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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9 |
Oops! Link fixed. That message still got two votes - apparently iOS statistics are popular.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined:
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I googled the headline and got
I have never seen anything quite like the grief being felt by the majority of American voters who did not vote for Donald Trump. quote: etc by our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I have never seen anything quite like the grief being felt by the majority of American voters who did not vote for Donald Trump. I guess you didn't recognize the grief felt by the rest of us eight years ago and four years ago. Because we really don't exist or something. Now we are happy happy happy. Can't happen of course. Only leltists are human beings, only leftists' feelings count.
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3
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There is a difference between a lack of liars whining that they didn't get what they wanted and worrying because you have a President regarded as a potential disaster even by senior figures in his own party.
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
... you didn't recognize the grief felt by the rest of us eight years ago and four years ago. ... Probably true Faith. What did you grieve about Faith? The loss of democracy? How universal was it? Inquiring minds want to know. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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PaulK Member Posts: 17828 Joined: Member Rating: 2.3
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For some years I have been concerned that the Republican Party was going to give up on democracy. That the gerrymandering and voter suppression, and the obstructionism was only the start.
Now an analysis of North Carolina rates it as being well below the standards expected of a truly democratic nation.
North Carolina is no longer classified as a democracy
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
What did you grieve about Faith? Treating other people with decency and not being an asshole run amuck.What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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GDR Member Posts: 6202 From: Sidney, BC, Canada Joined: Member Rating: 2.1
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Faith writes: I guess you didn't recognize the grief felt by the rest of us eight years ago and four years ago. Because we really don't exist or something. Now we are happy happy happy. Can't happen of course. Only leltists are human beings, only leftists' feelings count. Why is it that the big division is between left and right. Isn't integrity important? I lean towards the right when it comes to politics but the number one thing I look for in a candidate is integrity. I'd rather have someone on the left with integrity than someone on the right without. Frankly, I didn't have much respect for the integrity of either Clinton or Trump but frankly I did with Obama. Of course this is based on what I was able to discern on what they say and do publicly as well as media sources and not any personal contact.He has told you, O man, what is good ; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
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Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1474 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
There is a difference between a l[p]ack of liars whining that they didn't get what they wanted Pack for lack of course. Good description of exactly what we've seen from the left since they lost. Pack of liars beyond belief, so bad you guys didn't even know you were going to lose you'd lied to yourselves so much about what Americans want. "Whining" is rather weak for what we've seen though. Temper tantrums on a violent scale. You guys understand absolutely nothing. You live in such an enclosed fantasy world. Such bad losers a bunch of you poor sad souls have been trying since November 8 to steal the election (since the efforts before that date couldn't defeat us) and still plotting, probably fro months to come. Peaceful exchange of power, ha! Only when the civilized side has to give in, and that is not your side. Hilary would have been the disaster, on top of the disaster of Obama. YOu don't get it, though, don't want to get it, I guess. Funny how what you say about us is as usual true of you. The killers of democracy are your side.. Edited by Faith, : No reason given. Edited by Faith, : No reason given.
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NoNukes Inactive Member
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ack of liars beyond belief, so bad you guys didn't even know you were going to lose you'd lied to yourselves so much about what Americans want. Fascinating. I wonder if you will recognize any of these statements made after the last election prior to this one. Hint: The statements were all made by a well known, prominent, Republican politician.
quote: Let's note that Obama won both the electoral college and the popular vote. Seriously, project much? I have not detected a single person in this newsgroup who fails to acknowledge that Trump won the election. Trump won fair and square.
Only when the civilized side has to give in, and that is not your side. As the above quotes suggest, you cannot claim the high road about accepting election results. Not with the president elects own track record. Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also in prison. Thoreau: Civil Disobedience (1846) History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. Martin Luther King I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. Thomas Jefferson Seems to me if its clear that certain things that require ancient dates couldn't possibly be true, we are on our way to throwing out all those ancient dates on the basis of the actual evidence. -- Faith
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Percy Member Posts: 22505 From: New Hampshire Joined: Member Rating: 4.9
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Faith doesn't seem to understand that what is being mourned is not the loss of the election but the loss of rationality, discernment, and compassion at the top. Even the Republicans bemoaned this candidate. He has none of the qualities people from both sides want in a president, and many qualities most people find not only undesirable but despicable. The article describes how these feelings of people who voted against Trump are different from past lost elections, that those elections then were not accompanied by feelings of hopelessness and despair for our democracy.
Trump is a deplorable human being and he will soon be leader of the most powerful country on Earth. This should be a cause of great concern to people of all stripes everywhere throughout the world. --Percy
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
... I have not detected a single person in this newsgroup who fails to acknowledge that Trump won the election. ... It is America's loss, but that was put in motion in July.
... Trump won fair and square. ... No. He won because the system is rigged. Because of suppression of minority and liberal votes in republican states. Because of hacked voting machines. Because of election fraud. This has been going on since 2002. North Carolina no longer ranks as a democracy, and the US federal election process is coming in a close 2nd. Just to set the record straight. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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RAZD Member (Idle past 1435 days) Posts: 20714 From: the other end of the sidewalk Joined: |
Still want to know what you grieved for in the previous elections.
Message 770: Probably true Faith. What did you grieve about Faith? The loss of democracy? How universal was it? Our democracy has been under attack for decades (certainly since the Clinton Reagan years) I think there are several things we will agree on. Enjoyby our ability to understand Rebel☮American☆Zen☯Deist ... to learn ... to think ... to live ... to laugh ... to share. Join the effort to solve medical problems, AIDS/HIV, Cancer and more with Team EvC! (click)
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Tanypteryx Member Posts: 4451 From: Oregon, USA Joined: Member Rating: 5.0 |
Trump is a deplorable human being and he will soon be leader of the most powerful country on Earth. This should be a cause of great concern to people of all stripes everywhere throughout the world. I keep thinking about what terrible role models Trump and his family are for my grandchildren. I guess I am still in shock that America elected someone with enough personality disorders to fill a textbook. His appointees want to dismantle our government and our civilization. No wonder 65,000,000++ of us feel despair and fear.What if Eleanor Roosevelt had wings? -- Monty Python One important characteristic of a theory is that is has survived repeated attempts to falsify it. Contrary to your understanding, all available evidence confirms it. --Subbie If evolution is shown to be false, it will be at the hands of things that are true, not made up. --percy
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Porosity Member (Idle past 2124 days) Posts: 158 From: MT, USA Joined:
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I guess I am still in shock that America elected someone with enough personality disorders to fill a textbook. Never underestimate the power of stupid. "I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters."*Trump*
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