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30. I think it's mostly because we're not Maoist super-lefties who want everything to be as awful as it can be...

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 11:40 PM

Dec 11

...so that the response will (in their imagination) be coming to Marxist Paradise (and not just scapegoating super lefties and mass-murdering them all).

But I hear you: now that the dies have been cast and it's going for what they voted for, I hope they finally are able to taste all the shit that they swallowed, even as they jeered at us while we warned them "that's not chocolate". And then they demanded seconds and leered at us as they ate it.

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I have a contrarian view [View all] Pototan Dec 11 OP

We BeerBarrelPolka Dec 11 #1

I used to listen to a liberal radio talk show host in Massachusetts Just_Vote_Dem Dec 11 #2

Donnie's cultists won't care Blue_Tires Dec 11 #3

The cultists are about one third of US voters Pototan Dec 11 #7

The blue wave was SUPPOSED to be this year, so pardon my lack of faith... Blue_Tires Dec 11 #9

I don't know why people.thought that Trenzalore Dec 11 #15

Silly me, I just thought Dems would show up in record numbers to defeat the Nazi dictator wannabe Blue_Tires Dec 11 #23

So are you in the 'don't nominate a woman for President basically forever' camp? nt kelly1mm Dec 11 #28

I'm sure as hell in the 'Don't nominate a woman for President in 2028' -camp... Blue_Tires Dec 11 #32

I am thinking we will not consider a woman candidate till 2036 at the earliest. We also MUST stop kelly1mm Dec 11 #33

this might be a delicious twist of fate. WhiteTara Dec 11 #14

"Those who won't listen must feel" Jamaican proverb anciano Dec 11 #4

Thank you for getting my point (NT) Pototan Dec 11 #19

All that will happen even if his most unqualified picks get rejected. brush Dec 11 #5

I think you're right BeerBarrelPolka Dec 11 #6

Hard no to that for me Meowmee Dec 11 #8

Either Trump is a disaster or he isn't Pototan Dec 11 #10

Not true... Meowmee Dec 11 #11

I guess his previous disasters weren't enough for America Pototan Dec 11 #17

For a little over half whatever the count ended up as being recorded after voter suppression etc. Meowmee Dec 11 #21

I want to word this correctly BeerBarrelPolka Dec 11 #13

If we believe what we say here on DU there will be no more elections. Ever. NT kelly1mm Dec 11 #29

It's not contrarian. It's just a tantrum. Sympthsical Dec 11 #12

I don't know about "innocents" Pototan Dec 11 #18

And there it is Sympthsical Dec 11 #20

A long-planned retirement Pototan Dec 11 #24

Also, when I described "innocents" Pototan Dec 11 #25

Its not a tantrum, and its not vengeance. Volaris Dec 12 #38

I mean isn't that the entire Jill Stein argument Trenzalore Dec 11 #16

It's the exact opposite Pototan Dec 11 #22

"I'm afraid that America needs to learn the hard way." J_William_Ryan Dec 11 #26

Easy to say from 8000 miles away- the rest of us who actually live here have to live with the consequences Blues Heron Dec 11 #27

Please read my reply #24 Pototan Dec 13 #39

I think it's mostly because we're not Maoist super-lefties who want everything to be as awful as it can be... JHB Dec 11 #30

I believe the op is seeing what is going on from a distance..some of us may be too close to the trees to see the forest Deuxcents Dec 11 #31

I have a contrarian viewpoint to your contrarian viewpoint. no_hypocrisy Dec 12 #34

I disagree Pototan Dec 12 #35

Agreed BeerBarrelPolka Dec 13 #40

I'm in your camp; loose the Leopards. Volaris Dec 12 #36

It's petty but I'm looking forward to "well you got what you wanted." Autumn Dec 12 #37

I tend to agree OP ThePartyThatListens Dec 13 #41

I totally agree with you! Pain is a consequence and educational! IzzaNuDay Dec 13 #42

Thank you Pototan Dec 13 #43