2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDon't Tell Me
Dont tell me youre a patriot, if youre willing to put your country in the hands of a self-serving idiot who proves daily that he is unqualified for any office, no less the highest office in the land.
Dont tell me youre a good Christian, if you support a party that works against helping the poor, feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, and sheltering the homeless while pretending to be following the words of the Christ you allegedly revere.
Dont tell me you support the troops, if you are voting for a party that has consistently ignored the plight of our veterans and their families.
Dont tell me you have a conscience, if your conscience dictates that you vote based on your own needs rather than the needs of your fellow citizens.
Dont tell me youre a responsible adult, if you believe the childish rantings of Donald Trump are representative of anything other than an immature bully who doesnt have the intellectual wherewithal to utter a single comprehendible sentence.
Dont tell me you love your countrymen, if youre willing to sacrifice their well-being in order to send a message to a political party youre dissatisfied with.
Dont tell me youre intelligent, if you think there is any justification whatsoever for putting a brainless idiot in the White House.
Dont tell me youre well-informed, if you spend your days in front of FOX-News and/or listening to the inane ramblings of Rush Limbaugh or Glenn Beck.
Dont tell me youre interested in the facts, if you constantly promote every baseless rumour you hear/read, and speculate endlessly about conspiracy theories that have no basis in fact whatsoever.
Dont tell me you think for yourself, if all you ever really do is regurgitate the bullshit posted on websites that purport to be progressive while quoting right-wing nonsense.
Dont tell me you are tolerant of the religious beliefs, ethnicity, and culture of others, if you support those who wear their intolerance as a badge of honour.
Dont tell me you believe women should have equal rights, if you stand with those who would deny them equal opportunity, or deny their right to have dominion over their own bodies.
Dont tell me youre concerned about minorities, if you identify with a party that is adhered to by organizations that pride themselves on their racism.
Dont tell me you sympathize with immigrants, if you belong to a party that calls them criminals and terrorists, and wants to keep them out of the country at any cost.
Above all else, dont tell me that you know anything about politics, about the consequences of your third party protest vote, about moving this country forward, or about bettering the lives of your countrymen, if you espouse the notion that both parties are the same.
Tell it to yourself, your buddies, your FaceBook friends, your coworkers, your relatives, your neighbours, and your like-minded website cohorts but dont tell me, because I know youre lying. In fact, we both do.
Farmgirl1961
(1,493 posts)Bravo and I urge you to send this as an editorial to newspapers and to the media -- and to the Hillary campaign.
shraby
(21,946 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,698 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)This is one of them.
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Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,681 posts)I thank you for saying so eloquently what many of us are thinking...
Gothmog
(145,489 posts)Iggo
(47,564 posts)Response to NanceGreggs (Original post)
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The Wizard
(12,547 posts)I fear my country has become a bastion for hateful loony morons.
Akamai
(1,779 posts)Don't tell me you're concerned about babies if you turn your back on stopping the Zika virus.
Don't tell me you are for democracy if you promote voter suppression.
Don't tell me you want freedom if you're not concerned about the corruption of our political system by hidden money.
But your points are absolutely terrific and right on!
Jon King
(1,910 posts)I used to be willing to listen the the other side. Now they are so ridiculous you just want to tell them to shut up. None of their rationalizations for supporting that POS are worthy of a reply.
Hekate
(90,773 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,817 posts)... and took offense at being called out.
Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)I'm glad they got called out and had their little feelings hurt
2naSalit
(86,765 posts)Missn-Hitch
(1,383 posts)Rocknrule
(5,697 posts)Also, I'm stealing this.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)Coolest Ranger
(2,034 posts)Thank you so much for having our back
baldguy
(36,649 posts)gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)stonecutter357
(12,697 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)mcar
(42,372 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Coyotl
(15,262 posts)When will Americans wake up to this simple logic, the rich create the poor by their means of control of resources.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)progressoid
(49,996 posts)hamsterjill
(15,223 posts)Well said truth! Thank you.
prayin4rain
(2,065 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)Starbuck2239
(29 posts)Outstanding. Love the last paragraph.
WiffenPoof
(2,404 posts)...so well written.
Saviolo
(3,283 posts)From Canadian newspaper The Toronto Star during our last election. Traditionally, Christian voters did not vote Conservative. That didn't really happen until the conservatives started courting their vote with "traditional values."
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)CJohnson_LS
(52 posts)Sadly, the Republican voters won't listen. A large majority of them still believe that Obama is a socialist Muslim from Kenya who stole the elections. Reasoning with such morons is like speaking to a brick wall. We must fight them by getting out to vote against Trump and everything he stands for.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)paparush
(7,964 posts)nt
calimary
(81,440 posts)I've begun riffing on that idea, myself. But mine is all related to the pro-choice/"pro-life" issue.
You can't say you're "pro-life" if you...
- are pro death penalty.
- don't believe in climate change.
- object to programs that provide support for families, children, and single-heads-of-household.
- oppose Planned Parenthood and want it defunded (when it is frequently the ONLY source for pre-natal care for poor women - HELLO Texas).
- embrace the wanton access to any damn gun that any damn dipshit thinks there's a God-given "right" for ANYONE to own or collect, regardless of mental or emotional condition - OR someone they live with who manifests such conditions. (HELLO, Mom of Sandy Hook shooter. Those were YOUR guns he used that day, with YOU as his first victim.)
- sneer at the Black Lives Matter movement or otherwise don't take it seriously.
- embrace military action as the one-size-fits-all "solution" to international problems.
If any of those statements above applies, one's self-proclaimed status as a "pro-lifer" is SERIOUSLY AND PROFOUNDLY questionable.
AmericanActivist
(1,019 posts)I agree
gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)brer cat
(24,592 posts)niyad
(113,527 posts)morning about how awful "liberals" are.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Old and In the Way
(37,540 posts)I could see HRC reciting this verbatim in a national ad. You have a gift for words and applying them properly!
llmart
(15,552 posts)This needs to go out far and wide! We all know we're never going to reach those loony tunes that supported him from the start, but maybe we can reach some undecideds.