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Proud Liberal Dem

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2. I'm surrounded by people on the left end of the spectrum on social media/FB
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 03:33 PM
Aug 2019

and hear little but griping and complaining about Obama and it's hella depressing. And they refuse to believe that anything good would come from Biden. And some don't even think Warren would be good enough for them (she is a huge Bernie booster). They hate Trump but basically either believe that Obama is guilty of much of the same stuff as Trump is doing (usually regarding immigration) and/or caved too much to Republicans, paving the way for Trump. Most of them really hate(d) Hillary too. Most of them don't talk about Republican obstructionism and the role it played, stifling progress. Despite some of Obama's flaws, I certainly would rather he were still President or Hillary got elected in 2016 than what we ended up with, but most of them just see them all as equally bad. Maybe I need some new friends? I think that I have a harder time debating with my left-wing friends than I ever had with Republicans.

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The Ghost of Jill Stein? [View all] deacon2 Aug 2019 OP
Saw some bats fly out of HER belfry. democratisphere Aug 2019 #1
I'm surrounded by people on the left end of the spectrum on social media/FB Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2019 #2
You do need new friends unc70 Aug 2019 #3
Some of them were probably here, back in the day, mcar Aug 2019 #4
++++++ still_one Aug 2019 #5
This is the problem when people who won't suffer Life_Long_Democrat Aug 2019 #8
Most of my FB are disadvantaged and quite affected by Trump's policies Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2019 #9
K&R betsuni Aug 2019 #6
A vote for Jill Stein was a vote for trump and Putin Gothmog Aug 2019 #7
Yup Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2019 #10
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