I do want conservatives on here

Zoo_View said:
In the 1980’s, a Poli Sci professor at NC State, Abe Holtzman, began each semester of Introductory Poli Sci with questions about what did government do for you (the students in the class) today?

Invariably, several students said, “Nothing.” Professor Holtzman would then ask questions such as, “Did you brush your teeth this morning?” “Take a shower?” “Use a toilet?” “Do you live on campus?” “If you’re off campus, how did you get here?”

The entire first day was spent making a bunch of 18-24 year-olds realize that they ARE dependent on governmental services on a daily basis.
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I believe if people truly understood this and understood that they are receiving something for their tax dollars, then we would be better of. But with fox and the magas telling them that they get nothing, that taxation is theft, etc. We have no chance to achieve this.

Many other countries, age people report not to have issues with taxes or government demonstrate this understanding.
 
EyeballKid said:
Not as much to talk about?

Your godking has totally botched a number of things in his first couple weeks. We’re staring down the barrel of trade wars and potentially military wars with out allies (which, I might add, were not part of his platform, so you’ve got nothing to gloat about, since you didn’t see this coming).

And he’s shown himself, as usual, to be an

You’ve got the entire federal workforce as well as every government contractor in edge,

you do realize that HY2012 is impervious to facts, right?
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Hyperbolic as it gets. Lol at the sky falling emotion. I’d rate his first 2 weeks a B+. Only his initial comments on the plane crash and blanket pardons kept him from an A
 
tallheel95 said:
I myself took a break from news, politics and this board after the election (though I don't post often so I wasn't missed)... it was much better for my overall well-being. Now I'm back in the cycle of reading and vacillating between outrage and despair, to no good end. I'm going to have to put some limits around it all.

One thing that shows up from time to time on this board is this idea that politics is not that different than a sports game and that it doesn't affect your everyday life. This just isn't true. The policies that are made on a local, state and federal level affect everything about our lives. That includes access to healthcare, clean air and water, education for our children, protection of civil liberties etc. Policies affect our transportation, our taxation, our access to emergency services, the cost of food and goods... I could go on and on. Let me just give you a few examples about my life. The local Raleigh city council passed new zoning laws in the past few years that have made it possible for a 12 unit, 3-story condo building to be built across the street from my house. This will vastly increase the traffic on my street (making it less safe) and my overall home value will decrease. State-wide elections determine how much my husband gets paid, and should the general assembly decide to do so, they could effectively eliminate his university job. Nationally, should Trump decide to take a sledgehammer to the VA system, my job could also be eliminated in the next year or two. I am in my 50s and I have little confidence that I will get SS benefits when I get to retirement age if republican lawmakers have their way. None of this is in my control and all of it is decided by our elected officials. While you might not see how policies directly impact *you* today, at some point they will, for good or for ill. This is not a game folks.

Also, I just wanted to share an extreme example -- I had a conversation yesterday with a black female veteran who has scheduled a hysterectomy for next month. She told me, "I've been in countries where they lost everything quickly. I've seen what happens. I can't get pregnant again." Mind you, this woman is not in a relationship. She has seen how societies devolve when under duress, and how women get raped in war. It's happening now in different countries across the globe (see Congo, for example). She feels particularly vulnerable as a minority in today's climate. She does have some mental health issues that ramp up her feelings of paranoia, and other gynecological issues that play into her decision, but the point stands... no one has a significant elective surgery based on the outcome of a sports game.
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+1. I've seen plenty of conservatives since at least Trump's first election claim that politics is basically like sports to them and and that it's not a big deal and doesn't affect their life personally and they mainly just post for shits and giggles and that "it's all in good fun." And they don't understand why most liberals don't treat it that way. Your post gives some very good reasons why. For many people - especially those who are more vulnerable in life - politics is a serious business - it can destroy careers and lives.
 
tallheel95 said:
I am in my 50s and I have little confidence that I will get SS benefits when I get to retirement age if republican lawmakers have their way.
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This is one of my greatest fears as well, particularly as someone who took a while to find his way in a career and didn't make any real money until he was almost 40. I've worked very hard to get my finances in order and my home and vehicles are paid for. I've gamed it to where I could retire at 65 and when I draw my max SS benefit at 70, we'd never have to touch my other retirement benefits unless there was an emergency. To think that something I've paid into for most of my life would no longer be available because a bunch of self-righteous assholes think that it's some kind of handout is just gut-churning to me. We've looked into moving to other countries as a result to get the most out of our nest egg. The common man may indeed be a fool - and maybe in some ways I am too - but I feel that I at least know enough to know what's what and not be easily manipulated into voting against my own interests.
 
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Mulberry Heel said:
+1. I've seen plenty of conservatives since at least Trump's first election claim that politics is basically like sports to them and and that it's not a big deal and doesn't affect their life personally and they mainly just post for shits and giggles and that "it's all in good fun." And they don't understand why most liberals don't treat it that way. Your post gives some very good reasons why. For many people - especially those who are more vulnerable in life - politics is a serious business - it can destroy careers and lives.
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A woman I work with said it is just current events and doesn't really impact anyone.
 
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I want to give some props to the trump supporters/maga/republicans who still show up here. Can you imagine being fed a steady stream of lies and bullshit, then show up here and find out you were lied to and fed bullshit by people you support/respect? Seriously, I appreciate them showing up and participating. It can't be easy. I don't know if I could do it.
 
BillOfRights said:
I want to give some props to the trump supporters/maga/republicans who still show up here. Can you imagine being fed a steady stream of lies and bullshit, then show up here and find out you were lied to and fed bullshit by people you support/respect? Seriously, I appreciate them showing up and participating. It can't be easy. I don't know if I could do it.
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Trump is not a conservative. His "policies" are not conservative but transactional and based upon HATE of the US government, the Constitution, and he plots to make the Billionaire Bros. even richer.
 
BillOfRights said:
I want to give some props to the trump supporters/maga/republicans who still show up here. Can you imagine being fed a steady stream of lies and bullshit, then show up here and find out you were lied to and fed bullshit by people you support/respect? Seriously, I appreciate them showing up and participating. It can't be easy. I don't know if I could do it.
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I am truly shocked by people who are so blinded by partisanship that they have blind trust in the same media sources who admittedly deceived them over and over. Only a blind, dumb fool would believe there is no, or little amount of fraud and abuse in our G’ment spending. That anyone would support that or decry efforts to identify and eliminate it is partisanship at its worst and those people shouldn’t be taken seriously.

 
Head scratcher. Trump/Musk have painted the libs/media into defending government inefficiencies/fraud and general guardians of the stats quos. Another 80/20 issue that they’re on the losing side.
 
I’m guessing the few trump voters who still come here (not sure who all, because I’ve prolly got them on super ignore) are loving everything that’s happening. It’s like Christmas Groundhog Day. It just keeps repeating and getting better and better each day. They’re loving it! They are getting EXACTLY what the voted for and then some. I’m sure it’s easy for them to come here and gloat on a daily basis. They don’t give a rat’s ass about Democracy or the Constitution or the rule of law. They don’t give a shit about other humans or living things on this planet except for them and theirs. They have not one iota of empathy for other living creatures. Their brain is not wired that way. They are the ones who will herd you onto a cattle car, take you to a concentration camp and gleefully strip you and force you into a gas chamber where they will pull the lever to release the gas with a wry grin on their face which says: “Ha! Owned the libs!”
 
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