That’s the only choice, destroy them in the election so they have to reject the maganuttery.
Some bits from the interviewees:
> Of course, it is increasingly obvious that Trump is facing significant mental decline. And we know from those who were close to him but are no longer, that this is not a new problem. But that issue is eclipsed by the other reality: this is a narcissistic sociopath who will stop at nothing to create a vicious, dictatorship built on retribution, racism, corruption, and sadism.
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> . . .
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> If this were a healthy democracy, we would have a healthy Supreme Court. We don’t. It is corrupt and not to be trusted when it comes to Trump.
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> . . .
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> MAGA Americans are responsible for their own thoughts and actions; it would also behoove us to acknowledge that many of them have been exploited and manipulated into believing that Trump’s “last stand” is also theirs. Trump and MAGA continue to politically traumatize millions into states of desperation and panic—that Trump is all who stands between losing, or preserving, their/our country. This is a toxic martyrdom unlike any seen in American history.
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> . . .
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> Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party; not because we should desire a one-party nation, but because one of America’s two major parties will nominate someone who helped orchestrate a coup d’état against the Constitution—which Trump swore to defend and protect—and the American people—whom he swore to defend and protect—to remain in power.
MAGA will not be done until we do something like what we did from 1930 through 1944–lock them out of power. And even then, if they get back in and refuse to moderate like they did in 1946, we throw them out again.
We can’t destroy them electorally.
January 6th should have been a wake-up call.
As long as there are 65-70 million people electing this Cult, it’s not going anywhere. They have lost how many elections now, since 2017, and yet, here they are, politically breeding like roaches.
take it out back and …
No mercy, just make sure the jobs done. Everyone must vote
If Americans don’t kill the Republican Party, then we deserve whatever happens next.
There’s no Republican Party now. It had 8 years to fully surrender itself to Trump.
If you still think you’re a republican, you’re a Trump supporter. The moderates have left.
The GOP seems to be against life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Is there a point where we officially label them a threat to our way of life?
MAGA is just another name for fascism and all the hate and violence that it entails. There will always be fascists amongst us. All we can do is to come out and vote to minimize their presence and influence in government.
What have we been trying to do?
I mean, I don’t even care if mercy is involved. But the party has got to go.
Conservatism as a whole needs to be phased out.
Conservatism might at some point have sought to put the breaks on progressive recklessness, but in the present day it’s merely a tool for those who enjoyed greater privileges in a more inequal past to regain those privileges, as well as their supporters who have been enticed by manipulated nostalgia and a desire for simple answers to complicated problems.
You can’t kill everybody. What would spring up in its place?
I dunno about mercy I’m fine just doing it efficiently!
Sure they could, but it would require courage and telling the truth, so we know that’s never going to happen.
Mercy kill? No it would be self defense at this point.
Let the GOP die. Maybe we can finally kill off the two party system. The remnants of the GOP can be the religious right and never win office in sane places. Other parties should represent labor and the environment. The corporate Democrats can remain center/right. The progressive Democrats can break left. Ranked choice voting will help sort it all out.
no mercy
They can actually. It is possible not to be a coward. But they are afraid they will lose voters if they don’t back a criminal. They are going to look like bad people in history.
Unfortunately about half of America is far too stupid to be capable of doing that.
And “about half” is all the republican party needs to continue forever.
This is why two party-systems are outdated. You can’t have one sane party in a democracy that consists of only two parties.
Why show them any mercy at all. They’re not a sick puppy. They are a fascist sentient cancer actively destroying democracy.
I works like a charm at the local level where you can find nuts in a concentrated area that will vote for a MAGA with the assistance of gerrymandering. But the ones who run state-wide keep losing and you wonder if/when they realize that it’s simply not a winning strategy…
If y’all vote this demented, terrorist back into office fuck each and every single one of you.
True. The only way they change is if they get completely crushed in elections. I dont see that happening though because the country is so polarized and divided. Republicans lessons from losing the election is to double down.
Assuming Trump is not crushed in 2024 but still loses, the GOP will just think Trumpism isn’t bad, just Trump. They will look to take Trumpism, find an acceptable candidate to run on Trumpism, and mold it into something more acceptable to the voters.
