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People need to ****ing chill

Is life really so frightening that you need to hate the "other political side"?

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Bodhisattva said:
Why are people always freaking out? They do not know their history.

I am looking at it from a historical perspective.

From 1620 - 1860 things were great for white people.
Native Americans? ****ed.
Black people? ****ed.
Chinese? ****ed.
Irish, Germans, Italians, Etc.? Not ****ed but close to it.

Then we have:
Civil War
Reconstruction
KKK
Jim Crow
Plessy v Ferguson
KKK Again
Tulsa Race Massacre
Rosewood Race Massacre
More Race Massacres, lynching's, police abuse is rampant...
The Great Depression
WWII
Civil Rights: MLK, Malcom X, Bobby and the President assassinated.
Cold War Nuclear scare.
Other shit but then Terrorism from Oklahoma to Waco to 911.

In all that we have Rights exploding for women, black people, LGBTQ, etc. Police reform. No war. Etc.

Life is actually really ****ing good... probably the best that it has ever been for normal average people in the history of the world.

But all I see are people ****ing freaking out day in and day out. People need to educate themselves and add a dash of PERSPECTIVE.
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Waco makes the list as terrorism? And that's another reason political differences drive 'hate'.
 
Bodhisattva said:
LOL I am bringing BALANCE to the discussion... and you ****ing freak out and wildly deflect it like an NHL goalie.

Trump did worse. Does that help the fragile ego out there? But Hilary essentially started it. Is it exact? No. Shit talking has been going on since the beginning of the nation.... but Obama, Bush, Clinton... they didn't act like immature teenagers like these two. For ****'s Sake. You are part of the problem.
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You're entitled to an opinion, ignorant as it is but you are wrong.
It's your hatred of democrats which is the problem.
 
multivita-man said:
If you look at that timeline again, you'll see why some people are freaking out. White America (not exclusively but predominantly) has had the power since the founding of this country. Over the last few decades, they've been forced to share more and more of that power and influence over culture, economics, and politics.

Human groups fight when there is scarcity. In the past, when we were hunter gatherers, humans dealt with scarcity with brief skirmishes before one side more or less agreed to GTFO and move to a different pond, or beach, hunting ground or island. That probably explains why humans migrated of Africa in the first place; it was a means of conflict resolution.

Civilization changed all of that. It created land - land that people owned. It also created much larger populations that had to be sustained somehow. We needed specialization, people with specialized knowledge and skills. This transformation to sedentism and population growth tied people to territory, and it made land worth fighting over. It created resource scarcity, but it also created political and cultural scarcity as well. Civilization led to inequality, with different classes of people ranked according to various criteria. Ever since, people have not only fought over the hard resources such as land, food, water, shelter, etc, but also over their standing and who gets to control the population.

And that's exactly what's happening now in the U.S. Mostly white, Christian, conservative America sees its power slipping away. It cannot halt or reverse this trend at the ballot box because they are increasingly outnumbered. This is why the big lie is so important -- they need some sort of 'story' to tell that lays out the case for what they are doing since they cannot just come out and say 'Look, **** you guys, we're done with democracy as we know it.' Mind you, it's not a rational or logic or fact-based case -- that's not the point at all. It's a story, a legend, a tale that is told to ultimately explain why they must do what they intend to do, which is to take control of the country for their 'kind' however they see fit.
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I am pretty sure that has nothing to do with why people are freaking out...
 
Colin Norris said:
I'm not triggered. I can see your reply is something similar. Playing it down won't change your blatant hatred for democrats for no reason.
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Huge difference between snark and hate. I hate very few people in this world outside of the usual dictators and criminals. (y)
 
jpevans said:
I think you added scum sucking to what Hillary actually said. Way to divide... ;)
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Just a paraphrase of attitude.
jpevans said:
MAGA Cult fanboiz & girlz believing the Big Lie despite the provable facts is a mass mental illness. IMO...
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MAGA is a mass mental illness?
American said:
How are blacks doing in school?
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Same as they are doing here (Maori) and it is not well.
jpevans said:
How is editing what she said bringing balance to the discussion. It's typical for the right to lie about what lefties say. I guess the bad quote might not have been meant as a lie, just a paraphrase, right. But it's at best, defiantly misinformation.
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Again... paraphrase of attitude.
Allan said:
"Deplorables" was a terrible thing to say about Americans who simply have a different viewpoint. I don't think that's something she ever recovered from.

I think Bill probably knew that because he honed his people skills in a State where Republicans and Democrats faced the same challenges and he had to work for (by listening to) both.
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^^^ This @jpevans
Colin Norris said:
You're entitled to an opinion, ignorant as it is but you are wrong.
It's your hatred of democrats which is the problem.
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I have voted Democrat since 1992.

Well done. A complete fail and a perfect example of what this thread is about. You bringing hatred and division into the equation for no valid reason.
 
RetiredUSN said:
Obama fueled the flames long before Big Fat Donny took the job.

You can pretend that he didn't but it doesn't change the fact.

They were both abject failures.
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tinfoil hat delusional dishonest nuttery like this is always entertaining LMAO

why its NOT fact no matter how many times you claim it is, it just furthers exposes your failed claim
😂🍿
 
mrjurrs said:
Waco makes the list as terrorism? And that's another reason political differences drive 'hate'.
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The initial images and story hit me.

Upon reflection the next morning I thought that I should not have included it.
 
RetiredUSN said:
Yeah...... even liberals saw that he missed his chance.
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still no facts to support your failed post, got it? LMAO
why do some things trigger posters so bad, i mean its funny but also weird . .
 
Colin Norris said:
Not at all. My whole point is exposing the real reasons behind Repubmicans. Pure hate.
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That is like 4 or 5 posts how where you use the word 'hate'... again, maybe you are taking the hatred with you.
 
Bodhisattva said:
Why are people always freaking out? They do not know their history.

I am looking at it from a historical perspective.

From 1620 - 1860 things were great for white people.
Native Americans? ****ed.
Black people? ****ed.
Chinese? ****ed.
Irish, Germans, Italians, Etc.? Not ****ed but close to it.

Then we have:
Civil War
Reconstruction
KKK
Jim Crow
Plessy v Ferguson
KKK Again
Tulsa Race Massacre
Rosewood Race Massacre
More Race Massacres, lynching's, police abuse is rampant...
The Great Depression
WWII
Civil Rights: MLK, Malcom X, Bobby and the President assassinated.
Cold War Nuclear scare.
Other shit but then Terrorism from Oklahoma to Waco to 911.

In all that we have Rights exploding for women, black people, LGBTQ, etc. Police reform. No war. Etc.

Life is actually really ****ing good... probably the best that it has ever been for normal average people in the history of the world.

But all I see are people ****ing freaking out day in and day out. People need to educate themselves and add a dash of PERSPECTIVE.
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Have you finally figured out how black folk should vote?
 
When one side tacitly or directly supports a coup attempt, one would be pretty naive to think that they'll never try it again. I think that's worth getting a little upset over.
 
Helix said:
When one side tacitly or directly supports a coup attempt, one would be pretty naive to think that they'll never try it again. I think that's worth getting a little upset over.
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The hate I am describing has been going on a lot longer than that.
 
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