"A nation divided cannot stand."

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Yep. If you’re not an extremist you don’t actually believe in anything.

I reject extremism on principle. Extremism is not going to dictate anything to me. End of story.

 

[whitehall]

When the media becomes the propaganda arm of a political party and the judicial system becomes politically weaponized it's a recipe for a nation divided. We still have the Constitution and government by the people if we pay attention.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Odd that. People are arguing that there are two sides and which one is right and the most American of America. That's not the issue.

The country is irrevocably, irreversibly and fatally divided. Therefore it cannot stand. The responsible.thing to do would be to manage the split, not force people into the failed state of communism.

 

[Anathema]

You seem to be under the impression that blatant authoritarianism will allow extremists to seize the country for their own self interests without opposition.

Bold strategy. Sometimes you eat the bar, sometimes the bar eats you.

I think you might have misunderstood. I’m not talking about individual fiefdoms. I’m talking about a singular national government ruled in a single party, single ideology style that identifies, then eliminates all other ideologies with speed, ferocity and permanence.

 

[Unkotare]

Too many people want to imagine some fictious past when everyone in our country agreed with each other on everything.

 

[Billo_Really]

Parapharing Jesus.
America has always had differences but usually close differences that were solved through compromise. Today the radicals of both parties threaten to bring America down. Our only hope, imo, is responsible citizenship, which will relieve much of the government of its destructive power.

Shove that MAGA bullshit up your fucking ass!

 

[Anathema]

I reject extremism on principle. Extremism is not going to dictate anything to me. End of story.

Then you really don’t whole-heartedly believe in anything. Like so many in this country today.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

I think you might have misunderstood. I’m not talking about individual fiefdoms. I’m talking about a singular national government ruled in a single party, single ideology style that identifies, then eliminates all other ideologies with speed, ferocity and permanence.

Pretty much as I described. I don't want any of that. I wouldn't vote for that.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Then you really don’t whole-heartedly believe in anything. Like so many in this country today.

I believe in freedom.

 

[Unkotare]

I think you might have misunderstood. I’m not talking about individual fiefdoms. I’m talking about a singular national government ruled in a single party, single ideology style that identifies, then eliminates all other ideologies with speed, ferocity and permanence.

You couldn't be more of a useless, un-American, fucking asshole if you tried (which you seem to be doing).

 

[Woodznutz]

Shove that MAGA bullshit up your fucking ass!

So, you don't want to be a responsible citizen? That makes you the problem that either party is proposing solutions to.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

So, you don't want to be a responsible citizen? That makes you the problem that either party is proposing solutions to.

You don't dictate who is or is not a 'responsible citizen'. Stay in your lane.

 

[Woodznutz]

You don't dictate who is or is not a 'responsible citizen'. Stay in your lane.

You don't get to take judgment, discernment, etc. out of the issue.

If it looks, walks, and quacks like a duck...

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

If it looks, walks, and quacks like a duck...

Again, you don't get to dictate anything to anyone. Your goofy opinions are impotent.

 

[Woodznutz]

Again, you don't get to dictate anything to anyone. Your goofy opinions are impotent.

Opinions are not dictates.

I'm not dictating anything, just calling it the way I see it. As an independent moderate conservative, I know my opinions are impotent politically (where only radical positions are acceptable), except as applied to myself, where they are well received and very useful.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

I'm not dictating anything, just calling it the way I see it. As an independent moderate conservative, I know my opinions are impotent, except as applied to myself, where they are very successful and well received.

Good for you. I give zero fucks about your opinions.

 

[Anathema]

Pretty much as I described. I don't want any of that. I wouldn't vote for that.

Where did I suggest that there would be any vote about it?

I believe in freedom.

I don’t and never have. I believe in Right and Wrong. Nothing more.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Where did I suggest that there would be any vote about it?

Because that's the way the country works in reality. Anything else is a contrived fabrication. You're certainly not taking anything by force.

I don’t and never have. I believe in Right and Wrong. Nothing more.

Then we have nothing more to discuss.

 

[Anathema]

Because that's the way the country works in reality. Anything else is a contrived fabrication. You're certainly not taking anything by force

You actually think this country isn’t gonna dissolve into chaos in the next two decades, one way or another?

Then we have nothing more to discuss

I agree. Well to the Ignore List.