We need to get serious about national divorce. The Right is a malignant cancer that is metastasizing. It will take us all down if we don’t amputate.
You say that the country needs unity. What you are suggesting is impossible as long as the right-wing hate machine is still operating. The Right doesn’t want democracy. They want to bully. That’s the dopamine hit they’re addicted to. The feeling of “power over”. It’s why, even though the GOP controls all three branches of government, they’re still raging.
They will turn this country into Rwanda of the 1990s.
We’re in a relationship with an abusive spouse that has a gun and is drunk on rage.
Well, Mike Nelli in simple language you hit the nail on the head. Yes, resistance is a necessity and vital NOW, until we drop. Yep, the rhetoric from the Ultra right/right-wing along with Trump and his regime are obviously horrendous. All we can do it is just continue to tell the truth and lay out the facts, over and over and over... Also, continue to resist!
All part of republican strategy to divert attention from gun control and use it to their political advantage to demonize liberals. A twofer that’s working with conservatives regardless of how could one deranged person who committed a heinous act be tied to an entire political party.
Critter...if you're siding with the Republicans on this issue, you're sadly mistaken. Unlike any president in my 82 year lifetime, his rhetoric is the most divisive, by far the most aggressive and threatening.
No matter your party affiliate, Guns kill, rapist rape, racist hang, liars cheat and steal. Pedophiles ruin the lives of children. Greed takes away from the poor and middle class while feeding the richest people in America who have enough money to outlive themselves and generations to follow. We need common sense in this country that has disappeared.
Absolutely agree with you, Mike. Just today I learned that a personal friend who is a well-respected and admired college professor might lose her job due to comments she made in her Substack. Please tell me what has happened to free speech? They are trampling the constitution and all of our rights!! I’m furious!!
I refuse to accept blame for a problem that the Repubs created. They created the extremism of free speech, which apparently now includes threats of vlolence and bodily harm. I have never wished that on the Party. I am particularly offended as a lifelong Independent. They welcomed a one-man crimewave into their Party and then have the nerve to be angry when people define and describe him for who and what he is? Unity means let's keep the discourse civil and agree to disagree. However, that being said, when someone comes to town to take your Constitutional Rights away and never allow you to have a voice again, what is left to do to respond?
We live in an era where information reinforces our predispositions, is not vetted by critical thinking,and is designed to move thousands if not millions to actions which may be against their best interests. There is a decided preference for being told how to respond rather than to intelligently consider options and it follows that there are those among us who derive a comfortable living by knowing which of our buttons to push. We have relied on Charlie Kirk and others of his ilk to define us and nothing will change until we take the time and effort to define ourselves.
Politics can only be practiced in the context of a compact (constitution). When the compact is violated, the struggle is no longer politics, but raw power.
A factional movement in society to eliminate another faction is not politics.
Stand tall and don’t succumb to posting more rhetoric. Gets us no where but as bad as doing what the other side is feasting off of. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!
1. What was Tyler Robinson's speculated motive for resenting his conservative family's paternalistic silence about identity and sexuality, and how did this betrayal amplify his rage toward Kirk as a symbol of rigid views, leading to violent defiance for agency?
2. What did Kirk's widow mention in her viral fundraising speech, especially her reference to "they," and could "they" refer to the Russian mob and the same people involved with Trump?
3. How does the aspect of young MAGA turning on old MAGA relate to the parallel in the Friends show, where Monica and Chandler's love affair happened before Joey found out?
Young Men are just the cannarys in the coalmine. They are the first to act out and a warning to all of us. The takeover of a democratically elected government in 1930's Germany started with young men, but the complete takeover did not occur until the majority of the population, men and women of all ages conceeded their liberty to a madman who eventually was responsible for a World War that killed millions and millions of people worldwide!!!
We need to get serious about national divorce. The Right is a malignant cancer that is metastasizing. It will take us all down if we don’t amputate.
