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NanceGreggs

(27,813 posts)
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 08:53 PM Aug 2018

Pick One

Are you a Christian or a Republican? You can’t be both. A follower of the Nazareen believes in feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, and caring for the sick. Republicans are against doing any of the above, and implement policies that gut funding for programs that accomplish the very things Jesus himself admonished his followers to do. Pick one.

Are you a patriot or a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you are against your “pResident” kow-towing to our Russian enemies, or you are willing to see our democracy sold out to those enemies. Pick one.

Are you a supporter of our troops or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you support our veterans by ensuring they get the best of care, or you support a party that slashes the funding for their care while planning a multi-million dollar military parade for a man who bragged about his “heroism” in not having contracted an STD while his fellow citizens served in Viet Nam. Pick one.

Are you a decent human being or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you are outraged at the idea of migrant children being taken from their parents and housed in cages, or you’re perfectly fine with the immoral and inhumane indecency of it. Pick one.

Are you an intelligent person or a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you accept scientifically-proven facts about climate change and the conservation necessary to preserve our natural resources, or you’re an ignorant idiot who thinks polluting our air and water is of no consequence whatsoever. Pick one.

Are you possessed of common sense or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you believe your own eyes and ears, or you believe what you’re told to believe by a man who lies to you – repeatedly, blatantly, and without hesitation. Pick one.

Are you a thinking person or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you think that racial inequality and bigotry pose a threat to our nation as well as our fellow citizens, or you think stopping athletes from taking a knee at a sports event will end the discord by putting certain people in their place. Pick one.

Are you for education or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you understand how access to affordable education strengthens our nation, or you think being a country full of ill-informed dumb-asses makes “America Great Again”. Pick one.

Are you of the belief that our elected representatives should enact laws that keep weapons out of the hands of the mentally unstable or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you support gun control laws that ensure that only responsible gun-owners have access to weapons, or you think sending “thoughts and prayers” to the parents of dead school children is sufficient. Pick one.

Are you for the freedoms enshrined in our Constitution or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you believe in freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or you believe these freedoms can and should be curtailed by a political party once they are in control of the government. Pick one.

Are you for the principles we’ve always stood for or are you a Republican? You can’t be both. Either you welcome immigrants as Americans have always done, or you embrace the idea that all immigrants are rapists, drug dealers, and gang members who emanate from “shithole countries”. Pick one.

Are you an American or are you a Republican? Pick one – because we are now at the point where you really can’t be both.

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Pick One (Original Post) NanceGreggs Aug 2018 OP
K&R. n/t rzemanfl Aug 2018 #1
Great thread Nance Gothmog Aug 2018 #2
Excellent post. dalton99a Aug 2018 #3
K&R sheshe2 Aug 2018 #4
Spot on Nevilledog Aug 2018 #5
So right Karadeniz Aug 2018 #6
++++ this nt heaven05 Aug 2018 #7
K&R! secondwind Aug 2018 #8
As usual your posts Wellstone ruled Aug 2018 #9
Excellence as usual, Nance. Different Drummer Aug 2018 #10
One of your best, Nance. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2018 #11
Bookmarked. K & R! lastlib Aug 2018 #12
K&R 2naSalit Aug 2018 #13
Well said! BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #14
This is the way apkhgp Aug 2018 #15
Some melt at the outward challenge. They vote how they want it to be. Wake Up. cachukis Aug 2018 #16
Spot on ladym55 Aug 2018 #17
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Aug 2018 #18
It's now Trump's party. nt oasis Aug 2018 #19
K&R! gademocrat7 Aug 2018 #20
I'm an atheist and a Democrat. Yay me. Garrett78 Aug 2018 #21
Same here. YAY me! SammyWinstonJack Aug 2018 #30
But doesn't that require too much "thinking"? Isn't it easier just to be told what to do? erronis Aug 2018 #45
Well done. I wish they had a sense of shame. nolabear Aug 2018 #22
Today's Evangelicals think God is an American JDC Aug 2018 #23
Boom, like that! Heartstrings Aug 2018 #24
Exactly! radical noodle Aug 2018 #25
Nice work, Nance! VOX Aug 2018 #26
Bravo, well said! Ohiogal Aug 2018 #27
We cannot let them have it both ways anymore mcar Aug 2018 #28
KA-KA-BOOOM. What a righteous rant. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2018 #29
This is IT. Another triumph, Nance! My favorite of favorites! calimary Aug 2018 #31
Absolutely brilliant cp Aug 2018 #32
Gonna print this and have copies at the ready for distribution! Native Aug 2018 #33
The choice. FailureToCommunicate Aug 2018 #34
Excellent as usual ..... CatMor Aug 2018 #35
this may be your best yet grantcart Aug 2018 #36
Perfect Perseus Aug 2018 #37
I'd say "Get thee to the Greatest Threads" ... but you're already there! Stonepounder Aug 2018 #38
Nice one. rusty quoin Aug 2018 #39
Fantastic op-ed. n/t area51 Aug 2018 #40
Excellent post and thank you. lark Aug 2018 #41
As usual LittleGirl Aug 2018 #42
Amen! Texin Aug 2018 #43
Well said. Very well said. Firestorm49 Aug 2018 #44
I wish I could rec 100x NastyRiffraff Aug 2018 #46
Extremely well put and dead on! nightwing1240 Aug 2018 #47
I'm a Christian (Catholic) and a Democrat meow2u3 Aug 2018 #48
I'd disagree that all Republicans are against feeding the hungry, sheltering homeless, and caring... MadDAsHell Aug 2018 #49
Nazarean or Nazi? lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #50
K&R!! Spot on assessment, as you usually are! Docreed2003 Aug 2018 #51
Bull's eye.... Bingo..... magicarpet Aug 2018 #52
Well done! smirkymonkey Aug 2018 #53

