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    ....or are we now at the point where a Stalinesque Reign of Terror against right wing terrorist insurgency is required to salvage the Republic?

    Does our Constitution even allow the kind of "fix" of which America is in desperate need,

    or does it need to be suspended until the Red State Insurrection is squashed by whatever means required
    and a new constitutional convention can be convened?

    America is at a tipping point,

    and if it tips the wrong way, the Republican Party way,

    it will be flushed down history's toilet as another failed social experiment.

    What's the preferred action? Do we do something about it? Do we just say "fuck it" and let history choose its own course?

    I don't see the sense of urgency required to do anything but the latter.
    Thus, if I were required to predict,
    the dystopic demise of the Republic would right now, at least, seem to be the smarter bet.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
    Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
    Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    ....or are we now at the point where a Stalinesque Reign of Terror against right wing terrorist insurgency is required to salvage the Republic?
    or a wholesale slaughter of the democrat nazi regime intent on destroying freedom.......that sounds good to me.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Nobody who's NOT on ignore has any comment?

    I guess that it's so obvious that it doesn't require discussion.

    We're fucked.
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    Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    Nobody who's NOT on ignore has any comment?

    I guess that it's so obvious that it doesn't require discussion.

    We're fucked.
    you will be or probably worse if you go after the working conservative class that owns most of the weapons.

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    Who is going to vote for the Religious Quacks and QAnon Supporters that make up the Republican Party?
    Democrats will probably wipe the floor with these Clowns in 2022 and 2024.




    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    ....or are we now at the point where a Stalinesque Reign of Terror against right wing terrorist insurgency is required to salvage the Republic?

    Does our Constitution even allow the kind of "fix" of which America is in desperate need,

    or does it need to be suspended until the Red State Insurrection is squashed by whatever means required
    and a new constitutional convention can be convened?

    America is at a tipping point,

    and if it tips the wrong way, the Republican Party way,

    it will be flushed down history's toilet as another failed social experiment.

    What's the preferred action? Do we do something about it? Do we just say "fuck it" and let history choose its own course?

    I don't see the sense of urgency required to do anything but the latter.
    Thus, if I were required to predict,
    the dystopic demise of the Republic would right now, at least, seem to be the smarter bet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAGA View Post
    you will be or probably worse if you go after the working conservative class that owns most of the weapons.
    The idea than private citizens could protect themselves with small arms may have made sense in the late 18th Century but it's absolutely ludicrous now.
    Also, the conservative working class is too mentally deficient to defend itself anyway.

    Non-billionaire conservatives are by any reasonable standard complete idiots.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    The idea than private citizens could protect themselves with small arms may have made sense in the late 18th Century but it's absolutely ludicrous now.
    Also, the conservative working class is too mentally deficient to defend itself anyway.

    Non-billionaire conservatives are by any reasonable standard complete idiots.
    it is absolutely more necessary now and leftwing leaders such as Chicago, allow criminals to continue to kill each other along with citizens that are not allowed to protect themselves. That stupid shit does not and could not happen here as citizens are allowed to own weapons to respond immediately instead of hiding hoping law enforcement arrives before it is too late. If you truly believe that last statement, come and get some boy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jack View Post
    Who is going to vote for the Religious Quacks and QAnon Supporters that make up the Republican Party?
    Democrats will probably wipe the floor with these clowns in 2022 and 2024.
    That would be fine if the popular vote meant anything, Jack.
    It doesn't, and in electoral votes, right wing states are wildly over represented compared to their percentage of the population.

    Places like Georgia and Arizona that went blue are locally "fixing" things so that such can't happen again.

    You're vastly underestimating the machinations that are underway in Republican controlled State Legislatures.

    It's nothing less that a full scale insurrection.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
    Religion....is the opiate of the people. Karl Marx, 1848
    Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAGA View Post
    it is absolutely more necessary now and leftwing leaders such as Chicago, allow criminals to continue to kill each other along with citizens that are not allowed to protect themselves. That stupid shit does not and could not happen here as citizens are allowed to own weapons to respond immediately instead of hiding hoping law enforcement arrives before it is too late. If you truly believe that last statement, come and get some boy.
    In all likelihood, I could have stretched and pounded somebody like you when I was fourteen and most likely still can at seventy-four.

    The real humor is trying to imagine you calling me "boy" to my face.

    Welcome to ignore, you feckless troglodyte.
    I shall no longer subject myself to any drivel that you post.
    With your grammar, it's nearly impossible to read anyway.
    Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson, 1775
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    Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose. Kris Kristofferson, 1969

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    In all likelihood, I could have stretched and pounded somebody like you when I was fourteen and most likely still can at seventy-four.

    The real humor is trying to imagine you calling me "boy" to my face.

    Welcome to ignore, you feckless troglodyte.
    I shall no longer subject myself to any drivel that you post.
    With your grammar, it's nearly impossible to read anyway.
    MAGA is yet one more right wing troll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    In all likelihood, I could have stretched and pounded somebody like you when I was fourteen and most likely still can at seventy-four.

    The real humor is trying to imagine you calling me "boy" to my face.

    Welcome to ignore, you feckless troglodyte.
    I shall no longer subject myself to any drivel that you post.
    With your grammar, it's nearly impossible to read anyway.
    I am 56 and could let you pound on my all day and not feel it. That being said I would not refer to you as boy/girl if you did not post like one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BidenPresident View Post
    MAGA is yet one more right wing troll.
    and you are one more ignorant freeloading systematic mooch

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    That would be fine if the popular vote meant anything, Jack.
    It doesn't, and in electoral votes, right wing states are wildly over represented compared to their percentage of the population.

    Places like Georgia and Arizona that went blue are locally "fixing" things so that such can't happen again.

    You're vastly underestimating the machinations that are underway in Republican controlled State Legislatures.

    It's nothing less that a full scale insurrection.
    Popular vote is not fair representation as everyone with a brain knows. Metro owned cattle should not be determining leadership for the country. Since Minorities make up many metros, maybe being owned is something they favor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NiftyNiblick View Post
    ....or are we now at the point where a Stalinesque Reign of Terror against right wing terrorist insurgency is required to salvage the Republic?

    Does our Constitution even allow the kind of "fix" of which America is in desperate need,

    or does it need to be suspended until the Red State Insurrection is squashed by whatever means required
    and a new constitutional convention can be convened?

    America is at a tipping point,

    and if it tips the wrong way, the Republican Party way,

    it will be flushed down history's toilet as another failed social experiment.

    What's the preferred action? Do we do something about it? Do we just say "fuck it" and let history choose its own course?

    I don't see the sense of urgency required to do anything but the latter.
    Thus, if I were required to predict,
    the dystopic demise of the Republic would right now, at least, seem to be the smarter bet.
    I don't think the nation is divided as some believe.
    The question is, who would benefit by such a belief?

    An oligarchy, a collection of the wealthy and powerful. We must analyze power and quit using the excuse that people are divided by beliefs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAGA View Post
    and you are one more ignorant freeloading systematic mooch
    Like I said, a brain dead troll.^^

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