'Washingon Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s

[SpankMe]

95. Well, we're losing ground

Trump and his supporters should be 20% or less of the voter base; they should be a crackpot fringe. Instead, this race appears to be 50-50.

Being nice and adhering to democratic and institutional norms hasn't helped us (Democrats and progressives) gain a clear majority. Conservatives are in total control of a majority of the 50 US states and are implementing a theocratic, authoritarian version of government under a ruling minority. The more power they gain under these principles, the more barriers there are for us to counter it with humanity, decency and democracy and ever gain a leadership mandate again. At some point real soon, they will become permanently in charge and will wield all power necessary - including violence - to force their narrow views on society and suppress dissent or even meek expressions of opposing points of view.

They've already succeeded in nullifying parts of the constitution and are openly trying to alter it to an extent that basically makes liberal ideas - and possibly even liberal people - illegal. Project 2025 tells you most of what you need to know.

We are becoming less of a free and equitable society with each election.

The point of that last comment of my post was to ask if we should start fighting fire with fire instead of responding to authoritarianism with platitudes, "logic", "facts", and compassion - which is clearly not working.

I don't want to live in a country that operates off of an oppressive version of the "Jesus doctrine". But there's no place else to go. People come to America for freedom because almost everywhere else in the world is less free to one degree or another.

This is it. The United States of America - sandwiched between Canada and Mexico - is the end of the line. We have to take back this country using techniques that work. We all won't be able to migrate to New Zealand or Canada if the Orange Asshole® takes over and makes us all illegal. We have to make THIS PLACE work for us and for all.

If you think anything I've said above is hyperbole, you're just not paying attention.