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EllieBC

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81. So he's a Tankie?

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 08:50 PM

Mar 25

My condolences.

Tankies always see themselves at the top of the heap after the whole thing burns down and their utopia is established. They never picture themselves in the bread lines with the rest of the rabble.

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My ultra-liberal husband said he will vote for orange [View all] MOMFUDSKI Mar 25 OP

Have your contacted a divorce lawyer yet? kimbutgar Mar 25 #1

I hope he regains his sanity... n/t hlthe2b Mar 25 #2

He will. MOMFUDSKI Mar 25 #16

That was also Susan Sarandon's "point" robbob Mar 25 #28

Not even a hint of a valid point kcr Mar 25 #63

What valid point does he have? yardwork Mar 25 #64

I Don't Think it's a "Valid point". Sanrandon tried Cha Mar 25 #68

Sarandon is responsible for the loss of Roe v. Wade and the stacking of the federal courts LetMyPeopleVote Mar 25 #80

Yeah that was Stupid! TY Cha Mar 25 #82

That's idiotic. Oneironaut Mar 25 #3

The Bourgeois said the same thing about the French Monarchy before descending the country into a century of chaos. TheBlackAdder Mar 25 #75

Only the most corrupt can clean up corruption! bucolic_frolic Mar 25 #4

Same argument was made in 2016. It didn't work. TwilightZone Mar 25 #5

A selfish, privileged assertion, imo. n/t OneGrassRoot Mar 25 #54

Then he is no liberal. The best I would characterize him as is an anarchist. I assume though JohnSJ Mar 25 #6

He is an Accelerationist obamanut2012 Mar 25 #8

That is self-destruction. Fortunately I believe there are more sane people who WILL protect our JohnSJ Mar 25 #11

Your husband is not "ultra liberal," he is an Accelerationist, which is a right wing ideology obamanut2012 Mar 25 #7

Accelerationism sounds cool, but it's just modern-day corporate Republicanism run amok. sop Mar 25 #35

Oh, I agree -- far right/ALT right are driving it in thsi country obamanut2012 Mar 25 #56

There are more than a few people on the left driving it as well. sop Mar 25 #59

It will be the dawning of the age of Aquarius. yardwork Mar 25 #62

Shades of Susan Sarandon circa: 2016. herding cats Mar 25 #9

I was going to say: That's some Susan Sarandon-level horseshit right there. Aristus Mar 25 #17

Exactly. herding cats Mar 25 #25

Tell your husband, for me, that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Vinca Mar 25 #10

I came pretty close to thinking that - but the insurrection cured me of any of those thoughts TBF Mar 25 #12

Not this shit again. RandySF Mar 25 #13

America cannot be destroyed Sympthsical Mar 25 #14

See project2025. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 25 #32

That would be the shittiness mentioned Sympthsical Mar 25 #36

There's very little in that that's new. TwilightZone Mar 25 #48

"Ultra Liberal" LOLZ He sounds like a deep thinker. LOL nt GuppyGal Mar 25 #15

Nothing surprises me any more. I have a lovely neighbor, good guy and very helpful to us, who once said on Facebook that CTyankee Mar 25 #18

That's just stupid. MineralMan Mar 25 #19

Yeah well he doesn't have a uterus. ismnotwasm Mar 25 #20

Remember Susan Sarandon saying the same thing back in the 2016 election? tblue37 Mar 25 #21

Yeah well, a lot of us said the same thing in '68. marble falls Mar 25 #29

I started becoming active in politics when my dad had me go w him through our apt building putting flyers under our.... electric_blue68 Mar 25 #44

I read 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail', Hunter S. Thompson's diescription of HHH as a ... marble falls Mar 25 #52

We are fighting for scraps left over from our MOMFUDSKI Mar 25 #22

He is right. Our court system is so corrupt I don't see how it can be fixed. Autumn Mar 25 #23

He thinks the Constitution will still be in effect if TFG gets the White House? haele Mar 25 #24

No he doesn't. MOMFUDSKI Mar 25 #41

So he thinks what happened in Cambodia or North Korea is the way to go obamanut2012 Mar 25 #57

Egads, all the people who fought and died for this country are Emile Mar 25 #26

He's a dummy. Squaredeal Mar 25 #27

Direct him to read about Fritz von Pappen sarisataka Mar 25 #30

We have to destroy the country to save it? greatauntoftriplets Mar 25 #31

Yeah somehow I don't think that if a constitional convention is ever called... Initech Mar 25 #33

Unfortunately, that became my feelings years ago. electric_blue68 Mar 25 #40

And in comes Project 25. The end of the country and it isn't returning if destroyed! RKP5637 Mar 25 #34

That's one theory that makes some sense. Turbineguy Mar 25 #37

I have 2 Gen Z that DemocratInPa Mar 25 #38

We didn't phone bank in NY in 2020 due to covid. lapucelle Mar 25 #70

Time to lock the liquor cabinet. bif Mar 25 #39

I don't share the opinion but I certainly understand the frustration driving it Takket Mar 25 #42

Democrats who felt the same in 2016 helped give us trump. Silent Type Mar 25 #43

and he fucked up the courts. the only way out now Orangepeel Mar 25 #76

He needs therapy asap budkin Mar 25 #45

May I ask JustAnotherGen Mar 25 #46

Don't count on the courts to save us dalton99a Mar 25 #47

My condolences on having to deal with that bedazzled Mar 25 #49

Keep talkign to him Bettie Mar 25 #50

That is such bullshit...countries who get autocrats are destroyed for years...you husband is Demsrule86 Mar 25 #51

Lois had a reaction Aviation Pro Mar 25 #53

Not a very smart thing to consider. Caliman73 Mar 25 #55

Insane, but my Uber liberal son thus far says he will vote for neither because he is in a safe blue State Freethinker65 Mar 25 #58

Too often when a culture is burned to the ground, what replaces it is even worse dlk Mar 25 #60

The Russian Revolution comes to mind. ShazzieB Mar 26 #85

That approach hasn't worked yet. yardwork Mar 25 #61

You misspelled maroon ornotna Mar 25 #65

Ah, The Burn It All Down So It Will Be Better Strategy ProfessorGAC Mar 25 #66

The scumbag said he would be dictator on day one. LiberalFighter Mar 25 #67

I'm not going to let that happen. There's other members here that aren't going to let that happen. Niagara Mar 25 #69

nooooooooooooooo BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 25 #71

Are you married to Susan Sarandon? jcgoldie Mar 25 #72

That's not liberal. Not the meaning of the word. betsuni Mar 25 #73

My two LGBTQ daughters may not survive that dystopia Stuckinthebush Mar 25 #74

"Some of you may die, but, that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make!" Oneironaut Mar 26 #86

No kidding! Stuckinthebush Mar 26 #90

To quote Alfred SocialDemocrat61 Mar 25 #77

Rightly or wrongly, lots of people don't really see the current system capable of improving things. Silent Type Mar 25 #78

gosh H2O Man Mar 25 #79

So he's a Tankie? EllieBC Mar 25 #81

That is very sad to hear. I hope you will be able to convince him otherwise. nt LoisB Mar 26 #83

No offense Mountainguy Mar 26 #84

When your divorce is finalized he can hook up with xmas74 Mar 26 #87

Once fascism takes hold only blood shed will remove it. nt Hotler Mar 26 #88

Not productive NT Patton French Mar 26 #89