I've just given up on this country. Instead of fighting back, the left decided infighting and purity tests would be effective. Instead, they're just shutting down the first bit of effective bit of pushback we have actually seen. This won't be resolved peacefully. No one cares. I give up.
This country was created via a violent revolution and a far bloodier Civil War. Our democracy experiment started 250 years ago was never going to be high tea with the Queen. What you DON'T do is give up. EVER. Watch "Red Dawn" (1984). Substitute POTUS for the Ruskies. 🇺🇲
I've seen 1984 Red Dawn, I'm 41, I'm aware that we didn't protest the red coats away or protest the south into rejoining the union. I'm giving up because of the infighting over Gavin Newsom, over something that hasn't even happened. Purity politics can fuck off and this country will die to it.
Agreed, but I'm dug in. BC/Canada is always an idea (I'm in the PNW so easy peasy), but only as a very last resort. This is home. The fascists can't have it. And fascists always fail. Some just take longer than others.
I have ADHD and autism, I'm already a target. I would help if people were willing to fight, all they want to do is shout and hold signs. We didn't peacefully protest away the nazis in WW II and it won't work now. Since they don't want to fight, I'm not letting myself get shipped of to Uganada or w/e
L.A. did a fair amount of protesting and all but 250 Cali National Guard are still there. Probably prefering to be fighting the fires and not protecting fed buildings/parking lots. As for what's next, anything to keep the attention off Epstein. The more cruel & brutal, the better.
I had family in the French Resistance against the Nazis in WWII. The guerrilla mentality is in my DNA.
Oddly, I remain optimistic that once a certain line is crossed (i.e. troops firing on citizens), then the tide will immediately shift. This country has the most heavily armed population in the world and some of the GOP have never been MAGA, not that you can tell. Try to declare martial law. Try.
He's doing it slowly. I live in Maryland, we are about to have armed troops in Baltimore, they're already in our back yard, and in California. What have people done? Nothing! Martial law was the excuse for non-violence, now I wonder what the excuse to not start a revolution will be.
I worked briefly in Bethesda when I lived in DC long ago. Beautiful state.
I'm just stating a clear observable fact. Martial law is coming no matter what, they are banking on you all being too cucked and weak to actually fight back. You're playing THEIR game. They hope you remain peaceful, thus you're giving the nazis what they want, a clear berth for ethnic cleansing.
No need to start cracking eggs. Yet. I put us somewhere between DEFCON 3 or 2. If he tries martial law, a significant number of states will push for secession or some such. Militias. A fun scenario I enjoy is WA, HI, OR and CA breaking away and immediately becoming a member of NATO, lol.
By the time the troops are fully deployed you won't be able to effectively organize. Or do you plan on the "people", who are too scared to fight off ICE agents, taking on a military with funding larger than the GDP of several other countries? A war has been fought this whole time and you're losing.
I'm 59 - OG Gen X. There's always been political infighting, both Dems and the GOP. Our national situation hasn't been this dire since 1968-1973, with Vietnam/Tet, Martin Luther King Jr., RFK, massive violent protests, Watergate, etc. I urge you to not lose hope and dig in. Support your community.
I'm not fighting this shit anymore. I gave people countless chances to use their brains, this isn't the same as it was back when you were younger. People now can't even fucking read and would shove a tide pod up their ass for likes, but actually defending their country when its under attack? Nope.
I'm a disabled veteran, I fought my war, I did my time. I'm not sacrificing anymore of myself for a country that considered me discarded trash the moment I was discharged. Good luck trying to organize the morons. I'm planning an escape.
Thank you for serving and I have several vet friends who echo a lot of what you're saying. And yes, Gen Z and Gen Alpha are deeply worrisome with their lack of engagement on any front that doesn't involve staring at their phones 24/7.
Yeah, I'm not in the game of herding cats. If what they want is to lick the taint of a swollen bloated gassy nazi who shits himself, I hope they have fun, I'm making sure I won't be in this country when he finally kicks it. The real danger is when someone who doesn't have dementia takes over.
You don’t have to announce your departure. You’re not an airline flight.
you don't have to suck Trump's little nub of a penis yet you seem to be doing it anyways. Also I don't recall asking you a god damn thing.
U mad?
No, but you seem to be quite annoyed by stuff random people say online.
Who is shutting down what? Newsom and Pritzker are just kicking up the fight. When blue states flex the economic muscle, then things will be interesting.
That person has turned into a despair account. No ideas or suggestions, just declaring everything being done by other people an immediate failure. Best to ignore.
What do you have to offer besides picking fights with people online? Probably nothing beside shit stained underwear you fart sniffing cocksucking asswipe. There's no despair, I've come to terms with the fact that you're all spineless pussies. I've decided to move because of that. Fuck off.
Thanks. I despair too, but publicly we find strength and solidarity.
Purity politics from the left, there are TONS of people automatically assuming Newsom is gonna run. That's based an BIG assumption that we will even have an election in 2028. We haven't even gotten mid term elections and chances are those might go too since gerrymandering blew up in his face.
Honest question here, cause I'm not up to speed but what happened to his redistricting plan?
oh no, you don't seem to be aware. Because Gavin Newsom has a shitty history, there's no denying that, people are trying to discredit him now with everything he's done to push back against Trump. I've taken the enemy of my enemy position. But there are people who keep saying because he was shitty...
in the past that he shouldn't be listened to now. Look up purity politics and you will get a lot of results directly related to what I'm talking about. There have been tons of articles written about it too. It's not some niche topic, its why we have gotten 2 Nazi terms and might get a third.
OK so nothing has happened to California redistricting. Thank you, have a good day.