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Violent thugs and hooligans brutally attack police officers in D.C.

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by orangeblue_coop, Jan 6, 2021.

  1. WC53

    WC53 GC Hall of Fame

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    Really,
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    People,
    Brainwashed cult

     
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  2. GatorJMDZ

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    Our resident expert on such matters.
     
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  3. Orange_and_Bluke

    Orange_and_Bluke Premium Member

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    You are still off. We are all shaking our heads at Trump antics. However, The left remains the “smartest guys in the room.”
     
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  4. AzCatFan

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    Look at the Trump protesters. They look like the rejected images for the People of Walmart website. Hard not to know the left is smarter than this group.
     
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  5. mdgator05

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    That list is a bit sad. Basically, a combination of slogans without specifics, things that he did that actually meant nothing (he went to a march, he met with Kim Jung Un and got nothing, etc.), things that are outright untrue (black business ownership never grew 400% in one year- PolitiFact - Black business ownership didn’t increase 400 percent this year), and a bunch of stuff that you have to ignore the last year to make true.

    Also, the US government accused Trump personally of racism for refusing to rent apartments based on race. He also had a former employee state that he was a racist and Trump admitted that the claims were "probably true" before he ran for office.
     
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  6. mdgator05

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    Yeah, he doesn't trade things. He puts his name on buildings for money laundering. So if somebody says he is a trader, that would be incorrect.
     
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  7. g8rjd

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    Cult indeed.

     
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  8. Emmitto

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    Patriots.

    YAAAAAAAK
     
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  9. g8rjd

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    Now look at this post
    again.

    “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!”

    I support you “patriots” and I will protect you.

    Soon followed by “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”

    in other words, “The inauguration is a safe target.”

    This is not a hard code to break. That’s why Twitter took away his toys.
     

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  10. Orange_and_Bluke

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    That’s fair but you seem to miss the point that there are so many who voted for trump and hated that they had to.
    You guys just drone on and on so I’m guessing you like the feeling of high fives over and over again.
    Bless your hearts.
     
  11. AzCatFan

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    Think we enjoy being right about Trump being a autocratic, fascist monster we warned everyone about? I'm not. I'm angry that the non racist wing of v Republicans didn't listen, didn't even try to primary Trump, and still voted for him despite the evidence just how monstrous Trump truly is. I hope the honorable Republicans left in power, like Sasse or Romney, completely denounce Trumpism and never allow any Trumpers to ever win again.
     
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  12. mdgator05

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    Nobody pointed a gun at their head. They chose to. They didn't have to.

    People absolutely came to vote for Trump from a variety of different paths. However, that isn't a great excuse either. Many people like Mussolini because they liked the notion of Fascism. Other people liked him because he made the trains run on time and they didn't care about the other stuff as much. All authoritarians have a coalition of people that prop them up in the beginning (before the guns are pointed at heads and people really lose the choice of who to vote for).

    Integrating people back into society from either position is complicated and messy. Just saying "forget my role in this" isn't really an effective answer. It is avoidance of the issue as to why these people felt that they "had to" vote for somebody that was a threat to democracy and makes them vulnerable to just do it again. However, they are not necessarily "bad" people that are irredeemable. But the first step, as with all things, is recognizing their own complicity in this, even if they were just voting for the trains.
     
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  13. dangolegators

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    The Trump protesters remind me of the thugs and cannibals in apocalyptic movies like Road Warrior or The Road. And the storming the Capitol had the feel of that type of lawless society.
     
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    Bottom of a pint glass
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    They didn't have to.
     
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  16. WC53

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    They had to vote for Trump if they believed all the talk radio and Fox nonsense. Seth Rich, Birtherism, Pizza Gate, Clinton death squads
     
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  18. BLING

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    A couple of scenes in the last year of Trump did look exactly like they came out of a zombie movie.

    Obviously there was that famous viral one during some of the statehouse raids:
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    Then the one the other day with people scaling the capitol building.

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  19. Orange_and_Bluke

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    You could have fooled me with all the self love getting passed around in here. Also, if you believe your own words you should have worked on your own party and it’s poor messaging. That might have given everyone a different look and improved candidates.
     
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    You need to quit shaking your heads and demand removal from office.

    Did you hear Trump demeanor when he heard that capital was being overrun? He couldn't understand the dismayed reaction of his entire staff when they all realized the emperor had no robes. He incited insurrection, it was allowed by people at key positions in the security apparatus, and he was thrilled that it was occurring. Quit shaking your head and demand removal.
     
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