2022-07-04 at 1:28 PM UTC
Republicans: Beginning in the middle part of the 20th century, GOP conservatives went so far to the right that they no longer resembled their former somewhat progressive selves.They became increasingly less liberal and more racist. Dixiecrats saw this and were incensed. Going forward, more and more conservatives and racists joined the Republican Party.
Ideologies flipped. Republicans became the party who swung to a racist extreme, enshrined guns to a bizarre extent, and demanded their religion be legislated into law. In addition, their every effort has been to take from the poor and give to the wealthy. This became abundantly clear during the absolutely ridiculous “trickle-down-economics” era of Ronald Reagan.
The rich can never be rich enough. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social security are all in danger. The gulf between the poor and the rich widens every day. The time grows nearer when the 95% will not be able to put roofs over their heads, even as the very rich, who should be paying more, lounge on their sun-drenched pool decks contemplating their wealth.
I do not advocate “taking their money away,” as so many people suggest. I advocate a fairer playing field where the poor and the wealthy pay a more equal percentage in taxes rather than allowing the wealthy unfair advantages that have them paying less.
And, big news flash here; we need to tax everyone fairly across the board and bring down our overall spending to decrease the deficit, rather than cut social security, and Medicare.
Why are the poor the first people we think of when we consider cutting costs? Even the legendary investing guru Warren Buffet once said that his secretary's tax rate is higher than his own, and Buffet is a multi-billionaire.
We are an oligarchy, folks. Republicans have now become the number 1 problem, as they have enabled and backed Donald Trump and begun destroying voting rights in the wake of his lost bid for reelection.
Republicans have become a much bigger threat than Democrats ever since they refused to allow Dems to seat Supreme Court justices and proceeded to stack that and other federal courts with super-majorities.
The Supreme Court has now become nothing more than a partisan tool. Many progressive rulings will be overturned in time. This is a terrible development, it marks the fall of democracy as we know it.
2022-07-04 at 1:32 PM UTC
Democrats: have swung so far out into fantasy land that we have to be careful of everything we say and do.
Literally everything is offensive.
We have taken equal treatment and turned it into some kind of weird Frankenstein's monster. Everyone deserves equal rights but political correctness has run amok.
SJWs care about the welfare of all but are often so angry they can't even be engaged in a polite debate without wanting to call in a firing squad.
Wokeness, cancel culture, and censoring free speech needs to stop. Fight bigotry and hate where it exists, but don’t see it in every corner, jumping to identifying it as such until you know for sure what it is.
Treat everyone equally. Use common sense and learn to identify some extreme left ideas from fringe groups as the bizarre notions they are. Up to 100 different genders?
Seriously?
It is also disturbing to watch the democratic party's new tendency to try to destroy individuals by digging up comments they made 35 years ago. All of us have said something risque' or controversial at some point. Doing this is plain ridiculous.
Even with all this said, at least the Democrats mostly shed their past racism (even as it was embraced by many conservatives) and have been the leaders in advancing minority rights for decades. They have made mistakes, but I fault them far less in current times than Republicans.
2022-07-04 at 1:34 PM UTC
Politicians are bought and paid for. They should be forced to wear the names of their contributors on their suits, like those ads that are printed on the sides of racing cars. I saw this suggestion on Facebook and it is so true. How can politicians properly serve the people when they are beholden to the wealthy benefactors and corporations who donate money to them?
Religion still rules the masses, much more so than other highly developed countries of the world, allowing bigotry and anti-science to flourish on into the 21st century.
Politicians (especially conservatives) pander to this because it is one way to ensure continued support. Give your voters a couple of the things they want most and they will overlook the crooked bigger things (like tax cuts favoring the super rich.) I am not against religion: I am against having it in politics. Separation of church and state has always been a nifty idea in America but has never been a real thing. That is sad.
2022-07-04 at 1:39 PM UTC
In 2024 nude magapede bodybuilders popping dianabol will beat all nerds up and take control of government in a display of power, virility that will be remembered for thousands of years like Troy.
2022-07-04 at 1:45 PM UTC
If you don’t live in the USA then STFU
#realtalk…..open your eyes to the blatant attempt by one narcissist ….. his legion of worshipers AND legislative enablers to overthrow our government to install a dictatorship
We should be more pessimistic than before.
What happened to us?
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2022-07-05 at 10:42 PM UTC
POLECAT
POLECAT is a motherfucking ferret
[my presentably immunised ammonification]
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2022-07-05 at 11:33 PM UTC
Wow, she remembered to use the phrase "alleged materials from the laptop".
Alleged as in not denied.
2022-07-05 at 11:44 PM UTC
Jan 6th in Italy! The Italian Citadel of Democracy is under siege!
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2022-07-06 at 12:20 AM UTC
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