Can we heal the divide?

[Mac1958]

I’d love to see evidence that people want to heal the divide.

Fair point. The only thing I'm seeing in the political realm is tribes wanting to "beat" each other.

 

[candycorn]

indict a ham sandwich is a well known saying .. the cases are very very weak ... that's why the left wants the trials in districts that are anti Trump .. its a set up ...and millions know it ... heck you know it ! but you're ok with it .. win at all cost and by any means ..

Wow, that must be frustrating.

Oh well...sucks to be you.

I guess you’ll just have to go set up your own country or whatever....

Shit or get off the pot and try something. Put your affairs in order first though buddy.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Can't happen peacefully, or it would have the first time around. Those people fervently believe that they are the master race, their ideology must dominate all mankind and any effort to shrug off their dominance will be met with unyielding, unmerciful force.

And that...summarizes the Alt-Right in America.
^Shrug^.

 

[candycorn]

gas, insurance , food , electricity ect ... isn't costing you a lot more ?

Not a lot more. I’m hardly “suffering”.

 

[Marener]

Fair point. The only thing I'm seeing in the political realm is tribes wanting to "beat" each other.

I see MAGA say they want to vote for Trump because it pissed off everyone else.

As if that is any kind of logical way to decide who to vote for.

 

[Dadoalex]

Serious question: our nation is so divided right now that nothing positive is getting done. We, the citizens, are suffering like never before and our media has become the propaganda arm or one side or the other.

Can our nation survive this or is the only solution some sort of revolution or secession making us into two distinct countries?

comments welcome.

No.

Look at the threads created on this site.
Literally 70% are MAGA Butthurt of the Day crap stacks.
no intention to discuss ideas. The only intent is to stir anger and justify their hate.

If we were to give MAGA all they demand, does anyone think they'd be "happy?"

30 years ago these fools sere alone. Separate. Their communications limited to listening to a few radio IF the shows happened to be syndicated in their area and maybe a few dial up message boards.

There was no FAUX news, no OANN, Rush was popular but still fairly limited in reach.

The internet has allowed their insanity to develop into a group think.

They're not interested in making things better, in tearing down that which others build.

Thus you have Trump, MTG, BOBO, Gosar. GAYEtz...
Whose only skills are shit stirring and whining.

No, reconciliation is impossible.
The best reasonable people can do is vote and vote a lot.
Erase the hate platform.
It will not erase the hate but will get reasonable people working together on reasonable solutions.

 

[1srelluc]

Balkanization is our only hope.....No leftist population center should be able to ruin a whole state.

Take Virginia, there should be at least two state governments.....One for NOtVA down to the Tidewater area. I'd say I-95 might be a good dividing point. Federal laws should be ignored.

I'd sooner drive on gravel roads than be under the thumb of leftists.

 

[ReinyDays]

Strange ... how did Quid Pro Joe cause inflation in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina (2005) ... I'm paying a s much TEN TIMES the cost for building materials ... 1/2" CDX was $3 a sheet, now it's $30 a sheet ... there's a ton of CDX on your home unless you built using cardboard sheathing ...

The "two state solution" means one war ... Texas will never sit back and let the rest of us be ... Texans tell the tallest tales ...

 

[Mac1958]

I see MAGA say they want to vote for Trump because it pissed off everyone else.

As if that is any kind of logical way to decide who to vote for.

They have a great deal of rage.

The ends of the spectrum won't be a part of any healing. It's going to take some brave moderates to step up and be the adults in the room, before it's too late.

 

[yidnar]

Wow, that must be frustrating.

Oh well...sucks to be you.

I guess you’ll just have to go set up your own country or whatever....

Shit or get off the pot and try something. Put your affairs in order first though buddy.

so you don't care about people struggling with skyrocketing costs eh ? so Dems don't care about things like that eh ? admit it .. youde vote for Dems even if you knew it would hurt average Americans ..

 

[Dadoalex]

gas, insurance , food , electricity ect ... isn't costing you a lot more ?

What's wrong?
Inflation cutting into your MAGA-Money?
Maybe quit being a such an all day sucker and your finances will improve.

Or borrow a few hundred K and go very long on DJT.

 

[ColonelAngus]

I have nothing in common with an ANTIFA SOY BOY from Portland.

