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milestogo

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Wed Nov 6, 2024, 06:56 PM Nov 2024

The reasons the Republican party won is because their leader appeals to the [View all]

racist, misogynist, and violent impulses of the masses. He legitimizes their hatred. They are not fettered by a high degree of religious or any other kind of morality. The party members legitimize him by refusing to condemn his coup, his illegal behavior or even his public obscenity. He can do no wrong- he is truly above the law. Because of this, some of them are also above the law. They don't need education, in fact it is a liability.

This half of society wants the rest of us to be afraid of them and their guns. They are not amenable to rational persuasion. So I am not interested in hearing what the Democratic candidate DID WRONG. For people like this, a good, decent, intelligent person is not what they want. They want someone as low and vile as they are.

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