#NoKingsDay

[MendotoManteo]

Protests are great. Brings attention to things.

But, when the time comes, if you ain't willing to take up arms, you may as well just stay home.

Don't anyone misunderstand me. I'm not calling for that. I'm not stupid or crazy. And we aren't even there...yet.

But people ought to understand things. We've had it very good in this country. We live such a comfortable life. I don't understand why so many people so angry. Just because of a transgender gal in your restroom. Or an illegal migrant here or there.

People don't understand how bad things could be. Because they're very dumb.

Let's hope things hold. But, I suspect, assuming this asshole survives long enough, he will attempt another term. And he will do whatever he thinks in his stupid little fucking head to do so. And many people will believe in it. Because they're dumbasses, who have no actual values and are spoiled rotten. Bored and spoiled out of their minds.

 

[UNCatTech]

Kind of missed on that one. Apparently voters don’t equate those protesters in the same light as your rock throwers because republicans actually won the election. I don’t know why. Maybe it was the dishonest way the hearings were held. In any case, your party is seen as out of touch, which it obviously is. Abrego Garcia is what defines your party this month. Next month I’m sure it will be something equally as bad.

They did when it happened, it took 4 years of nonstop propaganda to change the narrative and only the cult fell for it.

It's amazing how transparent trump is, yet the cult still buys into the myth that he cares about their plight.

 

[dukeman92]

Calla’s been continually one-upping himself the last few days.

All jokes aside, I’m legitimately concerned about his mental wellbeing.

 

[sringwal]

Coworker tried to talk me out to No Kings. I said no.

Not because I disagree but because I was so dispirited by the nation, despite knowing this asshole would get elected again.

When he was elected in 2016, I told everyone this will end with tanks. Because it's so obvious the parasite he is. I knew he would lose in 2020, as he did. I spent those months unto the Biden inauguration, accumulating ammo and water/food. I even bought a tactical shovel that would double as an axe. I thought we would be fighting on the streets. Fortunately, we avoided that. But came goddamn close.

I was married at that time. Thought I might still have a family one day. But now that that's never going to be the case, I sit things out and watch.

I will say, however, I still have my guns. My ammo. And my tactical shovel.

Trust me, a lot of us have been there. I spent most of October through February in a similar funk. But make sure find the beauty in things. There is still a lot of it, and good people, out there.

"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – to-morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…And one fine morning –

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

 

[dukeman92]

Protests are great. Brings attention to things.

But, when the time comes, if you ain't willing to take up arms, you may as well just stay home.

Don't anyone misunderstand me. I'm not calling for that. I'm not stupid or crazy. And we aren't even there...yet.

But people ought to understand things. We've had it very good in this country. We live such a comfortable life. I don't understand why so many people so angry. Just because of a transgender gal in your restroom. Or an illegal migrant here or there.

People don't understand how bad things could be. Because they're very dumb.

Let's hope things hold. But, I suspect, assuming this asshole survives long enough, he will attempt another term. And he will do whatever he thinks in his stupid little fucking head to do so. And many people will believe in it. Because they're dumbasses, who have no actual values and are spoiled rotten. Bored and spoiled out of their minds.

We are headed for a conflict.

 

[BillOfRights]

All jokes aside, I’m legitimately concerned about his mental wellbeing.

His mental state probably isn't much different than it's always been. He's prone to conspiracy theories because he's never been that bright and he wants so badly to know stuff that intelligent people don't. That, and alternative facts, plus he's in a cult.

 

[sringwal]

We are headed for a conflict.

I’m not sure I agree. People will talk a big game. But, based on my experiences, most are just beaten down and tired.

 

[Bigs23]

I’m not sure I agree. People will talk a big game. But, based on my experiences, most are just beaten down and tired.

And what would it accomplish?

 

[Healing]

Fwiw, historically, armed conflict is notably less successful at curbing autocracy than sustained popular protest, including corporate pressure campaigns.

 

[dukeman92]

I’m not sure I agree. People will talk a big game. But, based on my experiences, most are just beaten down and tired.

I hope you’re right. I’ve never wanted to be more wrong about anything in my life.

 

[dukeman92]

Fwiw, historically, armed conflict is notably less successful at curbing autocracy than sustained popular protest, including corporate pressure campaigns.

The push won’t come from our side. It’s coming from the side in power. It wasn’t enough to win the election…

 

[sringwal]

I hope you’re right. I’ve never wanted to be more wrong about anything in my life.

I’ll not sure that “people are just beaten down and tired” is necessarily much better of a scenario though.

 

[Bobfripp]

 

[sringwal]

The push won’t come from our side. It’s coming from the side in power. It wasn’t enough to win the election…

But even then, nonviolent resistance is much more likely to lead to not only success, but also as much a return to as much normalcy as is possible. Because what I am beginning to realize is that people’s memories as a species are short lived. This - whatever it is that is at the heart of why people crave authoritarian power - is never going to be eradicated. It will rear its ugly head in escalation until too many lines are crossed. That’s life. But peaceful resistance is still the greater option. It’s how e truly prove to the world, and to history, that our way is the way of hope. Even if that lesson will get lost again, before it must be relearned again.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

All jokes aside, I’m legitimately concerned about his mental wellbeing.

How do you feel about the fella that is buying guns and ammo and a tactical shovel for street fighting or the guy who thinks "we are headed for a conflict."

 

[dukeman92]

How do you feel about the fella that is buying guns and ammo and a tactical shovel for street fighting or the guy who thinks "we are headed for a conflict."

This is a bigger reach than the last time you made similar implications about me.

 

[Lil Piddlin]

Protests are great. Brings attention to things.

But, when the time comes, if you ain't willing to take up arms, you may as well just stay home.

Don't anyone misunderstand me. I'm not calling for that. I'm not stupid or crazy. And we aren't even there...yet.

But people ought to understand things. We've had it very good in this country. We live such a comfortable life. I don't understand why so many people so angry. Just because of a transgender gal in your restroom. Or an illegal migrant here or there.

People don't understand how bad things could be. Because they're very dumb.

Let's hope things hold. But, I suspect, assuming this asshole survives long enough, he will attempt another term. And he will do whatever he thinks in his stupid little fucking head to do so. And many people will believe in it. Because they're dumbasses, who have no actual values and are spoiled rotten. Bored and spoiled out of their minds.

Because they have been wired to fear anything they don't understand. It all comes down to racism, bigotry and greed. Those are the only reasons anyone would support Trump. If they aren't rich and greedy they're racist and bigoted Christian nationalists. They are full of hate because they can't understand anything that is outside of the bubble they want to live in.

 

[gtyellowjacket]

This is a bigger reach than the last time you made similar implications about me.

I don't recall the last time you said something crazy or hypocritical. What was it?

 

[dukeman92]

I don't recall the last time you said something crazy or hypocritical. What was it?

Probably the last time I was quoting you.

 

[Centerpiece]

Because they have been wired to fear anything they don't understand. It all comes down to racism, bigotry and greed. Those are the only reasons anyone would support Trump. If they aren't rich and greedy they're racist and bigoted Christian nationalists. They are full of hate because they can't understand anything that is outside of the bubble they want to live in.

True dat.
But at the end of it all….