02-14-2021, 07:44 PM
(02-14-2021, 04:30 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(02-13-2021, 06:37 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:(02-10-2021, 09:19 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(02-09-2021, 02:02 PM)David Horn Wrote:(02-09-2021, 12:26 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote: You seem to be ignoring that as the American right (the Republican base) has been moving the Republicans further to the right, the Left has been been moving the Democratic party further to the left to the point where the Democratic Party is barely recognizable as an American party these days. So, which side that's controlled by ideological zealots is going nuts these days? So, how many crazy left wing women are going to directly participate in the war that they start with America? You are now in very dangerous territory and we won't be fighting over slavery this time. We'll be fighting over a country vs a foreign regime that you either f-d up and elected or wanted. I can tell you this, the Left is going to lose and the Democratic side is going to be destroyed in the process.
The GOP has certainly continued it's rightward trend, and that's saying something considering how far right the party is already. The Dems are moving left, but, as I pointed out on another thread, they are still to the right of center in contrast to other left parties in the advanced world. And let's get real. The warrior class is on the right -- male and female. Just look at the idiots in Michigan as a prime example.
I fail to understand the cowardice of the chest-thumping Right, when they are only out in public when armed to the teeth. Are we really all that scary? BOO!
Well, there are quite a few armed thugs/criminals/violent people who have no values or respect for others who are now directly associated with the Left and the Democratic party these days. So, what you see is a sample of what you're in for now that concept of so called unity is gone? Personally speaking, I'd walk over and show Nancy what real life violence is like and see how well she responds to being punched in the face and teach her the double standard that she's accustomed to receiving or applying doesn't exist in the real world.
I had no idea that the MAGA crowd included people who would beat police, attack people with flag poles, threaten elected public officials. But the sort of stuff that went on on January 6? I expect that of rapists, muggers, and drug traffickers, people that I ordinarily consider scum. Maybe they come from broken homes or have endured obscene abuse, neglect, exploitation and poverty. This said, there are good people from the ghetto, the barrio, and the Rez. Some people do the decent thing and rebel against the evil that they experience. They deserve our admiration and not our contempt.
For the worst of all human behavior, the record of the fascists as butchers of Humanity is well known. Soldiers, businessmen, attorneys, physicians, nurses, journalists, research scientists, college professors, and even clergy committed horrific crimes against helpless people in the service of horrific social orders. It wasn't only the people that one saw as brutes and perverts who left no question that they enjoyed doing what they did or automatons who would obey any order. Some people were tasked with the problem of how to exterminate large numbers of people without offending the sensibilities of those who might see something wrong -- and did an excellent job at that monstrous crime.
. With this I speak of people who should have known better -- but acted contrary to the barest expectations of human decency and dignity. Contrary to myth,
The Democratic party and all it's wisdom has now embarked (already committed you and everyone else) on collision coarse with America dude and you're still stuck and still have your panties up in a bunch over the relatively minor event that took place on January 6th. You ain't seen nothing yet dude. All you seen was a relatively small display of over all capability. You just wait and see how ugly things are after two years of continues Democratic fuck ups and misreads with Americans paying the price dude. You're going to be lucky if you have a pot to piss in after this buddy.
Let me tell you about a city that I know and like. It's actually a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, even bordering on "Detritus, Michigan".* It's Dearborn, and it actually borders the worst giant city in America. But go to Dearborn and you will notice that it is quite livable. Michigan Avenue (US 12) goes through downtown Detroit past the site of the now-demolished Tiger Stadium into a sleazy mockery of a community (southwest Detroit) full of sexually-oriented businesses and liquor stores. Prostitutes and drug dealers ply their trade, and drunks and addicts wander about. Cross into Dearborn and you see a Dearborn police car, a deterrent to the social dregs of southwest Detroit coming into town. Wander into Dearborn drunk or on drugs or dressed like a whore and you will be stopped before you get past the first kebab house, let alone a mosque. Dearborn is family-friendly, The large Arab and Muslim populations like it that way, and they impress that upon the local politicians. Alcoholic beverages aren't banned, but brawls are. I'm not much of a drinker (I can't hold my liquor as I used to) but I prefer to drink in peace.
Arab-Americans and Muslims prefer life family-friendly, and Dearborn offers that. Guess what? Many Jews, Christians, agnostics, and atheists like it that way, too.
I don't know what you mean by America, but your belligerence would clash with a small part of America called Dearborn, Michigan. It votes heavily Democratic.
*Detroit now suffers from black flight. Who would want to consign one's children to the awful Detroit Independent School District?
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.