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Oh my god the GOP reeks. Just damn shit awful. Everyday goes by and I hate them even more. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?

As a biracial gay man I dont even feel safe in America anymore thanks to the GOP. I feel like they want to turn back the clock significantly and I definitely dont feel like minorities are equal in this country and theyre ramping it up to make it worse.

What this country is going through right now is alarming and the sad part is so many Americans dont get it, dont care, or are completely tuned out.

I hate Republicans. Sorry I do. You are electing people who want to see the worst for minorities, or maybe you feel the same way too.
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this topic is an excellent example of how divisive hyper-partisan mass media can delude someone into believing this type of extreme nonsense about the actual state of the country

TC, you desperately need to read some fucking books. I recommend the book Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker and am more than happy to pay for your copy if you'll read it. It's a book on how society has never been better - as a whole, we are a freer, happier, safer, and more equal species than ever before and it's only going to get better.

literally nothing that has happened in the last five years, not even the Syrian civil war, changes the overwhelmingly positive and inspiring trends seen in humanity over the last 200 years. you're literally letting yourself become brainwashed by the media.
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God damn. Im so sick of this fucking bigoted country. This is among the darkest times in history. We are literally in a crisis and everyone is so fucking apathetic.
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Roshon posted...

God damn. Im so sick of this fucking bigoted country. This is among the darkest times in history. We are literally in a crisis and everyone is so fucking apathetic.

holy fuck this couldn't be further from the truth, dude. you're literally collapsing into a paranoid panic attack for no reason
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Roshon posted...

God damn. Im so sick of this fucking bigoted country. This is among the darkest times in history. We are literally in a crisis and everyone is so fucking apathetic.

The sky is falling the sky is falling
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FLUFFYGERM posted...

this topic is an excellent example of how divisive hyper-partisan mass media can delude someone into believing this type of extreme nonsense about the actual state of the country

TC, you desperately need to read some fucking books. I recommend the book Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker and am more than happy to pay for your copy if you'll read it. It's a book on how society has never been better - as a whole, we are a freer, happier, safer, and more equal species than ever before and it's only going to get better.

literally nothing that has happened in the last five years, not even the Syrian civil war, changes the overwhelmingly positive and inspiring trends seen in humanity over the last 200 years. you're literally letting yourself become brainwashed by the media.

I'm sure that would all make someone feel better who is going bankrupt because they can't pay their medical bills or they were thrown into a cage and separated from the children because they're refugees or because they lost their job or housing due to being gay. Et cetera et cetera.
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Thanks TC, I just added two incels to my ignore list that are below your posts, need to iron out to make this board a better place but anyhow TC if you want to make a difference and change in this country go out and vote this November, get your family and friends involved and get them to vote if you want to make a difference in this country.

Roshon posted...

Oh my god the GOP reeks. Just damn shit awful. Everyday goes by and I hate them even more. Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?

As a biracial gay man I dont even feel safe in America anymore thanks to the GOP. I feel like they want to turn back the clock significantly and I definitely dont feel like minorities are equal in this country and theyre ramping it up to make it worse.

What this country is going through right now is alarming and the sad part is so many Americans dont get it, dont care, or are completely tuned out.

I hate Republicans. Sorry I do. You are electing people who want to see the worst for minorities, or maybe you feel the same way too.

So you'd rather a party that treats you as a talking point, and maybe gives you a few token rights that look good on paper, but really to them you're just a means of gaining power; rather than a party that the aforementioned party claims is oppressing you, but really, their only crime relating to you is more "not giving a shit"?
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jumi posted...

FLUFFYGERM posted...

this topic is an excellent example of how divisive hyper-partisan mass media can delude someone into believing this type of extreme nonsense about the actual state of the country

TC, you desperately need to read some fucking books. I recommend the book Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker and am more than happy to pay for your copy if you'll read it. It's a book on how society has never been better - as a whole, we are a freer, happier, safer, and more equal species than ever before and it's only going to get better.

literally nothing that has happened in the last five years, not even the Syrian civil war, changes the overwhelmingly positive and inspiring trends seen in humanity over the last 200 years. you're literally letting yourself become brainwashed by the media.

I'm sure that would all make someone feel better who is going bankrupt because they can't pay their medical bills or they were thrown into a cage and separated from the children because they're refugees or because they lost their job or housing due to being gay. Et cetera et cetera.

You are proving to be a very dishonest individual. When all you can see is the most extreme of edge cases of suffering, it's because you're not bothering to look at the bigger picture of what is actually happening in the world and in America. In every objective measurement, we've made immense progress in having better lives. And that will continue.

You're letting the perfect be the enemy of the great, all because you're so committed to your extremist narrative that you refuse to be reasonable. Which means it's pointless to have a reasoned conversation with you, so you might as well just stop posting.
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Roshon posted...

This is among the darkest times in history

lol
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its not among the darkest times but its definitely a regression in America.

Yeah, it's scary time to be a non christian non white person in America now Black people get the cops called on them for just existing,corporations are up our asses they should be checking for poll ups, health care is going to become a something rich people get, workers are going to effectively become slaves, only state run propaganda will be allowed to be viewed by the masses and any headway we've made towards equal rights for minorities, the LGBT community and women are going to be rolled back to the 50s and throughout the entire ride crazy and joyful Trump supporters like fluffygrem will say everything's fine.
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Big_Nabendu posted...

