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Dragonfli

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12. Agreed, they see it as a game, preferring to pretend the balls being tossed around are human lives.
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 10:54 AM
Apr 2016
...They think this is a game, or a sport with my team and their team, not realizing or caring that the ball that is tossed around in this sport is a child that only gets to eat at school and will soon lose that food, or the ball is an elderly widow or widower that can only afford to take their medicine every other day or maybe will freeze to death in a small flat during a winter they could not pay their gas bill (this happens ALREADY where I live).

There are many other balls tossed around for their sport and amusement, too many to list them all here, some are dead or dying, some are living under a tarp in a vacant lot hoping the cops don't roust them or the suburban teenagers don't decide to slum it and amuse themselves by assaulting them while laughing and taunting the "bum" for cell phone footage. Some of these comfortable people give advice to "the poor that in fact do OK" as a famous DLC Democrat once said. One of the Conservative DU posters once even suggested dumpster diving as a viable and reasonable option....

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Instead we get "compromise," incrementally inching us toward the right... Human101948 Apr 2016 #1
REALLY well said. RiverLover Apr 2016 #2
Look at the number of replies to this thread FreakinDJ Apr 2016 #3
Third Way Democratic Underground. RiverLover Apr 2016 #8
Agreed, they see it as a game, preferring to pretend the balls being tossed around are human lives. Dragonfli Apr 2016 #12
"Liberal Media" is a BIG LIE Martin Eden Apr 2016 #4
Exactly. Its all theatre, even manufactured outrage over something that doesn't exist. RiverLover Apr 2016 #6
Yes it's too bad we blew a chance to run on actual issues Armstead Apr 2016 #5
We're losing a lot less vs voting for Status Quo with "no revolution till now" Bernie Sanders uponit7771 Apr 2016 #7
Huge numbers of those 70% would join the democratic party if the party would embrace Sanders Doctor_J Apr 2016 #9
Because they grow wealthy with the system, policies, and things as they are now, it's that simple nt Dragonfli Apr 2016 #13
This is a breath of fresh air. apnu Apr 2016 #10
My pleasure. Thanks for the shout out, apnu! RiverLover Apr 2016 #14
Thank you RiverLover For this great post and the article that it brings to light I was unaware of Dragonfli Apr 2016 #11
Thanks for such a thoughtful post, Dragonfli. RiverLover Apr 2016 #15
Shamelessly kicking for the night crew. RiverLover Apr 2016 #16
Potential win for Democrats if Hillary Clinton is elected-and if Bernie won which won't happen Demsrule86 Apr 2016 #17
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