Message in a bottle
I don't know if you've heard that on January 6, 2021, after months (some say years) of lies, misinformation and corruption, the 45th president of the United States incited a crowd to go to the Capitol in DC and take over it. It was 'their' house, after all. Or so they think. I don't know you, but I think that THAT is sedition. You know, sedition. That conduct that incites rebellion against the established order.
Yeah, IMPOTUS2, the orange-golden calf at which feet the Republican establishment prays, incited a riot that killed five people, threatened the American constitution and damaged the image of America all across the world. Deplorable, no? Well, you're wrong. Republicans think Agolf Twitler did nothing wrong. That's right. It's not Hair Furor's fault. It's President-elect Biden's fault. How? I don't know. And neither do they.
While majorities of the public disapprove of the president’s behavior, Trump still retains a large, if somewhat diminished, degree of support from Republicans, as does his disinformation campaign to discredit the 2020 election results.
The poll found that 56 percent of Americans believe Congress should remove Trump from the presidency and prevent him from holding office in the future. But among Republicans, 85 percent oppose such a course of action.
The reason for that appears to be straightforward: According to the survey results, most Republicans don’t think he did anything wrong.
Yep. Repuglyclowns at large still think Cheeto did nothing wrong. Their brand of nihilism is astounding. They lack any semblance of moral or ideological conviction. Even though it is clear now that the riot was fueled from WITHIN the repug party, denial runs rampant among the Repugs. But I applaud Mr. Cooke's effort. He lays bare the stupidity and nihilism of a party that has always demonstrated how deeply corrupt and power hungry it actually is.
But the thing is, the RepuglyKlan party has always been like this. The people who backed Hair Furor in 2016 backed him up again in 2020. They have always been there. They are still here. It's up to you to decide if you put up with their bullshit and corruption. It's up to you to shut them up with facts and figures. It's up to you to decide how you approach them. If you approach them at all. Not that it will change their minds, mind you. But at least you won't feel like you're screaming into the void.
And I'm not saying that Joe Biden is the solution. Nope, that's not my point. Joe Biden IS the anti-trump, though. And as such we should treat his administration. It's a good first step, but the battle rages ahead. We are not done. We should be like Mr. Cooke and take our power back:
"An explainer for democrats and independents. Why they're so anti-science, anti-truth, anti-law and order and turn everything upside down. The mask is off. I suspect many of their adherents don't understand what they've become. Sometimes things are hard to see.
Please don't take this piece to mean I think the democratic establishment are democratic. Most are not. Those in power are not. That's what allowed Trumpism to rise in the first place. But we're taking our power back. The mask is off."
The mask is off, people. And the orange-golden calf and everything he represents needs to be remembered as one more shameful stain in the shady history of America. And we should prepare to keep speaking truth to power. And fighting like hell. Because it's not over.
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Matthew is a bit of fresh air in this toxic soup. He’s calm and level headed. He just lays it out there. And he’s not a Democratic shill, either. He recognizes that those on power, regardless of party, bend the knee to capitalism. But somehow the Democrats are able to use their time in office for the greater good. And, in my opinion, that is the role of government.
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Isn't that true?
DeleteListening to rational discourse without any conspiracy theories is actually quite refreshing. Politics is not simple, it's not perfect. But it's never been the way the Repugs have made it go these last four years.
American politics need a good scrub-down.
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Since we have had a similar experience to yours 10 years ago, I tell you that the supporters of your POTUS (for a couple of days more) don't care if and what he says. They will support him and they would support him anyway!
ReplyDeleteI can imagine it's not over.
DeleteThe people who like totalitarian regimes do not change their minds overnight. But you have forged ahead. It means tinfoil dictators can and will be deposed and brought to justice. There's hope.
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Yes, there is hope, but I was referring to a personalistic politics. I do not believe, for example, that all Republicans have been so happy with T. In Italy, whoever has made politics for himself, making laws for his own benefit, has not gone to prison . Those who have made some serious mistakes are not punished in Italy. To be free from these politicians, you just have to wait for them to go down on their own, if only for reasons of age.
DeleteThat is outrageous!
