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Voltaire2

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5. The endless efforts to empathize

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2024, 09:26 AM

Apr 9

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with and ‘understand’ american fascists starting with the 2016 debacle are misguided to the point of malfeasance. Fascism is unacceptable. We learned that lesson 80 years ago.

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We need to STOP making excuses for degenerate behavior [View all] maxrandb Apr 9 OP

Kicked and recommended. Think. Again. Apr 9 #1

Hear that! blm Apr 9 #2

Great OP malaise Apr 9 #3

K&R spanone Apr 9 #4

The endless efforts to empathize Voltaire2 Apr 9 #5

I believe it goes beyond malfeasance NanaCat Apr 9 #28

I don't disagree with respect to some rather large media institutions. Voltaire2 Apr 9 #30

Don't forget the thousands of reports that "Dems need to reach out to rural 'Murika" maxrandb Apr 11 #34

You said it all in that last line. Biophilic Apr 9 #6

Well said PatSeg Apr 9 #7

My aunts and uncles are lovely people ... krkaufman Apr 9 #8

KNR plus a gazillion! niyad Apr 9 #9

Hear, hear! Mr. Mustard 2023 Apr 9 #10

They have already become violent and threatening maxrandb Apr 11 #35

One approach might be to separate behavior from being. yardwork Apr 9 #11

Amen!!! Joinfortmill Apr 9 #12

It was Jim Vandehei. Fla Dem Apr 9 #13

But what if the eggs are cheap and also gas? hay rick Apr 9 #14

Kick Goddessartist Apr 9 #15

Fascist playbook usonian Apr 9 #16

What does the compromise between democracy and fascism look like? Hermit-The-Prog Apr 9 #17

I don't think you are a decent person if you support Trump. twodogsbarking Apr 9 #18

When I try to decide whether markodochartaigh Apr 9 #19

I live around people like this Farmer-Rick Apr 9 #20

Wow! That's all I can say SupportSanity Apr 9 #23

I hope you let the other neighbors know what they did. LiberalFighter Apr 9 #25

That is the Statement of The Year, my friend. calimary Apr 9 #21

Explained by a prostitute in a movie: SupportSanity Apr 9 #22

Proud to rec this post. stage left Apr 9 #24

Look to the Serbian rape camps, mass murder atrocities, sniping, and mass graves to see what they would do if they could NBachers Apr 9 #26

I've been saying this for the last 8 years! GoneOffShore Apr 9 #27

We had a saying in the military that applies NanaCat Apr 9 #29

thank you Skittles Apr 10 #31

"Good, decent people don't support fascism, even if the eggs are cheap." OldBaldy1701E Apr 10 #32

Off topic, speaking of John Wayne Gacy LeftInTX Apr 10 #33