They can live their way in Oregon.

We had a civil war in our past, and we made it through.

This communist uprising will die out. It seems like largely a millenial/Gen Y problem. Gen Z hates the communists of the previous generation.

 

[TheParser]

Can our nation survive this or is the only solution some sort of revolution or secession making us into two distinct countries?

No revolution.

No secession (800,000 young men died in the Civil War).

Just a nice civilized divorce.

The various races and religions will be given their own exclusive safe zones.

But this won't happen until the NEXT century, when this country will be imploding (for reasons that need not be mentioned).

 

[yidnar]

Not a lot more. I’m hardly “suffering”.

but millions are !

More in U.S. Say Inflation Is Causing Financial Hardship

Three in five Americans say recent price increases have caused them financial hardship. Inflation is mentioned most often as their No. 1 financial problem.

news.gallup.com

 

[skews13]

suffering = open borders, out of control inflation, world at war, all because of the stupid acts of senile joe. There is no reason for our nation to decline into third world misery, the socialist dems have caused this mess, remove them from power and the country returns to normal.

You really believe that ignorant bullshit don't you?

This country has been destroyed by 40 years of Reaganism.

The media is 100% wholly corporate owned by far right conservative CEO's and shareholders.

The fedral judiciary is 100% wholly owned by far right conservative CEO's and shareholders.

The tax laws are wholly written by far right CEO's and shareholders.

The nations law enforcement apparatus at every level, is wholly owned and controlled by far right boards of trustees, county boards of supervisors, statre legislatures, and governors, whom all recieve their political support from far right CEO's, and shareholders.

The Military Industrial Complex is wholly owned by far right CEO's, and shareholders.

All dark money PACS, and think tanks are funded by far right CEO'S, and shareholders.

There is, and never has been anything that resembles normal in this country. Fortunately, there is now a ground swell of pushback against the bigots, racists, religious zealots, fascists, and conservative closet pedophiles, that will eventually lead to something that does resemble normal.

Any country that has some ignorant redneck, and the stupid bitch he is married to, walking around with a bible in one hand and a gun in the other, is one fucked up abnormal country, that needs to be changed by any means necessary.

 

[citygator]

Serious question: our nation is so divided right now that nothing positive is getting done. We, the citizens, are suffering like never before and our media has become the propaganda arm or one side or the other.

Can our nation survive this or is the only solution some sort of revolution or secession making us into two distinct countries?

comments welcome.

• The 70’s this place was burning down with social change and war protests and growing drug problem.
• The 60’s this place was burning down with racial strife and class warfare
• The 80s and 90s this place was a crime infested drug den of poverty and daily near war moves from Russia
• The 50’s were race oppressive and a gender subservient culture where women couldn’t buy stuff without their husbands permission and blacks could not drink from the clean fountain.

Our country is built to challenge its thinking and evolve and that is always messy. The biggest strife happens just before and during major progress.

 

[candycorn]

so you don't care about people struggling with skyrocketing costs eh ?

I don’t care about you struggling. You’re completely repugnant, welch on bets and have serious body odor. I hope you struggle some more and your misery never ends.

 

[yidnar]

What's wrong?
Inflation cutting into your MAGA-Money?
Maybe quit being a such an all day sucker and your finances will improve.

Or borrow a few hundred K and go very long on DJT.

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so much for Dems caring about the common man ..the left is no longer the party of the working man ... they are the party of rich elites that depend on the uninformed for power .

 

[petro]

Balkanization is our only hope.....No leftist population center should be able to ruin a whole state.

Take Virginia, there should be at least two state governments.....One for NOtVA down to the Tidewater area. I'd say I-95 might be a good dividing point. Federal laws should be ignored.

I'd sooner drive on gravel roads than be under the thumb of leftists.

Much like the Twin Cities has separated itself already from the rest of the state with their Progressive agenda.
I refuse to spend even a penny in the liberal counties that make up the metro.

 

[airplanemechanic]

And you’re suffering because of this? You poor victim.... Perhaps spend a bit more time at work and less time bitching about how victimized you are on the internet.

I already work 70 hours a week trying to make it in this Joeconomy, how much more do I need to work? I had more take home pay working 40 hrs a week under Trump.