DeleteSo they have not been brought to justice? That's what the Repugs here want to do with Cheeto: to 'let him go' because 'it's too late'. I think he needs to be punished and thrown in jail. Otherwise the next Cheeto is just a matter of time.
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nope, it ain't over when orange shithead leaves DC. PUNCH EVERY FUCKING NAZI! FUCK THEIR FEELINGS!
ReplyDeletePS - check your e-mail; I sent you a message.
Oh, I can't wait.
DeleteOne more day.
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p.s. hotmail is having issues. I'll keep checking...
Perfection. Now, we need to take his words, take them in, understand them, and use them as a rallying cry, a jumping off point, to stop this madness.
ReplyDeleteYes!
DeleteI don't think it's gonna change any Repug minds, but it's good for the progressives to have a common ground. It's not about changing them, it's about knowing what is it that we fight for that matters.
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For Republicans, for Conservatives in general, it's not about Democracy, it's about the power to control and dictate. They Deny, Deflect, and Disbelieve everything proving this to be true. For them there will always be elections fraud because no one would ever want to vote them out of power.
ReplyDeleterrect.
DeleteThey want to control. They want to control women's bodies, people's rights, who goes and who comes. They like the law when it bends to benefit them. They are stacking the odds as we type. Because otherwise they'd lose.
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Oh, the richest thing I heard overt he weekend from a Repugliklan: "Where was Speaker Pelosi when all this went down. It was her job to protect the Capitol." How's that for deflection?
ReplyDeleteNow Comey says Biden should pardon the Cheeto, and we get all these pleas from the conservatives to "heal the country" and all these pundits questioning why Cheeto should be convicted in the Senate. Well, here's one thing I haven't heard a single Democrat say in response: "If we do not convict Trump, where is the deterrent to stop, oh, I don't know...say, President Biden...from doing the same in four years? If there are no consequences, it will continue to happen." Maybe THAT would scare enough of the idiots into voting to convict.
But Dems have to do this. We are always too quick to "forgive and forget." And then the Repuglies come right back and screw us again and again. Thus, a lot of legislation needs to be put in place to stop any Ass-In-Chief from pulling the same bullshit that Cheeto has. XOXO
Excellent comment. My father always said that when he was alive. Democrats are always to laid back, weak and do the forgive and forget and they drag feet he said and why they never hold on too long. I think that is why he left the party before he married my mother. I don't know about all that....buy we are to easy. I sswear if the dump walks and no ramifications are done to trump like serious punishments from anyone.....im going to have a extremely hard time with politics in general. The republicans because their two faced and crooked power hungry crybabies and the democrats because they were too scared to raise a voice to go after him. In my opinion the whole of Congress created this monster. We need more back bone like now.
DeleteThe Rethugs are despicable. There's no other word.
DeleteWell, there's many other words to describe them, but I'll stick to despicable. I, like you and Maddie, think that there need to be consequences to this fuckery. Cheeto and his ilk need to pa, because if they don't , there will be no deterrent for the next wannabe tinfoil dictator to fuck up the country.
And the next Twitler will not be as impossibly inept as Cheeto was.
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I still say the dump supporters and the republicans didn't love trump the man. They love that he let them open their Pandora Boxes of hate, racism, self entitlement, bigotry, ruthless power and cheating ways.....and all with no consequences. I've seen many on the news who said they hated him and couldn't stand him long before he ran....but then voted for him. And then liked that they could let their true colors show. All he did in his term was bring to fruition just how deep , divided and how much hate was in this country. And I'm still having a huge problem with it and what to do next. This country and political system is too toxic.
ReplyDeleteOh yes.
DeleteThey love that Agolf Twitler let them be racist animals they have always been. Cheeto opened the doors and let the despicables be despicable and they loved it. Being openly racist, sexist and xenophobic was a no-no until IMPOTUS2. Now it's a way of life that can be flaunted. THAT is what the MAGAts will miss.
America has not changed much in its basic makeup: some people still live in 1951.
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Just a couple more days!!
ReplyDeleteOne more day!
DeleteWoot, woot!
Can hardly wait.
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I left a comment that I really like that video, but I guess Blogger ate it. Fucking Nazis!
ReplyDeleteOh, Blogger.
DeleteSo temperamental. You have no idea how many times it's done that to me.
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