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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 02:14 PM Jul 2017

The threat to democracy in America isn't ISIS

It isn't "radical Islamic terrorism;" (a phrase that warms the hearts of rightwingers) nor is it Sharia law.

No, the threat is Putin's Russia.

We have an Executive Branch and much of Congress that refuse to acknowledge this and the fact they don't frightens and angers me.



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The threat to democracy in America isn't ISIS (Original Post) SHRED Jul 2017 OP
No shit, I agree with you. onecent Jul 2017 #1
GOP thinks they can coexist with Putin, they cant. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #2
It's thoroughly disgusting SHRED Jul 2017 #3
It's the enablers in our country. Solly Mack Jul 2017 #4
No shit ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #5
I'd still put corporate oligarchy at the top of the list Amishman Jul 2017 #6

onecent

(6,096 posts)
1. No shit, I agree with you.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 02:23 PM
Jul 2017

No one has a clue...Here Dump keeps talking about "Why didn't Obama do anything", he has repeated
that over and over.......
People are concentrating on what Dump says...but it's SO FAR FROM THE TRUTH....

I also didn't realize how SMART Putimer is...(don't know his spelling)....but that man is EVIL...Just
like Dump.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,109 posts)
2. GOP thinks they can coexist with Putin, they cant.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 02:36 PM
Jul 2017

Due to their greed and hatred for non whites, the GOP has decided
to WORK with the KGB to do away with liberals, minorities, etc.

Putin and friends own Trump and family, period. We would be able to prove this definitively if allowed to see the tax returns, but even there much of what they have been doing is hidden.

Imagine all those years demanding that THEY worshiped the constitution and we didnt. Same people now siding with the fucking KGB.

Simply twisted.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
4. It's the enablers in our country.
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:05 PM
Jul 2017

Putin is as only influential as the enablers are weak, weak-minded, and ready to profit no matter how much damage is caused.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. No shit
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:07 PM
Jul 2017

Think of what could be accomplished if the propaganda machine were turned on Russia instead of Muslims.

Amishman

(5,555 posts)
6. I'd still put corporate oligarchy at the top of the list
Thu Jul 6, 2017, 05:22 PM
Jul 2017

But Russia is still probably top 3.

Religious tyranny (not just Islamic) being the other contender

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