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That the Democrats lose House seats, do not win the Senate and barely manage to drag their demented presidential candidate towards a stalemate tells a lot about their lack of sane policies. A donor party completely disinterested in what the people really want - medicare for all, no fracking etc. - will have little chance to survive a future onslaught of conservatives with a more competent figure head than Donald Trump. ...should Trump lose this election, Trumpism will only grow and make the U.S. ungovernable.

 

Reply to: Say her name, Runaway

    (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2020, @01:12AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 06 2020, @01:12AM (#1073601)

    Go declare yourself a subject of the British Crown, then.

    You seem to be opposed to acts like:
    1) Taking someone else's tea and dumping it into a harbor
    2) Tarring and feathering government officials who don't respect people's freedom
    3) Rioting in protest of a government that doesn't respect people's rights
    4) Setting fire to buildings used or owned by government officials when the government doesn't respect people's rights
    5) Taking up arms and declaring independence from an oppressive government

    These are all things that happened in colonial America. Since you spend so much time complaining about rioting and looting, surely you must agree that these actions were wrong in colonial America. Therefore, you should go declare yourself a subject of the British Crown.

    In your logic, it's a travesty if the government says you have to wear a mask in public places to avoid spreading COVID-19. But you seem okay with police killing black people, including the flawed execution of a no-knock warrant that resulted in the killing of Breonna Taylor.

    You rightly object when protesters block ambulances and fire engines, which places people's lives at risk. But you seem okay with police killing unarmed black people by mistake.

    You say that you want weapons to protect yourself from tyranny and maintain your freedoms. But when black people are armed and actually do declare autonomy from a government that doesn't respect their rights, then it's a travesty.

    You take very extreme positions demanding that government not take away any of your liberties, even to protect the freedoms of others. But when black people want liberty, too, then you become a statist bootlicker.

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