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AdamGG

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22. Voicing your perception of reality doesn't mean you're not still going to fight to change it

Thu Oct 4, 2018, 09:37 PM

Oct 2018

And a discussion of your goals that excludes any assessment of the likelihood of achieving them is divorced from reality to the point of being useless.

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I would like DU defeatists to keep their opinions to themselves until it is OVER! [View all] BigmanPigman Oct 2018 OP

We already have the Rethuglicans suppressing our free speech rights. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #1

Posting different views on DU is not suppressing anyone's speech pintobean Oct 2018 #4

A thread telling us not to post those views is. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #6

Really? It hasn't stopped you. pintobean Oct 2018 #9

I have not commented on the probability of confirmation. You lost me. Trust Buster Oct 2018 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo Oct 2018 #64

Yes, this is a very emotional and deadly important issue--not merely the loss of a political fight hlthe2b Oct 2018 #2

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2018 #33

That's silly. DavidDvorkin Oct 2018 #3

Your opinion. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #30

Good grief. So true. Crutchez_CuiBono Oct 2018 #66

That's undoubtedly the intent of many. Some of these Hortensis Oct 2018 #70

Thank you, Hortensis! pazzyanne Oct 2018 #72

Subversive agents arrive and are literally removed every day. Hortensis Oct 2018 #73

I appreciate your insight. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #74

I once got tired of it all and put hundreds on ignore Hortensis Oct 2018 #75

Well-said, thanks! (n/t) FreepFryer Oct 2018 #86

Rec'd Kaleva Oct 2018 #5

Here is how I feel. pangaia Oct 2018 #7

Fighting the good fight, thanks! JudyM Oct 2018 #14

Send $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ pangaia Oct 2018 #18

No, haven't seen it, sounds disgusting. JudyM Oct 2018 #25

Why? I was out of pocket today :( Why is everyone Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2018 #63

Rah, rah, rah, kick them in the jaw! ProudLib72 Oct 2018 #8

People get worried and afraid and come here to discuss things and right now is a scary Autumn Oct 2018 #11

Read the replies on the different threads. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #13

You want me to look for the threads to find the posts you are objecting to? Autumn Oct 2018 #15

Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #35

Well said, Autumn donkeypoofed Oct 2018 #58

Thank you. Tipperary Oct 2018 #78

My stance bdamomma Oct 2018 #12

Oh bullshit. I get your post, but people on DU are free to voice their opinions. dameatball Oct 2018 #16

That is why DU is a liberal website, a Democratic and Liberal Perseus Oct 2018 #32

Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #34

Pick pick. LakeArenal Oct 2018 #44

I like responses like this. Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #46

See you like something. Not so defeatist now are you? LakeArenal Oct 2018 #51

Never said I was either a so called defeatist or not Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #54

THANK YOU. MBS Oct 2018 #17

It is not impossible, just difficult.We might get lucky and that is worth fighting for. BeckyDem Oct 2018 #19

It ain't over till the fat lady sings and I ain't sung yet! Kajun Gal Oct 2018 #20

Can you say... SergeStorms Oct 2018 #61

Looks like plenty of folks looking to pick fights. LakeArenal Oct 2018 #21

Particularly the OP Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #31

Voicing your perception of reality doesn't mean you're not still going to fight to change it AdamGG Oct 2018 #22

The reality is that the vote hasn't taken place yet. Kaleva Oct 2018 #28

If NYT & WaPo are reporting that Flake & Collins are likely to vote to confirm... AdamGG Oct 2018 #65

The reality is that the WaPo is reporting no such thing Kaleva Oct 2018 #67

Today there is a whole thread devoted to dragging Dems down. Easy to find, folks.... Hekate Oct 2018 #23

"Trash this thread" is your friend. GoCubsGo Oct 2018 #24

Its not over until the revolution. nt elmac Oct 2018 #26

Amen and K & R pazzyanne Oct 2018 #27

I would prefer that I not be lectured Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #29

No, but I believe I am a member of a team and I hope you are on that team too. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #37

You are free to believe whatever you choose. Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #43

"Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a great battle" BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #49

Yes, Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #82

Gee, I guess I have to bow out and leave the field of battle to you. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #68

Just as an fyi to a newbie ms liberty Oct 2018 #77

Thanks, ms liberty. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #84

Do as you wish Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #81

I have been a activist since 1968. pazzyanne Oct 2018 #83

Good for You Sherman A1 Oct 2018 #88

Everyone should say whatever they want whenever they want GusBob Oct 2018 #36

Well, at least you support the OP in doing just that. Kaleva Oct 2018 #40

"Can't we all just get along?" NT Atticus Oct 2018 #38

Foot soldiers vs cheerleaders. OneBro Oct 2018 #39

I think the OP is referring to people who are declaring the fight to be over before it's over. Kaleva Oct 2018 #41

That's fair. OneBro Oct 2018 #45

As long as there are still 4, maybe 5, undecideds, I'm hoping for the best. Kaleva Oct 2018 #50

Yes, the OP is. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #48

+1 Azathoth Oct 2018 #42

Cheerleader posts are the most inaccurate of all Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #53

Your post is inaccurate. Kaleva Oct 2018 #55

Yes, and thank you. BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #59

My Aunt Theresa used to say "Want in one hand, and sh*t in the other, and see which gets full first" joet67 Oct 2018 #47

I wasn't aware you were the decider here Marrah_Goodman Oct 2018 #52

No dear Charlotte Little Oct 2018 #56

I've been hearing that argument since Reagan. So when do we admit we have been defeated? JoeOtterbein Oct 2018 #57

Reminder of what is written on a shirt a member here recommended Enoki33 Oct 2018 #60

There's a difference between being a defeatist and being a realist Jake Stern Oct 2018 #62

THANK YOU! Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #69

I completely agree! smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #71

We are not finished MFM008 Oct 2018 #76

People who post on du are generally the type who do not like being told what to do. Tipperary Oct 2018 #79

Why limit it to just now ? I think anybody who questions Democratic wisdom el_bryanto Oct 2018 #80

I don't often post much Leonardo Da Biker Oct 2018 #85

I am not a dude, I am a dudette! BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #89

It is not defeatist to not agree with your opinion. Progressive dog Oct 2018 #87