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riversedge

(70,304 posts)
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 08:58 AM Jun 2018

Politico, Wapo & Morning Joe all have the same narrative this morning. The problem isn't the racist,

umm..
We do hear this a lot. I am done with the being nice narrative. Enough said!



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Politico, Wapo & Morning Joe all have the same narrative this morning. The problem isn't the racist, authoritarian who is ripping children from their parents, imprisoning them, and a calling for an end to due process. The problem is that we are not nice enough to his supporters.


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get the red out

(13,468 posts)
1. The left is NOT losing it's cool
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 08:59 AM
Jun 2018

It is growing a fucking backbone. People are pushing back on these monsters and EVERYBODY is pissed off about it. Resistance is only acceptable in twitter posts.

brewens

(13,621 posts)
2. I like to use "half-wits that get all their information from FOX "News"". None of my conservative
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:03 AM
Jun 2018

friends can say much because none of them admit to getting all their information from FOX "News".

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
3. It never fails . . .
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:03 AM
Jun 2018

The left always have to play nice while the right can do the fuck it wants.

Not this time, enough!

Vote them out.

Guilded Lilly

(5,591 posts)
4. That's what arrogant fuvkwit bullies count on. Their victims being...
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:13 AM
Jun 2018

Nice to them; better people of higher character so they can get away with their asshole behavior without accountability.
No mas.

REFUSE RESIST REVOLT

Blue_Adept

(6,402 posts)
6. I was glad to see Elise and I think it was Nick NYT gent that pushed back on it
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:18 AM
Jun 2018

The core group in between them is the epitome of white privilege so I wasn't exactly surprised by their stance.

Elise continues to surprise me though. She's coming across a bit like Nicole Wallace in some of this considering her own past.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Bullshit! Tolerating them and being nice only makes them bolder.
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:26 AM
Jun 2018

To borrow a phrase from the Deplorables, "Fuck their feelings!"

spanone

(135,877 posts)
9. you can refuse to serve a gay couple in Colorado, but not a government worker in trump's adm.?
Mon Jun 25, 2018, 09:32 AM
Jun 2018

wasn't the restaurant exercising their constitutional rights....

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