July 17, 2019

Anyone in this thread criticizing her have any better

Ideas about our #1 objective: Beating Mitch McConnell?

Dang folks, stop the circular firing squads. These purity tests are killing us!

July 17, 2019

More complicated than that.

Most southern wingers never owned slaves but adopted the bigotry just the same.

It seems to be a cultural phenomena of misplaced anger. They feel inferior, are angry but cannot blame themselves or their families so they must have a target.

If all people of color were to disappear, these people would just choose another group to hate. They live to hate; it's their life-force.

Sociopathic individuals like tRump, Faux associates and Limpballs amplify and profit from this sickness.



On edit: New Raw Story article: "Trump and the GOP stand for ‘blaming others if you’re not happy where you are’: Democratic congressman" – Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/trump-and-the-gop-stand-for-blaming-others-if-youre-not-happy-where-you-are-democratic-congressman/

July 15, 2019

"Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar, Pressley respond to President Trump's racist tweets"

In case you missed their news conference, please watch these articulate, thoughtful women:

July 12, 2019

...

With racial shit like this, my home state will remain 2nd rate. SHAME!!

On edit: there's nothing in the law that requires him to sign it. Nothing!! Governors have veto power! That governor is a racist chickenshit.

July 10, 2019

Recently brought up GW with a neighbor

Who replied, "Well, there are some things we can control and some things we can't."

Translation: It's in gawd's hands! I think a lot of people feel that way because of their religious upbringing. "Give me that old time religion." It's God's will or God will save us - "I have no responsibility for this."

As my mother used to say, "How did we cause it?"

July 10, 2019

So sweet! 💕 Did you know that...

The dugong is the only strictly herbivorous marine mammal, the closest surviving relative of the manatees, and...
"Hyraxes, elephants and dugongs evolved from a single common ancestor."
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/strange-tongue/201005/the-hyrax-the-elephant-and-the-dugong-0

No wonder they are so sweet, they're related to elephants! 😊


(Here i go again, throwing in that "evilution" stuff.)

July 10, 2019

Aww! We "really shouldn't eat octopus."

Do you care about animals? Then you really shouldn’t eat octopus"
They may be delicious and sure, there are lots of them, but next time you’re chomping down on your barbecued octopus, just remember they were the first intelligent beings on Earth and have more genes than you do.
Go ahead, order the calamari. I’ll sit back and scowl silently, and think about Ozymandias.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/26/do-you-care-about-animals-then-you-really-shouldnt-eat-octopus

Here's my favorite octopus story - he's brilliant:

Otto the octopus wrecks havoc
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3328480/Otto-the-octopus-wrecks-havoc.html

July 10, 2019

Who, with knowledge of this, ...

Has not cried themselves to sleep when realizing and accepting what's coming. It's a process of dealing, of making peace with the situation.

As with religion and political truths, most folks are just ostriches who'll kick like hell if you attempt to pull their heads out of the sand. "Fuck those people" is a good way to put it.



This topic was also just posted in GD: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212261017

July 6, 2019

True.

I think my winger brother is a victim of this, at least he keeps his compassion for all animals.
It's so sad, this desperate need to belong to a group, to fit into a stereotype, especially for "some parts" of the country.

July 5, 2019

Also this historical photo ....