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Post by Moose on Jan 7, 2021 23:37:51 GMT
If I hadn't seen some really, really shitty stuff in the last few years, I'd not have believed the things that I have seen coming out of the US in the last couple of days.
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Post by Kye on Jan 8, 2021 2:30:08 GMT
I think we're witnessing the fall of the American Empire.
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Post by tangent on Jan 8, 2021 8:44:04 GMT
Europe has been shocked by the mob attack on Wednesday. "Were this a different country on a different continent, we would be talking of a failed state" - Nick Bryant, BBC. "This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic" - George W Bush. And the warning by ten former defence ministers is extraordinary. How did America elect a president who could do such a thing?
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Post by Sarah W. on Jan 8, 2021 15:28:38 GMT
It is truly depressing. Thankfully he finally said that there will be a transfer of power, so hopefully that's the end of it. Well, his supporters will be struggling to come to grips with things for a while. I just really hope he doesn't try to run again for the next election. He's done enough damage.
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Post by Kye on Jan 8, 2021 15:39:14 GMT
Trump himself doesn't worry me nearly as much as the fact that he's a shining hero to so many people. They put him up there, knowing very well what he was. My question is why is this country so desperate that they'd choose Trump to lead them? And why are they so desperate at the idea of losing him?
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 11, 2021 15:59:37 GMT
Well, Sarah...I can't take anything that he has promised as truth. He does not know how to speak truly and forthrightly. He is a compulsive liar. He is not to be trusted.
Note that his promise stated that there would be an 'orderly transfer of power'. This may mean that he thinks his return to office as president will be that 'orderly transfer of power'. Or, that his imposition of his dictatorship will be an 'orderly transfer of power'. You will note that he never mentioned any other elected official, nor any other group. He merely made a very vague promise...and a very vague promise from a sack of shit who has problems even voicing the truth. That doesn't count for much. In my book at least.
I'm still waiting for the apology from him which I'm fairly sure will never come.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 11, 2021 16:08:05 GMT
The American Empire has been falling since it hit it's apex on August 10, 1945. Every empire falls. Sometimes it is welcome.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 11, 2021 16:12:56 GMT
It seems to me that I have been pointing out these possibilities here on this board since the sack of shit started running for office.
I was derisively dismissed when I repeatedly pointed out that the US president was a fascist. Folks here evidently thought I was given to too much hyperbole. When confronted about it here, I became 'prickly' and unfriendly. Dammit....This shit is what I've feared since the beginning. IT CAN HAPPEN HERE AND IT IS HAPPENING NOW!
I TOLD YOU SO.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 11, 2021 18:33:57 GMT
There. I got that off the load of baggage I've been dragging around.
Sorry.
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Post by Moose on Jan 11, 2021 23:58:41 GMT
I never disbelieved you for a second. Seemed to me pretty bloody obvious what he was,
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 12, 2021 1:58:59 GMT
So I thought.
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 12, 2021 4:28:22 GMT
Didja see the bit about how when Donny was watching the yahoos overrun the Capitol, he was described as 'thrilled', but he thought the intruders looked 'low class'.
I'm not sure if he thought the revolution he'd set off was going to be undertaken by the crowd from a Bond flick, or what. Not enough gold in the crowd for Donny.
The banality of it all....
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Post by Moose on Jan 12, 2021 22:52:21 GMT
Yes I saw .. he described them as 'cheap and poor' or something. Wonder how they are feeling knowing that he said that about them, as they contemplate spending the next ten or so years in federal prison
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 15, 2021 16:29:58 GMT
So...Rabbit hole. QAnon?
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Post by whollygoats on Jan 16, 2021 0:07:10 GMT
Ima gonna put this here.... But I think I should place it in the Games fora, too.
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