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You like man juice? eeewww

Yeah, as a transperson I am very worried about my personal rights and the future of the country, :/
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tremain07 posted...

Yeah, it's scary time to be a non christian non white person in America now Black people get the cops called on them for just existing,corporations are up our asses they should be checking for poll ups, health care is going to become a something rich people get, workers are going to effectively become slaves, only state run propaganda will be allowed to be viewed by the masses and any headway we've made towards equal rights for minorities, the LGBT community and women are going to be rolled back to the 50s and throughout the entire ride crazy and joyful Trump supporters like fluffygrem will say everything's fine.

how can you post irrational drivel like this without actually looking at the evidence? read some fucking books and do some research, dude. slurping up whatever the media tells you is not conducive to being an educated and informed individual
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I will literally buy both of you guys copies of Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker. And also The Better Angels of our Nature.
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tremain07 posted...

Yeah, it's scary time to be a non christian non white person in America now Black people get the cops called on them for just existing,corporations are up our asses they should be checking for poll ups, health care is going to become a something rich people get, workers are going to effectively become slaves, only state run propaganda will be allowed to be viewed by the masses and any headway we've made towards equal rights for minorities, the LGBT community and women are going to be rolled back to the 50s and throughout the entire ride crazy and joyful Trump supporters like fluffygrem will say everything's fine.

This is why it's important to go out and vote this November, get your friends and family involved and go vote Democrats if you want to save this country from regressing to the dark period of time, seriously, register, get friends and family involved and go vote this November.

If you think quality of life in America is actually getting worse on the local level then I wonder if you've gone outside recently. Even if you disagree with Trump's tax cuts or his tariffs or whatever he's basically had the same general effect on the US as every President before him since Nixon.
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And lol if you think the Democratic Party is any better than the Republican Party. Institutionally it's honestly a lot worse.

Vote for people, not parties.
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Unknown860 posted...

tremain07 posted...

Yeah, it's scary time to be a non christian non white person in America now Black people get the cops called on them for just existing,corporations are up our asses they should be checking for poll ups, health care is going to become a something rich people get, workers are going to effectively become slaves, only state run propaganda will be allowed to be viewed by the masses and any headway we've made towards equal rights for minorities, the LGBT community and women are going to be rolled back to the 50s and throughout the entire ride crazy and joyful Trump supporters like fluffygrem will say everything's fine.

This is why it's important to go out and vote this November, get your friends and family involved and go vote Democrats if you want to save this country from regressing to the dark period of time, seriously, register, get friends and family involved and go vote this November.

I live in Texas being a democrat doesn't mean shit here and I don't really trust them either because they're not nearly as eager to do things like the GOP is, plus they're way to fractured to play the political dirty game to accomplish their goals. It's like comparing Launchpad Mcquack to Mr.Burns
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Stock Market is UP
Unemployment is DOWN
Working class TAX CUTS
Technology is ADVANCING

DARK TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ACHEEKSMALLOY posted...

Stock Market is UP
Unemployment is DOWN
Working class TAX CUTS
Technology is ADVANCING

DARK TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Global poverty is declining rapidly
People live healthier, safer, smarter, happier lives
Virtually all of mankind's knowledge is available for free or for nearly free thanks to the internet and smartphones

THE SKY IS FALLING!!1
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I can see someone being worried that certain things might be going backwards, but this is far from being the worst time in history
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emblem boy posted...

I can see someone being worried that certain things might be going backwards, but this is far from being the worst time in history

Oh I agree but if we keep allowing stuff like this go on and ignoring it, eventually someone in power may push it a little further to see how far they can get away with it without being held accountable for it, I mean this is probably a bad example but just like those kids being separated from their family and put in cages, sure there was an uproar and it backfired on Trump but this might also be a test to see how much shit they can get away with it and what the result of it are before pushing more inhumane policy when it's time to go after minority Americans, I mean it's all a possibility but unlikely but you never know with this administration.

Unknown860 posted...

emblem boy posted...

I can see someone being worried that certain things might be going backwards, but this is far from being the worst time in history

Oh I agree but if we keep allowing stuff like this go on and ignoring it, eventually someone in power may push it a little further to see how far they can get away with it without being held accountable for it, I mean this is probably a bad example but just like those kids being separated from their family and put in cages, sure there was an uproar and it backfired on Trump but this might also be a test to see how much shit they can get away with it and what the result of it are before pushing more inhumane policy when it's time to go after minority Americans, I mean it's all a possibility but unlikely but you never know with this administration.

You know the whole seperating kids and putting them in cages was going on before the current administration, right?

In fact, it's possible (though far from proven) it may have been going on as far back as the Clinton era.
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Roshon posted...

God damn. Im so sick of this fucking bigoted country. This is among the darkest times in history. We are literally in a crisis and everyone is so fucking apathetic.

Darkest times in history?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Fluffy is right. Read some fucking books.
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"As an American," I wish more people would focus on actual, concrete progress that means something, such as jobs, stable families, etc, and not divide based on skin color or genitals.
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