Conservatism is a fear response to progress by those who detest it. There are consequences to that response, like the “laws that bind but do not protect”, but Conservatism has no other purpose than a fear response.
It explains why they cling to Trump in spite of his many obvious deficiencies. Fear. If they give up on him “the black guy might come back”.
Why does mercy have to be involved?
Democrats need to work twice as hard since the supreme court is also failing on every level.
Republicans have their very own Brexit conundrum; They leaned into a bad thing initially as short-term politically advantageous, then when it turns out to be a very bad thing that will hurt the country, they don’t reverse course because older voters and idiots are now so bought into it it’s politically unwise.
Now it’s a Catch-22, support the disaster to keep on the good side of one-issue voters (i.e. those that will vote Trump no matter what) or talk sense and be a pariah. Just like the UK, the whole country will suffer as you decided fools are the most important voter block.
Which elected official can still be considered a moderate Republican?
From the article;
>Eight years ago, Les Moonves said of Trump’s run, “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” Mainstream media is focused on Biden’s age for two reasons: The race being a dead heat is good for ratings, and they have a fetish for bothsidesism. That fetish often leads them to exaggerate Democratic politicians’ foibles and minimize or normalize Republicans’ treasonous or downright crazy behavior.
This abdication of the main street media as the nation’s watchdogs significantly adds to peoples’ sense that things are crazy and have run off the rails when we see & hear them not treat Trump/MAGA/Republican anti-democratic, criminal, and treasonous behavior as the abject systemic danger to the Republic that it truly is.
Electorally mercy killing the GOP may help solve the immediate Trump political problem, but we’ll still be left with the problem of the media intentionally inflaming and misinforming the public for profit. It’s not going to end unless it addressed as another systemic danger.
Fascists don’t deserve mercy.
9 out of every 10 articles are just like this that somehow, we are aware of Trumps decline. It is obvious and has been for a while.
The MAGA crowd doesn’t care, they are out to destroy anyone who is not like them. VOW TO VOTE and VOTE OUT ALL REPUBLCIANS.
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That’s the only choice, destroy them in the election so they have to reject the maganuttery.
Some bits from the interviewees:
> Of course, it is increasingly obvious that Trump is facing significant mental decline. And we know from those who were close to him but are no longer, that this is not a new problem. But that issue is eclipsed by the other reality: this is a narcissistic sociopath who will stop at nothing to create a vicious, dictatorship built on retribution, racism, corruption, and sadism.
>
> . . .
>
> If this were a healthy democracy, we would have a healthy Supreme Court. We don’t. It is corrupt and not to be trusted when it comes to Trump.
>
> . . .
>
> MAGA Americans are responsible for their own thoughts and actions; it would also behoove us to acknowledge that many of them have been exploited and manipulated into believing that Trump’s “last stand” is also theirs. Trump and MAGA continue to politically traumatize millions into states of desperation and panic—that Trump is all who stands between losing, or preserving, their/our country. This is a toxic martyrdom unlike any seen in American history.
>
> . . .
>
> Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party; not because we should desire a one-party nation, but because one of America’s two major parties will nominate someone who helped orchestrate a coup d’état against the Constitution—which Trump swore to defend and protect—and the American people—whom he swore to defend and protect—to remain in power.
MAGA will not be done until we do something like what we did from 1930 through 1944–lock them out of power. And even then, if they get back in and refuse to moderate like they did in 1946, we throw them out again.
We can’t destroy them electorally.
January 6th should have been a wake-up call.
As long as there are 65-70 million people electing this Cult, it’s not going anywhere. They have lost how many elections now, since 2017, and yet, here they are, politically breeding like roaches.
take it out back and …
No mercy, just make sure the jobs done. Everyone must vote
If Americans don’t kill the Republican Party, then we deserve whatever happens next.
There’s no Republican Party now. It had 8 years to fully surrender itself to Trump.
If you still think you’re a republican, you’re a Trump supporter. The moderates have left.
The GOP seems to be against life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Is there a point where we officially label them a threat to our way of life?
MAGA is just another name for fascism and all the hate and violence that it entails. There will always be fascists amongst us. All we can do is to come out and vote to minimize their presence and influence in government.
