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In reply to the discussion: Anguished advice to my liberal American friends [View all]Xipe Totec
(43,872 posts)128. He is (Trump) a hateful guy
And I do sincerely loathe him.
But I do not think liberals will be hunted out of existence like Bloom County was predicting. Liberalism is part of the human psyche, just like conservatism is. They are ying and yang, and one cannot be destroyed any more than the other.
We will be in eternal combat, but consider this:
If conservatism had the upper hand in this fight, we would still be hunting game with rocks and sticks.
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Ha! Bannon as the Red Queen (Angela Lansbury) in the Manchurian Candidate movie! . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2017
#95
Actually, the Republicans have very little of the power that counts right now.
GliderGuider
Jan 2017
#109
Have you noticed that the further Trump slips into mental illness, the more the
world wide wally
Jan 2017
#44
I don't have a way out. What I recommend is resistance to any degree necessary.
GliderGuider
Jan 2017
#79
reminds me of recent news: the other side's richies are going full "survival" mode
wordpix
Jan 2017
#133
Worry, but don't fret. Action helps avoid fretting. We will survive, damaged, but surviving.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2017
#15
The point is, and it's important that we realize this, is that we always assume perfect knowledge
Xipe Totec
Jan 2017
#123
Can I split the difference between you two folks and I will elaborate if you both want ?
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#38
I was a college student during the Reagan years. I hated his politics....
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#83
Intimidating people wasn't part of his personality. He wasn't a bully.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#85
The irony is a lot of folks with whom I had beefs with in the past are now my compadres
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#127
The irony is all the gains liberals made conservatives act like they were for them all along.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#129
Exactly! The spreading of alternative facts, falsehoods, lies and propaganda to destabilize the
RKP5637
Jan 2017
#33
tRump and the RepubliCons majority are greatly over-reaching. They will thus fall harder.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jan 2017
#18
Conservatives will only cause Liberalism to become more popular by trying to eliminate it
Zing Zing Zingbah
Jan 2017
#39
I think you're right. And we should all have a Plan B ready for when things become untenable.
Maven
Jan 2017
#88
Global alliance forming against muti-ethnic, multi-cultural Liberal Democracies
many a good man
Jan 2017
#115
FUCK THEM...we ain't going back. Obviously there are setbacks..some worse than others *cough cough*
TrekLuver
Jan 2017
#121
I am Canadian too. Americans have faced this shit before, but not in this enormity!
akbacchus_BC
Jan 2017
#139