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Rick Massimo's avatar

When a Republican says they want “peace,” they mean “You shut up.” When they say they want “unity,” they mean “You shut up and do what we say.”

This is the party that says they’re in a second American Revolution, whose Sun God was directly asked whether there’d be violence if he lost and replied “We’ll see.” I’m happy to “turn down the rhetoric in this country,” but since the only tenet of Republicanism is “You inferior beings can’t tell me to do anything I don’t want to do,” I’m not the one to turn to on this.

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Sharon Dennis's avatar

Exactly. Zero trust. They lie if they speak or breathe

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Bonnie's avatar

Yeah the Unity thing is not working at all. The response from the maga to the shooting has been terrible! What on earth? Unhinged and right back to the same worthless dangerous rhetoric, but times ten. I'm not unifying with Putin, Bannon, or any maga lunatic. Nope.

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Sharon Dennis's avatar

Zero trust in trump's conversion to a SOFTER stance. He's the same despicable dude who hates minorities women and the rule of law.

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NatureBear's avatar

I am in complete agreement with your sentiments, Oliver. I think that your thoughts regarding the current crisis in American politics is shared by many of your fellow Americans, and by many Canadians as well.

As a Canadian observing American politics and your society for over forty years, I can honestly say that I never thought that your Country would reach the point of treacherous risk of another internal fracture of American society as the current situations strongly suggest to me.

Consider the consequences of Donald Trump being re-elected successfully in a few months time. A narrow minded and hateful man, with a criminal record, both convicted and otherwise, back at the helm of one of the most powerful Offices on the Planet! We all have a fairly good idea of how he will rule. He himself has stated publicly that he will be a dictator on Day One of his Administration.

Due to the recent Supreme Court decisions, this time he will be virtually unstoppable based upon an announced intention to go after all of his enemies with the very long "hit list" as provided by both his own determinations and those of his Evangelical Christian supporters who desire to not only fully re-install unmitigated patriarchy but to destroy the assumed freedoms of those they deplore. They have even announced their intentions in the "Project 2025" Publication.

It seems incredibly unlikely that if legal mechanisms fail to protect the supposedly inalienable rights of millions of Americans from the subsequent tyranny of such a minority, that those millions of American Citizens will sit idly by and not react? The possibility of civil strife on an unprecedented scale is highly likely. There is even the possibility of a new, and far better weaponized, civil war scenario playing out in the not too distant future?

Consider the alternative of President Biden being re-elected. Given what has occurred during the past nearly four years by both Donald Trump directly but also by the Republican Party in terms of the "Big Lie" of a claimed stolen election, is it not utterly predictable what he and they will then do? They will resort to extreme distortion and eventual violence. It will be very bloody and incredibly dangerous. A new, and far better weaponized, civil war scenario seems virtually inevitable?

Perhaps my fears are overwhelming my capacity for rational analysis. Nonetheless, these are the two worst case scenarios that keep returning to my mind.

I dearly hope that I am very wrong about this crisis created entirely by very clever, but very dangerous, people involved with this American far right movement. I fear for America. I fear for Canada. I fear for the future itself.

Best of luck to us all.

Sincerely, a neighborly Canadian hoping that you can find a way back from the brink.

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Pie's avatar

No unity with cats!!

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Sharon Dennis's avatar

Kal looks chastened

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Susan Linehan's avatar

Reasonably sure that Kal-El will drive away any Fed Ex trucks within a 5 block radius and do the same eventually for MAGATS (or is that MACATS?)

Basker, the DachsHUND of the Baskervilles, is happy to help.

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P123Sunny's avatar

If Kal has a ‘bad side’ - I’ve yet to see it.

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S S Dyner's avatar

I don't give a damn what happens to that money launderer except insofar as it inconveniences decent people, and assassination attempts really do that. I'm not horrified or saddened or terrified or any of the right things, though. I feel almost nothing about this event, certainly not a desire for "unity."

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M. Apodaca's avatar

Most people’s opinions are baked in. I respected Reagan’s stamina and courage as he lay in the hospital. Did that change my vote? NO. Playing golf after a glazing? C’mon!

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Contumacious's avatar

>>>>>>BEARING IN MIND THAT THE SECRET SERVICE IS NOW CONTROLLED BY THE BIDEN JUNTA AND ITS POLITBURO<<<<<<<

****SECRET SERVICE HAS 'SOME ’SPLAINING TO DO****

ATTENTION

THE HONORABLE JIM JORDAN (R-OH)

SELECT SUBCOMITTE ON THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Zero legitimate explanation for how a man with a rifle got onto a roof only 120 meters away from Trump with a clear line of sight.

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/07/no_author/secret-service-has-some-splainin-to-do/

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Contumacious's avatar

The BBC is reporting that

“The county sheriff has confirmed that Crooks was spotted by a local police officer, who was unable to stop him in time. Something that remains unclear is whether this information reached the agents around Trump.

Crooks was already on officials' radar, according to a senior law enforcement official. They anonymously told CNN that officers thought he was acting suspiciously near the event magnetometers. This information was allegedly relayed to the Secret Service.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd1jz027nrzo

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