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...but fuck that. Well go back to that when we win. Tonight, thats all gone out the window!
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,434 posts)Fuck that. We can't afford to pull any punches or leave anything untried.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)And carry a big huge stick and use it..
frazzled
(18,402 posts)This entire election is predicated on one thing: character. The contrast between despicable, amoral, no empathy, chaotic character and the kind of upstanding, selfless, moral, orderly, and empathetic character our current candidate possesses.
And we have folks here saying we need to be more like the low-life character. Given the stakes in this election, that is the surest way to lose.
Im really ashamed that that eloquent, sophisticated speech was lost on many.
In It to Win It
(8,254 posts)I dont really mean that we ditch that message.
I was trying to be metaphoric. My real point is that Michelle Obamas speech was powerful and (to me) delivered a real gut punch to Trump and Trumpism, and gut punches tend not to be the high road.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)that we dont use our voices when we know things are wrong. But it still means we do that in ways that are neither underhanded nor destructive.
I just dont want to become like them. Tonight was about unity, and creating unity.
mvd
(65,174 posts)And she did qualify the go high comment. But they go so low that go high enough and they will just bully you.