Karadeniz

(22,474 posts)
6. So right
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:19 PM
Aug 2018

The problem is, you are thinking. As do many interviews with trumpets show, they do not think at all.

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
15. This is the way
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 09:44 PM
Aug 2018

that the Blue Wave will sweep across the country. Changing everything State that is Red to Blue, and holding on to every Blue State. With common sense, logical thinking that provides for every citizen of this country, not just for the top one percent.




erronis

(15,185 posts)
45. But doesn't that require too much "thinking"? Isn't it easier just to be told what to do?
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 11:39 AM
Aug 2018

Not having to make one's own decisions leaves more time for golf, arguing about stupid sports, swilling beer.

JDC

(10,117 posts)
23. Today's Evangelicals think God is an American
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:09 PM
Aug 2018

And Jesus was anything but a long haired, dark-skinned liberal.

Their own hipocricy is lost on them.

calimary

(81,125 posts)
31. This is IT. Another triumph, Nance! My favorite of favorites!
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:27 PM
Aug 2018

This DEFINITELY needs to be said, read, and SPREAD!

Native

(5,936 posts)
33. Gonna print this and have copies at the ready for distribution!
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 10:34 PM
Aug 2018

I live in the land of angry old white men, and one simply cannot argue with them, but the next time they spew their hate in my presence, thanks to Nance, I've now got something to give them. And since I'd like to live a few more years, I won't be sticking around to watch them read it.

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
37. Perfect
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 11:30 PM
Aug 2018

Suffice to say, you nailed it once again.

Thank you, please keep them coming, I make sure a lot of people read your blogs.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
38. I'd say "Get thee to the Greatest Threads" ... but you're already there!
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:06 AM
Aug 2018

As usual, you absolutely nailed it!

lark

(23,065 posts)
41. Excellent post and thank you.
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 08:57 AM
Aug 2018

Thank you for spotlighting so clearly what has become "normal" that is totally abnormal and sickly amoral. I have printed your post and will be scanning and sending to my family & friends so they can enjoy it as well.

meow2u3

(24,759 posts)
48. I'm a Christian (Catholic) and a Democrat
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:43 PM
Aug 2018

Yes, you can be both Christian and a Democrat. In fact, that's a Christian's duty to protect the weak and powerless against the strong and predatory, contrary to RW repuke ideology.

Thank you very much, Nance.

 

MadDAsHell

(2,067 posts)
49. I'd disagree that all Republicans are against feeding the hungry, sheltering homeless, and caring...
Mon Aug 6, 2018, 12:47 PM
Aug 2018

the sick, or that every Republican views all immigrants as rapists and from shithole countries.

To be sure, some are selfish bastards who think only of themselves. But as a Christian believer myself, I recognize that there are many, many Republicans in my church who care about these topics just as deeply as I do, serving in soup kitchens, serving at the homeless shelter, housing refugees, visiting folks in the hospitals, and donating to various charities who support these causes. But they don't get on board with the idea that its their government's job and not just a family or church's job to fix these issues. My Dad is one of these people. I HATE his politics, but that doesn't mean he isn't a generous and loving person on many of the topics that you claim, as a Republican, he's basically a monster on. He's an absolute hard-liner on folks going through the correct processes immigration wise, but he and my step-mom have housed multiple refugee families over the years. By no means does he view ALL immigrants as rapists or from shithole countries (nor have I actually heard that broad of a statement even from someone as sick-minded as Trump, so not sure where you're getting that quote from).

Do I vehemently disagree with the notion that families and churches alone should take care of society's ills and challenges? Absolutely. And I have that argument with Dad nearly every single family get-together.

But do I also vehemently disagree with your insistence on demonizing a large percentage of our fellow citizens simply because they disagree with our approach to solving these problems? Yes, vehemently disagree with that as well. That kind of all or nothing perspective is how we end up treating eachother as less than human.

There is plenty of black/white idiocy to demonize in the Republican party, and you've hit on a lot of it: gun obsessions, failure to actually support our armed forces and keep them out of harm's way, etc. But you're over the top on some of this.

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