What have we been trying to do?
I mean, I don’t even care if mercy is involved. But the party has got to go.
Conservatism as a whole needs to be phased out.
Conservatism might at some point have sought to put the breaks on progressive recklessness, but in the present day it’s merely a tool for those who enjoyed greater privileges in a more inequal past to regain those privileges, as well as their supporters who have been enticed by manipulated nostalgia and a desire for simple answers to complicated problems.
You can’t kill everybody. What would spring up in its place?
I dunno about mercy I’m fine just doing it efficiently!
Sure they could, but it would require courage and telling the truth, so we know that’s never going to happen.
Mercy kill? No it would be self defense at this point.
Let the GOP die. Maybe we can finally kill off the two party system. The remnants of the GOP can be the religious right and never win office in sane places. Other parties should represent labor and the environment. The corporate Democrats can remain center/right. The progressive Democrats can break left. Ranked choice voting will help sort it all out.
no mercy
They can actually. It is possible not to be a coward. But they are afraid they will lose voters if they don’t back a criminal. They are going to look like bad people in history.
Unfortunately about half of America is far too stupid to be capable of doing that.
And “about half” is all the republican party needs to continue forever.
This is why two party-systems are outdated. You can’t have one sane party in a democracy that consists of only two parties.
Why show them any mercy at all. They’re not a sick puppy. They are a fascist sentient cancer actively destroying democracy.
I works like a charm at the local level where you can find nuts in a concentrated area that will vote for a MAGA with the assistance of gerrymandering. But the ones who run state-wide keep losing and you wonder if/when they realize that it’s simply not a winning strategy…
If y’all vote this demented, terrorist back into office fuck each and every single one of you.
True. The only way they change is if they get completely crushed in elections. I dont see that happening though because the country is so polarized and divided. Republicans lessons from losing the election is to double down.
Assuming Trump is not crushed in 2024 but still loses, the GOP will just think Trumpism isn’t bad, just Trump. They will look to take Trumpism, find an acceptable candidate to run on Trumpism, and mold it into something more acceptable to the voters.
Conservatism is a fear response to progress by those who detest it. There are consequences to that response, like the “laws that bind but do not protect”, but Conservatism has no other purpose than a fear response.
It explains why they cling to Trump in spite of his many obvious deficiencies. Fear. If they give up on him “the black guy might come back”.
Why does mercy have to be involved?
Democrats need to work twice as hard since the supreme court is also failing on every level.
Republicans have their very own Brexit conundrum; They leaned into a bad thing initially as short-term politically advantageous, then when it turns out to be a very bad thing that will hurt the country, they don’t reverse course because older voters and idiots are now so bought into it it’s politically unwise.
Now it’s a Catch-22, support the disaster to keep on the good side of one-issue voters (i.e. those that will vote Trump no matter what) or talk sense and be a pariah. Just like the UK, the whole country will suffer as you decided fools are the most important voter block.
Which elected official can still be considered a moderate Republican?
From the article;
>Eight years ago, Les Moonves said of Trump’s run, “It may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS.” Mainstream media is focused on Biden’s age for two reasons: The race being a dead heat is good for ratings, and they have a fetish for bothsidesism. That fetish often leads them to exaggerate Democratic politicians’ foibles and minimize or normalize Republicans’ treasonous or downright crazy behavior.
This abdication of the main street media as the nation’s watchdogs significantly adds to peoples’ sense that things are crazy and have run off the rails when we see & hear them not treat Trump/MAGA/Republican anti-democratic, criminal, and treasonous behavior as the abject systemic danger to the Republic that it truly is.
Electorally mercy killing the GOP may help solve the immediate Trump political problem, but we’ll still be left with the problem of the media intentionally inflaming and misinforming the public for profit. It’s not going to end unless it addressed as another systemic danger.
Fascists don’t deserve mercy.
9 out of every 10 articles are just like this that somehow, we are aware of Trumps decline. It is obvious and has been for a while.
The MAGA crowd doesn’t care, they are out to destroy anyone who is not like them. VOW TO VOTE and VOTE OUT ALL REPUBLCIANS.
Vote or be sorry!