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marylandblue

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4. We don't know and I don't care how most historians view us

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2019, 11:45 AM

Jun 2019

They aren't us, we aren't them. My entire view of history and politics has changed, and I can pinpoint almost to the day it changed. It was around October 2015, when it started to become clear Trump wasn't sinking in the polls as so many expected.

I do know quite a bit of history. And I knew what his rise meant, even if he lost in 2016. And now I know what it's like to be them, why they made the choices they made, why they couldn't change course even if they saw what was coming. God have mercy on us.

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"Strong and wrong defeats weak and right". [View all] kentuck Jun 2019 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jun 2019 #1

The problem is the only agency with authority to bring down a criminal President ... marble falls Jun 2019 #2

That quote doesn't really apply to this case Renew Deal Jun 2019 #3

We don't know and I don't care how most historians view us marylandblue Jun 2019 #4

This. CrispyQ Jun 2019 #5

+1000 smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #6