General Discussion

canetoad

(18,260 posts)

39. I guess

Reply to Saboburns (Reply #38)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:38 PM

Dec 2020

We just speak differenct languages.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

84 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Are we witnessing the beginning of the end of the United States? [View all] ecstatic Dec 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #1

We had to shoot a few million Nazis in the head 75 years ago Saboburns Dec 2020 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #7

Well voting seems not to persuade them SoonerPride Dec 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #11

yikes! I can't believe we're at this point right now! nt ecstatic Dec 2020 #27

We're not. This is nonsense internet panic. Sympthsical Dec 2020 #51

Thank You. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #84

Yes, confrontation is inevitable and best ASAP Ponietz Dec 2020 #42

No, a few million Nazis were NOT shot in the head canetoad Dec 2020 #26

Somewhere around 5-6 million give or take, took 6 years, then the rest straightened up nicely. Saboburns Dec 2020 #34

I'm well aware of mortality numbers in WW2 canetoad Dec 2020 #36

Not a fantasy if it really happened now is it? Saboburns Dec 2020 #38

I guess canetoad Dec 2020 #39

Total deaths in war ≠ "shooting them in the head". Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #41

I advocate nothing of the kind. Saboburns Dec 2020 #43

Ummm - define "a small number" Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2020 #82

To break the backs of the Nazi's, we had to kill hundreds of thousands of men, women and children Kaleva Dec 2020 #66

I think it's the beginning of the end. nt cry baby Dec 2020 #2

It appears we are close to being a failed State edhopper Dec 2020 #3

I am thinking on similar lines. With almost half of people that vote in this country IsItJustMe Dec 2020 #24

Interesting davekriss Dec 2020 #4

With what money? 986racer Dec 2020 #10

Funny you should ask davekriss Dec 2020 #14

And now I can't help but wonder: Did those states take orders from trump ecstatic Dec 2020 #19

The AG of MI asks, on Chris Hayes show, davekriss Dec 2020 #21

They are helping Trump in return for pardons and other favors. nt Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #64

Not sure what to do. This will play out over the next 4 to 12 years. marylandblue Dec 2020 #6

I am all in for hope bdamomma Dec 2020 #12

The end of the US as a major power, yes BainsBane Dec 2020 #9

Our elections are part of the compact between the states, the Constitution. roamer65 Dec 2020 #13

Support for Trump shows that if things go bad, bad recession or whatever, Trump or a Doodley Dec 2020 #15

This nation has undergone "growing pains" since its inception. Alex4Martinez Dec 2020 #16

It's possible - since WW I countries have been getting smaller and more numerous Klaralven Dec 2020 #17

Hoping that Biden and Harris get sworn in, and Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #18

I'm not prepared for this at all. I've loosely joked about moving ecstatic Dec 2020 #22

There are better areas of the country to live in for it. roamer65 Dec 2020 #52

I live in a better area. I don't want us to be on American soil for this. Crunchy Frog Dec 2020 #61

Yes. We've never seen something like this. Azathoth Dec 2020 #20

The problem is white racism JI7 Dec 2020 #23

The problem is the electoral college Yeehah Dec 2020 #77

and fuck this poll, we will make it through this Demonaut Dec 2020 #25

Oh no kidding!! Too many here immediately go to doom and gloom REPEATEDLY Thekaspervote Dec 2020 #31

The GOP supreme court will decide ecstatic Dec 2020 #46

No, they'll do the self-interested thing Sympthsical Dec 2020 #53

This is the end result of valuing capital over human beings Yavin4 Dec 2020 #28

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2020 #30

I agree, consumerist fascism Beringia Dec 2020 #68

I voted Yes canetoad Dec 2020 #29

We won't know until a year or two after Trump dies Poiuyt Dec 2020 #32

Maybe. moondust Dec 2020 #33

No, I think the demographics are shifting too much against the hard right Quixote1818 Dec 2020 #35

Some might say the Renaissance was the peak of intellectual art and philosophy. cachukis Dec 2020 #37

Democracy died with Citizens United GusBob Dec 2020 #40

Democracy died with Citizens United and the Fairness Doctrine in Media removal UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #44

If SCOTUS takes that case. YES Thrill Dec 2020 #45

If we don't start prosecuting and charging these criminals, consider it gone. Initech Dec 2020 #47

10:07 pm MST and it's tied 59 even GusBob Dec 2020 #48

Was 62 even, now 64 up GusBob Dec 2020 #56

Canned food and shotguns Sympthsical Dec 2020 #49

One thing the left and right seem to agree on is that this country is f#cked inwiththenew Dec 2020 #50

It's the beginning of the end unless we can vastly expand the size of the House (to mitigate the EC, Celerity Dec 2020 #54

If congress doesn't accept the election results....what then? lindysalsagal Dec 2020 #55

Say hello to acting President Pelosi for the near future. SoFlaBro Dec 2020 #63

Ok. Awesome. Thanks. Whew! lindysalsagal Dec 2020 #76

Yes. Our Constitution is fatally flawed. Maven Dec 2020 #57

I agree. meadowlander Dec 2020 #60

We beat nazis before vercetti2021 Dec 2020 #58

No. We're well into the middle of the end. Bordering on the beginning of the end of the end. meadowlander Dec 2020 #59

Let's see what happens when Trump is gone budkin Dec 2020 #65

I have been listening to scholars on the ancient poets of Iran like Hafiz and Saadi Beringia Dec 2020 #67

It'll stumble along like it always does, but not as a major player in the 21st century. betsuni Dec 2020 #69

The general trend is toward Idiocracy, but in this election the actual power structures have held Alhena Dec 2020 #70

It's an incompetent coup. denbot Dec 2020 #71

The US is not remotely the world's first democracy. Celerity Dec 2020 #72

Sorry, worlds first modern democracy.. denbot Dec 2020 #74

it is not being pedantic at all, it was correcting a fundamental factual error Celerity Dec 2020 #75

Yes I do believe Meowmee Dec 2020 #73

At the very LEAST, we (our country) have witnessed a very REAL WARNING of what could happen!! bluestarone Dec 2020 #78

Steve Schmidt warns that America is one election away from losing its democracy UCmeNdc Dec 2020 #79

If we had not held the House, it'd have ended now. Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2020 #81

There's a lot to unpack in that question Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2020 #80

Those are some really interesting ideas that I had not considered prior to your post ecstatic Dec 2020 #83