We're WEIRD. Get over it.

[Eric the Green]

(10-06-2020, 12:55 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(10-05-2020, 11:22 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(10-04-2020, 11:12 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(10-03-2020, 04:52 PM)pbrower2a Wrote:

(10-03-2020, 02:26 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: Are you in favor or opposed to the Democratic Party significantly altering and packing the supreme court, eliminating the filibuster and the electoral college? Also, are you willing to accept the consequences of them doing so and whatever additional burdens may be inflicted/imposed on you personally as a result of giving them the right to do so these days?

If President Trump pushes a grossly-incompetent, corrupt, or extremist Justice upon us because he can , then packing the Supreme Court may be a necessity. Eleven justices would still give the GOP a 6-5 edge.

So, what's going to happen to you when the Democrats try to push their agenda down our throats? Are you going to be able to afford a loaf of bread? Are you going to be able to voice your opinion without fear of being persecuted or killed? Like I said, we are still being relatively nice and still content with leaving nature to determine the coarse. You don't seem to realize that you have chosen to be on the wrong side of history which is fine with me. Your senators are supposed to be wiser than they seem these days.

Did you look in the mirror when writing these words? Believers and synchophants are blind to the emperor having no clothes. Some people love a dictator and cannot see him for what he is. Such is the case with you and all other Trump followers, as The Donald carries out his plan to "get rid of the ballots," shut down debates, stuff our Courts with justices that deny our rights, shove aside the press as the enemy of the people, refuse to follow the law if it doesn't suit him, threaten to use violence and send goons to arrest and gas peaceful protesters, use government for his own private enrichment, and other projects worthy only of tyrants and their deceived, sheepish believers.

What rights of yours are being denied? You're free to speak, free to vote, free to make a living, free to defend yourself and free to own a firearm too. The only dictators that I see are on the Democratic side these days. You better start learning to play by the rules and you better start placing a higher value on the rule of law as well. You see, if we end up at war with each other, there will be no protections for you or any of your politicians and we will be free to directly engage and eliminate all of you. Dude, the only world you know is the world that we represent today. You don't know anything about living in a world like Somalia or war torn Spain or the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany or old Russia but you're going to find out soon enough if you so choose and opt to continue on the same destructive path that you're on right now.

We have a right to a clean and healthy environment. Trump and his followers want to destroy it and all life. We have a right to health care; Trump and Co. want to take it away. We have a right to speak, but many legislators in red and purple states have tried to restrict protests, and Bush removed our right to say dirty words on broadcast TV and ruined careers. We are free to make a living, as long as your job is not replaced by a computer, shipped overseas, swallowed up by corporate takeovers, fired for no reason (which Trump made into a TV show), or work in dangerous conditions. And having a firearm is no right that I need or want.

You'd better go back to school and learn what democracy is, Classic Xer. It is not getting "rid of ballots." It is not lying so much that even corporate media labels the lies for what they are. It is not replacing votes with electors chosen by state legislatures to vote for Drumpshitheadface. It is not requiring qualified voters to pay to vote, and making voting so restrictive, dangerous and intimidating than many can't vote. It is not proclaiming that you won't leave office if you lose, and calling on stupid militias to defend yourself there. It is not arresting innocent people on the street and gassing them for a photo op. It is not cops who kill innocent people just because they are black, and usually getting away with it. It is not proclaiming that you are for the rule of law, and then supporting vigilantes, threatening violence and voting for a so-called president who proclaims he is above the law. It is not calling for a war in which the goal is to eliminate half the population of the country.

Again, look in the mirror and see that it is you and your side that will end up in a fascist state if you "opt to continue on the same destructive path that you're on right now."