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OldBaldy1701E

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36. It was once described to me as this.

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 06:18 AM

Apr 2025

Think of our moral lives as a pyramid. It is far easier to fall to the bottom than it is to climb to the top. Once you convince people that falling to the bottom is okay, you get where we are now. And, once we allow the bottom feeders to have any 'normalization'. you get our current political state.

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A post from someone in attendance at last night's MTG town hall [View all] Pluvious Apr 2025 OP

Look at me! William769 Apr 2025 #1

That's how fascist work. sinkingfeeling Apr 2025 #2

The psychos are in full "do not fuck with us" mode. And that's scary AF. Initech Apr 2025 #3

And once again I'm ashamed by not realizing how many hateful people live in my country. Biophilic Apr 2025 #4

In trying to skim through some of this original post's replies at Twitter... Pluvious Apr 2025 #9

I believe you are correct, but I just can't fully, or even partially, understand or "know" it. Biophilic Apr 2025 #13

It was once described to me as this. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2025 #36

40 years of the VERY republican owned media saying that the media is "liberal", when even then it was BComplex Apr 2025 #41

Lie often BOSSHOG Apr 2025 #21

MTG will be one of the first nazis we round up when this shit is over. Basso8vb Apr 2025 #5

We Democrats don't just "round up" people we don't like Wednesdays Apr 2025 #14

I'm predicting Abstractartist Apr 2025 #38

Lawsuits surfered Apr 2025 #6

Welcome to republicans America. republianmushroom Apr 2025 #7

Very depressing. people Apr 2025 #8

So the Trumpstapo was present? California Kid Apr 2025 #10

Shouldn't that be Trumpzpacho? aka-chmeee Apr 2025 #31

Well - those are the people that voted for her JustAnotherGen Apr 2025 #11

I'm so tired of democrats Keepthesoulalive Apr 2025 #19

THIS! love_katz Apr 2025 #27

They didn't say they voted for her radical noodle Apr 2025 #29

Then they need to stand up and say JustAnotherGen Apr 2025 #37

Amazing what happened there. My question is do we know if anything is being done about these arrests bluestarone Apr 2025 #12

If this isn't the very definition of a cult meet dreamland Apr 2025 #15

Brave people to sit through that shitfest wolfie001 Apr 2025 #16

A powerful testament. Martin68 Apr 2025 #17

To the cookie bakers and reconciliationists here at DU - time to check that shit at the door and get ready to FIGHT. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2025 #18

They're not cynical. They're suckers. JHB Apr 2025 #20

MTG is ignorant and disgusting.... Dem4life1970 Apr 2025 #22

MTG's a Nazi. Shouldn't be surprised that her rally turns into a beer hall putsch. nt allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #23

Welcome to Now. spanone Apr 2025 #24

Some of us Keepthesoulalive Apr 2025 #25

I suspect a Tiki Torch Sissy or Proud Punk Submariner Apr 2025 #26

If the meeting was billed as "Future Oppressors of America" SupportSanity Apr 2025 #28

About how many attended? Jit423 Apr 2025 #30

TY... I really like that there's someone Out There Cha Apr 2025 #32

These are the people who would participate in the rape camps and throat-slashing slaughter pens against their neighbors. NBachers Apr 2025 #33

Unfortunately, Empty Greene has a job for life A HERETIC I AM Apr 2025 #34

What's amazing is how many stupid people in her district voted for her. Emile Apr 2025 #35

A sad microcosm of what is happening in many areas of the country Zambero Apr 2025 #42

People are so easily driven to hate and the GOP have done a great job at it mdbl Apr 2025 #39

The comment Icanthinkformyself Apr 2025 #40

Was this cheerleader there for MTG? Ping Tung Apr 2025 #43