We're not a serious country and I don't know if we will be again in my lifetime. Half of America cares not at all how many children are murdered with guns because we don't have basic, commonsense gun safety laws. But if the shooter seems to have been trans suddenly these MAGAs cry, Oh, the children!
The US isn't a serious country. It's a country that lies about its history so smoothly that almost everyone is drawn in (unlike the USSR where the people knew their media were liars). But there must be enough Americans who want a sane nation who'll rise up against a dictator in dictator's clothing.
The monstrousness of not caring about gun violence until the alleged shooter is from a group you want disgraced is the sort of thing that causes me to wonder if the US deserves to be saved from the ruin it's come to. And *of course* corporate media is fine with it all, because it means more revenue.
Exactly! It's f'n ridiculous.😠
❤️❤️❤️ Indeed
There it is!
Hey buddy, lemme tell ya: it does not.
It often feels like the people who want America to be Russia and the people who don't care if we become Russia outnumber those who want to save democracy.
Sadly I feel you’re not alone in that sentiment. We are too complacent. We slow walked into servitude to the wealthy-Frogs slow boiled in a pot of water no longer capable of seeing what we’ve lost and feeling gratitude every time someone throws us a bone. We’ve lost the will to even fight back.
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Couldn't agree more. Children are expected to act like responsible life saving adults for each other while adults are maniacal toddlers throwing tantrams about sensible gun laws. We as a nation are warped and depraved.
I saw one guy post a rant which included the notion that we should deport all trans people to Uganda. I couldn't even make up woolly-headed shit like that.
We have Representatives who supported Uganda's death penalty for gays law.
I swear we're going to eventually regress back to having witch trials or something.
Not sure either.
No. No it does not.
Here’s a hint: it doesn’t. America is done. We need to burn it down and start over.
Not media- corporate tabloids
Nothing lasts forever. I will fight, for as long as I can, to bring something better for all out of the ashes of America.
My mom and her family is from Newtown, Connecticut. You can never think “this won’t happen to me.” It is a given in this country that it CAN and WILL happen to you until we change the most obvious reason WHY it happens. Anyone who tells you otherwise is a terrible person…
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
That those terrible people can then take this and use it as a justification to demonize someone even MORE vulnerable… I don’t even have a word to describe that.
And it matters why? Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
"Eh." I voted for her in the general election and told everyone I knew to do the same, but I don't really want to look back on Hillary Clinton, of all people, and say that's the best we can be.
I was just replying to your statement, “I don’t even have a word to describe that.” The best we can be will only come to fruition when we remove legalized bribery, reduce campaigning to two months before election using taxpayer money allotted to each candidate, and enforce corruption laws.
Yeah, but we’ll never know. So don’t pass judgment on something that never happened
She was the best we could’ve done in that election. It could’ve saved us from where we are now. Everything from the Supreme Court to Covid response. It’s unfathomable how different life might be now.
Hillary Clinton would have been one of the most qualified presidents we’ve ever had. If that’s the best we can be, I think that’s pretty damn good. I’d vote for her again in a NY minute.
Yeah, but when have we ever been able to vote for the best we can be?
Last one in my lifetime was Jimmy Carter (but, I wasn’t old enough to vote in ‘76 and ‘80).
Jimmy Carter was my first time voting for president. At the time, we were all like, a peanut farmer? Okay, it’s not like we are voting for Ford. So in retrospect, yes, he was the best. But at the time, it was such a chaotic time in the world, we didn’t have that feeling.
Carter’s stature becomes clear only in hindsight and in comparison to those who succeeded him. They could not hold a candle to his ethics and diplomacy. If the religious right so-called Christians truly understood and believed Christ, they would have held Carter in high esteem, but they never did.
Carter was very bright and had the tenacity of a bulldog. His public persona was that of a gentle and thoughtful man. He was a good mix.
✊🏼💯 Exactly what is desirable in a leader. Ignorant people, like MAGAts, view bullying as a leadership quality. They fail to understand that bullying is rooted in underlying weakness. It is merely a facade. Hence, everyday is #TACO Tuesday in the Trump kitchen.
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
Thought of the Day: Democ-rats wasted their majority; RepubliKKKans turned power into autocracy in a year. The bipolar political duopoly is broken. Only deep reform—multiparty democracy, anti-corruption laws, SCOTUS limits, direct voting—can save America.
No, she wasn't. She was wrong on everything to do with Israel and just about everything else. She and her sex pest husband are deplorables.
I like this thread…damnit I’m out of 🍿
When did we stop trying to protect children? I find it horrifying that we don't even TRY
Seth, on behalf of the entire trans community, thank you. We shouldn't have to suffer even further because of one person's horrible actions. It shouldn't be fodder for the MAGA hate mongering
They don't care about kids getting shot. End of story. They have massacred people in churches, innocent little kindergartners, teenagers, concert goers, etc. and it does not matter. The gun lobby won.
Makes me wonder too. Does seem like no one cares.
I wonder if they/them went to that school and was fondled by a priest or two as a kid….. or in fact, in ANY Catholic Church, or School.
I hate to say this but I was wondering the same thing.
How do we get REPUBLICANS to bring the same outrage to our CHILDREN DYING FROM GUNS as they do to the REBRANDING OF A CHAIN RESTAURANT LOGO? #CrackerBarrel #SchoolShooting #JesusWept
That is an excellent question! An even better question is CAN we get Republicans to bring the same outrage! I highly doubt we can. They're clearly ok with the orange menace being a pedophile... They have no low point and are all scumbags now. Republicans= Fuck your kids as long as we have our guns
