:23 GMT
The reason I saw this is because I (unlike most of the members of the conservative group you reference) never left this list. I saw your thread title, and opened it because it was so inflammatory. Again, liberals, do you support and pray for the suffering of the children of Americans who don't see things the way you do? If not, I hope at least some of you will have the courage to stand against this awful thread of Elaine's Sometimes, I don’t know what to say anymore. Did you and your conservative friends on this board speak against Trump when children were forcibly separated from their parents? Are you all speaking up now that children are being held in custody in squalor? How about much earlier on when House Republicans and Trump were celebrating in the Rose Garden because they just passed a repeal of Obamacare that would render millions uninsured? How about when one of his supporters in a rally shouted migrants ought to be shot? Or how about when he refused to condemn the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and blamed the murder on both sides? How about the hate speech that comes out of Trump’s mouth and Twitter fingers as regularly as night follows day? Just a few examples of his atrocities, right? Because to list everything would be a colossal undertaking. Now, I’m not 100% sure none of you spoke against any of these because I’m not here everyday, but if you didn’t speak up then, you have no right to smite anyone now. Yes, Elaine’s thread is inflammatory and it SHOULD BE inflammatory. It’s meant to incite a reckoning, a provocation to examine ourselves and recognize what is morally wrong, AND a push to speak against that wrong, even if it’s just on a message board, or on Twitter, or with friends and family, or wherever and with whoever has an ear to listen. When there is injustice, abuse, corruption, cruelty, brutality, unfairness, oppression, violations, lawlessness and such, there is NO virtue in silence. None. There is no wrong that has ever been remedied by silence. None. Standing ovation.
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Post by delila on Jul 16, 2019 14:45:51 GMT
My only contribution to a political thread ever & an abortion thread. This is my favourite shirt & I believe it sums up how I feel about politics & women’s rights....stay the fuck out of them.
Thou Shalt Not Mess With Women’s Reproductive Rights. Fallopians 4:28
delila.
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