You say that the country needs unity. What you are suggesting is impossible as long as the right-wing hate machine is still operating. The Right doesn’t want democracy. They want to bully. That’s the dopamine hit they’re addicted to. The feeling of “power over”. It’s why, even though the GOP controls all three branches of government, they’re still raging.
They will turn this country into Rwanda of the 1990s.
We’re in a relationship with an abusive spouse that has a gun and is drunk on rage.
You say Unity. I say, “Grab the kids and run!!”
Secession
Well, Mike Nelli in simple language you hit the nail on the head. Yes, resistance is a necessity and vital NOW, until we drop. Yep, the rhetoric from the Ultra right/right-wing along with Trump and his regime are obviously horrendous. All we can do it is just continue to tell the truth and lay out the facts, over and over and over... Also, continue to resist!
All part of republican strategy to divert attention from gun control and use it to their political advantage to demonize liberals. A twofer that’s working with conservatives regardless of how could one deranged person who committed a heinous act be tied to an entire political party.
Critter...if you're siding with the Republicans on this issue, you're sadly mistaken. Unlike any president in my 82 year lifetime, his rhetoric is the most divisive, by far the most aggressive and threatening.
No matter your party affiliate, Guns kill, rapist rape, racist hang, liars cheat and steal. Pedophiles ruin the lives of children. Greed takes away from the poor and middle class while feeding the richest people in America who have enough money to outlive themselves and generations to follow. We need common sense in this country that has disappeared.
Absolutely agree with you, Mike. Just today I learned that a personal friend who is a well-respected and admired college professor might lose her job due to comments she made in her Substack. Please tell me what has happened to free speech? They are trampling the constitution and all of our rights!! I’m furious!!
I refuse to accept blame for a problem that the Repubs created. They created the extremism of free speech, which apparently now includes threats of vlolence and bodily harm. I have never wished that on the Party. I am particularly offended as a lifelong Independent. They welcomed a one-man crimewave into their Party and then have the nerve to be angry when people define and describe him for who and what he is? Unity means let's keep the discourse civil and agree to disagree. However, that being said, when someone comes to town to take your Constitutional Rights away and never allow you to have a voice again, what is left to do to respond?
We live in an era where information reinforces our predispositions, is not vetted by critical thinking,and is designed to move thousands if not millions to actions which may be against their best interests. There is a decided preference for being told how to respond rather than to intelligently consider options and it follows that there are those among us who derive a comfortable living by knowing which of our buttons to push. We have relied on Charlie Kirk and others of his ilk to define us and nothing will change until we take the time and effort to define ourselves.
You get it! All we need to do is say, remember January 6
Politics can only be practiced in the context of a compact (constitution). When the compact is violated, the struggle is no longer politics, but raw power.
A factional movement in society to eliminate another faction is not politics.
Great write up! Thank you for the truth!
Well said! And I appreciate it.
Stand tall and don’t succumb to posting more rhetoric. Gets us no where but as bad as doing what the other side is feasting off of. WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS!
1. What was Tyler Robinson's speculated motive for resenting his conservative family's paternalistic silence about identity and sexuality, and how did this betrayal amplify his rage toward Kirk as a symbol of rigid views, leading to violent defiance for agency?
2. What did Kirk's widow mention in her viral fundraising speech, especially her reference to "they," and could "they" refer to the Russian mob and the same people involved with Trump?
3. How does the aspect of young MAGA turning on old MAGA relate to the parallel in the Friends show, where Monica and Chandler's love affair happened before Joey found out?
Young Men are just the cannarys in the coalmine. They are the first to act out and a warning to all of us. The takeover of a democratically elected government in 1930's Germany started with young men, but the complete takeover did not occur until the majority of the population, men and women of all ages conceeded their liberty to a madman who eventually was responsible for a World War that killed millions and millions of people worldwide!!!
We cannot, must not submit. Freedom of thought and freedom of speech!