PostmodernProphet (08-04-2021)
Less than a year after a pro-Trump mob stormed the US Capitol, nearly half of Republican voters (47%) say that "a time will come when patriotic Americans have to take the law into their own hands," per a new nationwide survey by George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs.
Only about 29% of Americans agreed with this statement on some level, the poll found, including just 9% of Democrats. And 49% said they disagree or strongly disagree.
The poll also found that a majority of Republicans (55%) say "the traditional American way of life is disappearing so fast we may have to use force to save it." About 15% of Democrats agreed with this statement, but more Americans disagreed (46%) than agreed (34%).
More Republicans (27%) than Democrats (18%) said that "strong leaders sometimes have to bend the rules in order to get things done."
These findings about Republicans and political violence are consistent with the warnings of many leading mental health experts, who have said since Donald Trump first emerged as a presidential candidate that he and his movement represent a dire threat to American democracy. This is true both because of Trump's obvious mental pathologies — in this case the repeated encouragement of violence — and because of his proven ability to sway members of the public to share his worldview.
https://www.salon.com/2021/08/03/rep...-at-our-peril/
not looking good........and not kidding, the day after DJT was 'elected' I went straight to a local Big 5 sporting goods store and bought a Ranch Rifle and a handgun
...hoping I'm not alone here, suggest all citizens be prepared for the insurgents going forward
PostmodernProphet (08-04-2021)
TTQ64 (08-04-2021)
signalmankenneth (08-03-2021)
all it would take is a victory for the GQP in the mid-terms, McCarthy then leading the House in endless investigations into alleged Democratic malfeasance (show trials), and DJT whipping up the MAGA's into frenzy like back in 2009 only far worse...IMO opinion highly likely
also imagine if the GQP takes the Senate and DJT runs for pres two years later.....game over, Putin's wildest dreams come true
Althea (08-04-2021)
They won’t get anywhere by attacking Joe smoes like us
They will have to attack police and military
Either way they will very quickly get dead
I worry the military would fall into disarray, MAGA's have infiltrated their ranks along with law enforcement personnel nationwide. those orgs would need to stamp out their own insurgencies first. and even if the military takes these traitors out, democracy of any kind would be extremely difficult to pull off
not being alarmist, but throughout history the right wing has taken control just like this
TTQ64 (08-04-2021)
Mark August 12/13th. I'm keeping my head down on those days. In a way, I hope they try again. They got off too easy last time. Won't happen this time around.
Althea (08-04-2021)
I'm hoping that is the case.........and I pray Milley is hard at work right now weeding these traitors out, or at least identifying roughly who they are and preparing to take them out first. law enforcement is also a threat, especially in the confederacy and all the western MAGA states.........we have a serious threat on our hands here, IMO
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.
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.
IMHO the threat is not violence. The threat is the GOPs ability to use the system to grab power. There will be violence. I don't think anything can stop that. But these folks aren't very bright. And they are being watched. They could not possibly organize a large scale attack successfully. They lack command and control, and the worst of them are going to prison already. Just my take. Yes, the military and the cops are full of nut cases. But I think they are pretty feckless. These new voter suppression laws are far more dangerous, and Democrats have it completely in their power to stop that. They had damn well better.
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