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Girard442

(6,085 posts) Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:43 AM Jan 2019

You know, bottom line, I don't care that much whether the Wall is buildable or cost-effective.

I don't want my country to turn into fucking Cold War East Germany.

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You know, bottom line, I don't care that much whether the Wall is buildable or cost-effective. (Original Post) Girard442 Jan 2019 OP

Same Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #1

The real horror C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #2

Yep, all of this, from the Wall, to MAGA, to whining about PC culture and SJWs cemaphonic Jan 2019 #5

I don't understand why that comparison isn't thrown around PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2019 #3

K & R. n/t FSogol Jan 2019 #4

agreed, but then I'm not necessarily going to argue that we should tear down what we have now anarch Jan 2019 #6

Exactly! displacedtexan Jan 2019 #7

K&R Dirty Socialist Jan 2019 #8

Or North Korea. He's just crazy enough to go for a DMZ style solution too. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #9

Buckeyeblue

(5,502 posts)

1. Same

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:48 AM

Jan 2019

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)

2. The real horror

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 11:55 AM

Jan 2019

is that it's exactly what Republicans want

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)

5. Yep, all of this, from the Wall, to MAGA, to whining about PC culture and SJWs

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #2)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 01:33 PM

Jan 2019

is about longing for a time when putting minorities in their place was condoned and socially acceptable.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,902 posts)

3. I don't understand why that comparison isn't thrown around

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 12:32 PM

Jan 2019

all the time.

FSogol

(45,529 posts)

4. K & R. n/t

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Thu Jan 10, 2019, 12:33 PM

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anarch

(6,535 posts)

6. agreed, but then I'm not necessarily going to argue that we should tear down what we have now

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 01:42 PM

Jan 2019

Stupid and harmful as it may be, it's probably pointless to fight over it at this juncture:

but practically speaking, where does "the Wall" go in spots like this?:

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)

7. Exactly!

Reply to Girard442 (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:15 PM

Jan 2019

No. Wall. Ever.

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)

8. K&R

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Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:30 PM

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NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)

9. Or North Korea. He's just crazy enough to go for a DMZ style solution too.

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Thu Jan 10, 2019, 02:32 PM

Jan 2019

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