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In reply to the discussion: I've Had Enough... [View all]Violet_Crumble
(36,143 posts)267. That's it! I've had enough too!
What I've had enough of is:
- Bulleted lists where the bullets aren't there
- Lists where most points begin with the same sentence fragment and aren't grouped together
- A lack of white space
- Too many unnecessary words
Here. Try it this way:
I've had enough of:
- equating Democrats with Republicans. They are not the same.
- failing to recognize progressive actions when they occur.
- Democrats attacking other Democrats, while ignoring Republicans.
- exaggerations and untruths about a broad range of Democratic officeholders.
- people who support individual Presidential candidates being accused of ruining everything.
- the belief that a majority of congressional districts would gladly elect a truly progressive candidate.
- a majority of Democratic voters treated as the enemy.
- people who believe that they alone can speak for "the People."
- the idea that 99% of the population shares the same goals or has the same needs.
- the belief that the answer to everything is to kill corporations or destroy capitalism.
- ridicule of people who suggest that reality and practicality matter in politics.
- people being treated as "traitors" if they don't share some particular belief about some issue.
- the fantasy that any single politician or elected official can effect sweeping changes alone.
- fantastic thinking that ignores how things actually function.
Just when you thought it'd never end, I've had more than enough of:
- people calling our Democratic President vile names.
- seeing GOTV dismissed as useless and a waste of time.
- single issue politics overriding everything else that is happening.
And to finish up:
- I've had enough with a disappointment with one outcome meaning that everything is lost.
- I've had way more than enough of the idea that it doesn't matter if the Republicans control all three branches of government.
- I've finally had enough with declarations that anyone would refuse to vote for the Democratic nominee for President.
There. Isn't that far easier to read?
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I call those folks of which you correctly opine as "accidental Republicans".
Fred Sanders
Jun 2015
#1
Bernie Sanders has already vowed to do this, which I deeply respect and appreciate.
calimary
Jun 2015
#92
Yeah, NOBODY in the Senate will work HARDER to get Hillary elected than Bernie
randys1
Jun 2015
#102
And you could ignore all of the folks who post things you've 'had enough of'. It's easy. nt
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#35
Dont know about MM but for me that is hard to do, you see I work very hard along with others
randys1
Jun 2015
#105
Well, you've done a nice job of getting around the "no disruptive meta" rule.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2015
#7
Sort of, insofar that it exposes what the poster is up to. But the admiration was real.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jun 2015
#175
Especially those that collude with Republicans to ram legislation through......
99Forever
Jun 2015
#30
The top one percent of USians (as a group) own something like 35% of all the wealth
merrily
Jun 2015
#114
Of course they will, they have willing accomplices right here on a supposed progressive forum.
Rex
Jun 2015
#39
Yep, that's the question. I'll probably be dead before the final death throes, but my
Nay
Jun 2015
#127
I've had enough of being sold out by politicians who seek to pad their own pockets
peacebird
Jun 2015
#50
I know, but socialist is getting all kinds of play and redefinitions.
SaranchaIsWaiting
Jun 2015
#87
I've had enough of petulant moralizing by people telling me what they've had enough of.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#59
We take it as a given that Republicans are bags of shit, but really we're always calling them out.
Ed Suspicious
Jun 2015
#80
That has to be one of the most colossally stupid reasons to not vote for a particular candidate...
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2015
#234
Yes but some people have mastered the art of butt-kissing to a nauseating level.
BeanMusical
Jun 2015
#236
I've had enough of corporatists conning voters by pretending to be populists.
polichick
Jun 2015
#125
"I've had enough of equating Democrats with Republicans. They are not the same."
Unknown Beatle
Jun 2015
#165
I've had enough of posters who incessantly criticize one individual or another.
lovemydog
Jun 2015
#173
I've had enough of being maligned for things I've never even thought, let alone said
Colorado Liberal
Jun 2015
#178
"I've finally had enough with declarations that anyone would refuse to vote for the Democratic
Cha
Jun 2015
#203
I've had enough of those who have no clue how a trade agreement gets written or how a bill is passed
Hekate
Jun 2015
#205
Wish they would bring back GD:P since GD is overflowing w/OP's bashing DU/DUers.
JTFrog
Jun 2015
#212