No. I still believe they're better than that. Some are suspected, but I'm pushing them to find their limits. I'd still warn not to approach them with bad intent.

What does that even mean? Sounds to me like you know what your friends are and you and don’t have a problem with them. You know that one about dinner with racists.🤷🏾‍♂️ IMO you are on a “Good people on both sides” level.

Yeah I have a hardcore racist MAGA uncle. It’s difficult because I have good memories with him from my childhood, but I don’t talk to him anymore.

I don’t know how much worse it can get. We just stopped caring about each other’s feelings and wellbeing. Now it’s wrong to be empathetic. We are not who we think we are. What nation of integrity would allow a felon to pardon 1500 felons?

This is what happens when reason and the rule of law die. Violence is the only way to fight tyranny.

I posted this that kind of speaks to that bsky.app/profile/b21r...

I used to think that too.

Isn't there the "stupid factor" too, tho? Russia started dumbing-down their country after WWI. When all education is removed, a society only knows what they're told. It's what "Moron Mainstream Media" is trying to do to US.

With the wealth of human knowledge at our fingertips, I'm not sure anyone really has an excuse not to be educated. I do get your point though. 😎

Americans have been spoiled rotten

You're so right. What I've learned...thru experience...that if those people haven't seen it with their own eyes...if the poverty and cruelty hasn't affected them DIRECTLY, they don't believe anything. Fascists DEPEND on that.

That presupposes people accessing this wealth if knowledge understand how to navigate it, fact check what they find, and can discern credible from non credible sources. All skills that have been slowly stripped away from education in the last decade.

Indeed. I was dumbfounded when I realized MY KIDS do not know how to Critically Think. Not at all. I didn't know critical thinking was a skill that was taught. Guiding them as adults to cover what their teachers weren't ALLOWED to teach has been awful, as my kids think they WERE taught.

FUCKING HERITAGE FOUNDATION DID THIS TO THEM!!!

I guess we started dumming down more recently

Started in 1980 with Reagan

You should listen to Yuri Bezmenov, he predicted the state of the USA now in the 1980's. The dumbing down of the USA started 40 years ago. RuZzia WON the war against the USA without setting foot on the continent or firing a weapon! youtu.be/yErKTVdETpw?...

Republicans have been targeting our education system since the 1980s, at least. Citizens noticed an uptick in crime and teen pregnancy then and they were gullible enough to believe it was "because liberals removed god from our schools". As if the absence of " God" causes those things.

That's the difference...they believe that as long as they wrap themselves in what THEY'VE twisted around into a bastardation of God's Word, any "sin" (like Paedophelia) is covered...and they're above everything. Even God.

Bastardization. I really hate typos.

I understand, I do too. Since there is no edit here, I have had to live with some annoying ones on a few of my posts. 😬

Their God, which is just a book, always promoted violence inside and outside the family structure. Their religion itself is corrupt, so they didn't have to reinvent or bastardize anything, which is extremely sad.

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I think your probably right, Trump has said he likes the uneducated! That’s why he’s trying to end all education!

Be REALLY aware of Prageru. They're now rewriting history. "Slavery's not such a bad thing, no?"

Oh...quote by Christopher Columbus?? Yeah...unfortunately true in Prageru Land 🙄

A nation that follows the rule of law zealously, forgetting the spirit of the law behind it. Remember, a lot of orange guy's support comes from people who deem certain other people "illegal". Why are they illegal? Because our immigration system is broken beyond repair.

DITTO! It would seem appealing to our government, police & military for help & protection doesn’t work. When did that happen?

My brother in law is hardcore Fox watcher. He used to be the life of the party, now I can barely be in his presence, try to ignore his rants. Very rarely visit, feel bad because I love my sister and she claims she is not a Yrump supporter but don’t know how she can live with him if she’s not.

Sad, my entire family lives in Ohio. You know the rest.

I'm in Ohio and most if my family are in the cult.

I dread my visit to this state.

I hate it here

I get it, I know, leave.

Wish I had money. I would.

Me, not so much$$$ but I am still leaving.

I don't have dinner with them anymore, but I know they'd take care of me in a time of need. If you think people should just give up on 30% of the country, then you don't know what's going to save it.

I think the point he is making is to avoid underestimating the opposition. Poorly trained, poorly armed people will die a pointless death, no matter how young and strong you think you are. Non-violent Resistance will allow you to survive until victory. Be invincible, unafraid, defend, protect.

Why are you still friends with them, though? It's not 2018, it's 2025. You should have a very good idea where they stand by now. There's lots of points of no return that we've crossed.

Life isn't black and white. I really don't keep up with them now. But I know if I called on them in pinch they'd be there. My hope is they'll come around.

Then call on them to reject fascism. We're at 1933 on our "progress to fascism" meter. Some things actually are black and white, and supporting the orange guy and his policies past 2018 is one of them.

it’s only a fascism to them if it affects them personally in a negative way. If it’s only happening to the “other” then they keep cheering it on.

Hell, even if it does affect them negatively, they will most likely still blame the other

Arguing for gray in a situation like we’re facing now is an admission that you would rather bargain with evil than fight it. I’m making the call right now: When the time comes to pick a side, you’re going to collaborate.

Only evil works in absolutes. Hence why we are where we are.

From one wolf to another, this is a horrible take. You're so scared of black and white that you're allowing black to define itself as grey. Look, I get that we want to avoid all-or-nothing thinking, but I'm serious when I say we're at 1933. Militarized police are being mobilized in the streets.

I’m not worried about militia men in the middle of Idaho. I think you’re okay Jethro. No offense, but wtf are you actually talking about??

Those same militia men from the middle of Idaho are signing up to be ICE agents and getting a $50k signing bonus and $150k per year.

Yes. We are in the beginnings of a civil war, if we allow it. Civilians with ammo is what is SUPPOSED to curtail thus according to the militia. But, nah, they just live to suck orange nuts.

No, it’s not a civil war because nobody is taking up arms on our side. It’s a fascist military occupation with only a weak resistance. It was all we could do to have a No Kings protest for one day then it fizzled out.

If a governor actually told the NG to disobey the unconstitutional order and protect the citizens from ICE and Trump sent in the regular military, and they were split in their loyalty, then we might have a civil war.

Or if we formed an actual militia that could be called a real organized fighting force…but so far, there is nothing like that.

Sounds like let they pass & sit back & be run the fuck over! NOT HAPPENING!