Today they arrest us with no reason and stomp on us for protesting.

[LiberalLoner]

Or just for being in the wrong place I guess.

How long will it be before they become violent with us for voting in a way they don't like?

Anyone want to hazard a guess? Because after watching Ed tonight, I'm thinking we are very close to some outright, but disorganized, civil war. Or something like what happened in Rwanda.

I know I'm gonna get lots of unrec's and posts telling me to calm down and quit using hyperbole, but I don't care. I'm afraid. I am honestly afraid of what is happening. I'm afraid of what happens next. And I want to talk here about it.

[mdmc]

1. 60 years ago

if you were a jew or black in the wrong place - most places..

[ThomCat]

2. They're STILL trying to get away with doing it if you're Black or Hispanic.

Hence this huge outcry from Republicans about the plague of alleged voter fraud they are only concerned about in minority neighborhoods.

It's just an amazing coincidence that they think voter fraud only happens in democratic leaning districts with Black and Hispanic populations. That can't possibly be partisan, and it absolutely can't be racist. :sarcasm:

[LiberalLoner]

3. Thank you for the replies. I am sort of hoping someone can tell me it will be okay....

and say it in a way that actually sounds plausible.

Because right now I am thinking, nothing is going to be okay. I feel sick inside.

[trayfoot]

4. I believe you have a great point.

My husband and I were talking about this at dinner - that this situation is going to come to serious blows! Progressives are only going to take so much before they really start to fight back, though the other side is of the mistaken belief that all dems are passivists. Please do not misunderstand my comments - I am not in any way advocating this.......just expressing a prediction based on observations.

[LiberalLoner]

5. My worry is that if someone does fight back, we will see widespread riots and

a lot of innocent people will end up injured or dead. I think it would become a trigger for a bunch of right-wing hatebots that are right there on the edge already.

[trayfoot]

6. I don't disagree with you......................

but I can see exactly what you just described happening. I don't see many dems practicing "passive resistance" - though that is most likely the best way to go.

[AnArmyVeteran]

11. Right wingers are bullies & thugs. They use threats & guns instead of reason & understanding.

The right wing has Bern fed a steady diet of hatred and violent rhetoric from faux and right radio for fifteen years. With that much irrational hatred I can only see violence on the horizon. What we've seen so far, like Miller's goons arresting a journalist and Paul's goons savagely attacking a defenseless 110 pound woman are acts of violence shared by most of the extremists on the right. I'm sure most of them want to commit their own acts of violence and I don't see anyone who is an adult in the republican party who will speak out against the misfits in their party. As long as their followers can be so easily manipulated with hatred, fear, racism and rage the extremists will continue to commit violent acts. They even equate patriotism with violence and they believe anyone who doesn't walk in lockstep with them and their irrational beliefs are enemies of our country, and because they consider us enemies they can easily justify their violent acts against us.

No one in leadership positions are trying to extinguish the lit fuses burning all over our country. Anger is the republican's best asset because they are void of ideas to make our country better. At least by keeping their base outraged to the point of irrational behavior they can count on them voting republican. One bright spot might come when, and if, these extremists realize republicans have no intention of making our country better they will turn their anger towards the republican leaders. Unfortunately, I don't have much faith in the mental or reasoning abilities of extremists because they were so easily duped in the first place. Hell, I don't even have any reason to believe these extremists are capable of sane behavior. They have all had their heads filled with the toxic verbal puss from the mouths of cowardly frauds like Hannity, Beck, Limblah and hundreds of other right wing radio hate mongers for years. It will be almost impossible to undo the level of damage these right wing media whores have done to our country and the millions of Americans who eagerly believe everything they are told.

[3waygeek]

7. We'll probably find out on Wednesday...

at least the Rude Pundit thinks so.

[leftstreet]

8. Are you talking about cops or citizens?

:shrug:

[LiberalLoner]

9. Both. But focusing more on citizens. n/t

[niyad]

10. sadly, I do not think you are wrong. the teabaggers and assorted fellow travelers have become

completely unhinged, and I worry for the people of this country. having been a target for many years for being extremely vocally pro-choice, amoung other things, there isn't anything new they can do to scare me. but they have gotten so very ugly and unrestrained that I do worry for everyone else.