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To this day I don't understand why Democrats are continually flummoxed by the intransigence of this President or his morally bankrupt enablers. It's a perverse pleasure of being shocked on a nearly daily basis by a man who was clearly a psychopath from day one (in my book) for four years. Today a pundit on one of the more progressive opinion networks wearily asked "When is he going to stop pretending not to accept the results of the election and let the transition proceed?!!" News Flash Folks: He's Not Pretending.

Yeah I'll never understand why people are surprised by dishonest politicians. It's almost like they think the old stereotypes about politicians were baseless jokes and not deadly serious condemnations about our entire political process until one particularly brazen liar happened to pop up and show us just how fetid our country always has been.

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Yep, at least yesterday, when biden was asked about the implications of a delayed transition , he said, nice and simple, "More Americans will die."

Trump has consistently ignored the dangers of covid. His "task force" was a sham,and even before his whirlwind of super-spreader events, it was estimated that his admin could have caused about 100,000 unnecessary deaths.

If I'd been at one of the "Million MAGA March" demonstrations, I would've been selling the latest Trump merchandise: KOKA hats - Keep On Killing Americans.

Tempting man, but when you see a state like South Dakota with a 60% infection rate and hear the stories of people in emergency rooms gasping for air and still denying Covid-19... there are no words.

*gasp gasp* Covid isn't real! *gasp gasp* You are being mislead! *gasp gasp* Don't be a sheep! *gasp gasp*

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You mean repeatedly lambasting 70+ million people as racist for the last four years and then screaming "Defund The Police" didn't achieve the ideal electoral outcome? #Mindblown

If all 70 million Trump voters aren’t racist then 69,999,999 are. He started on Birtherism, moved to bad hombre rapists, and finished with the kung flu.

What I’ve said before and I don’t think a lot of people believe me is nobody hates black people more than other black people. Same with other races. If it weren’t for corona’s ageism Trump would’ve won again. Betting on white supremacy in America is a good bet. Well **** Biden is racist as a mother****er.

Sam Harris says it’s just crazy to think 70 million Trump voters aren’t racist but he literally can’t see a racist when one is staring at him in the mirror.

Yep, he has a terrible record of racist remarks: I remember feeling angry about these comments too:
i) a judge's opinion doubted because of his Latino roots
ii) wife in a Gold Star family ridiculed for not commenting while her husband spoke publicly
iii) appalling joke about Pocahontas in front of Native American WWII vets

Regarding Anteater's mention of "Defund The Police":To me, this was a very poorly-chosen slogan, and illustrates the dangers of reducing governance to tweets and electioneering to three-word chants.

The real issue of police funding, as I understand it, is about refunding and re-assigning police tasks. At present they are first responders to such a variety of emergencies, because there aren't on-call specialists to deal with mental-health and other situations that require more in-depth training to handle properly. I think the argument goes, "reduce police funding, and police responsibilities, and have more, better-trained experts who can provide a kind of para-police service, rather like para-medics do for doctors." Unfortunately, that's difficult to explain on a placard, let alone in a three-word chant.

Not like it matters to the trump supporters demanding sainthood from the dnc, but "defund the police" was coined by activists and largely rejected by democratic politicians.

That’s a kind a 50/50 because Warren using false ancestry claims for professional advantage was racist af and condemned by tribal leaders.

That was the neoliberal redefining of it. In fact, the people who coined it meant what they said. They don’t want the police to exist in their communities. That’s why they were burning down police stations. They weren’t stuttering.

Also with changing CHAZ to CHOP. CHAZ meant autonomous. As in NOT A PART OF AMERICA. But then oh no it’s America just occupied. Booooo

@Frownland: yes, I did notice after I wrote it, that a big chunk of my grumble about "Defund The Police" as a slogan was like shooting an arrow at the wrong target. :(

@OH: As we both know, if the destination is anarchy, I'm always going to stop short and try to explain away anything approaching violence.

I’d rather see working class police weaponized against the wealthy, personally.

No worries. I think a lot of talking points are designed to corralle us into that archer's position these days.

There would be violence with anarchism, but we arguably live under a system of monopolized violence that can be swiftly corrupted for insidious means. It's possible that introducing violence from above under the guise of peace creates an expectation of a certain level of violence to maintain stability and causes many to assume that any counter to the monopoly (maybe an oligopoly, same **** imo) is an introduction of even more violence.

I can't say for sure which way it would go tbh. Though I can anecdotally say that the least aggressive, most hospitable people I've ever met were in Slab City where there's no legal infrastructure and crime is resolved "in house". Those who get trouble are usually looking for it. Then I contrast that with the Karens living in ultra-protected police-favoured burbs trying to **** up people's lives and wonder how secure this security is.

Wow.

Is that his human mask about to fall off?

Someone else said "That's his lobotomy leakage". :laughing:

Lmao, or maybe he washes his hair with the blood of his victims?

I am racist too. Because I have white skin. Please forgive me.

I try to compensate my deep guilt.

By the way: This pseudoprogressive racism fetish is one reason why Trump came to power.

When I hear the paranoid quotes of some so-called "activists" against racism then I feel the Trump voter in me coming to life. :)

By the way II: Paranoia is a key aspect of all ideologies. No matter if left or right wing. You can do what you want: Ideologists read all facts in the world as a proof of their views. Even when these facts are completely the opposite.

I respect that.

Don't ignore Trump's election mischief. Take it seriously

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ftr I’m standing by my prediction that Trump will stay in power and Biden will never be officially sworn in or occupy the White House

this is one with a countdown to the truth - we’ll see what happens

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I respect your irony dyslexia. :)

And your indignation to realize that the political left is brainwashed by political correctness. Which is the best support right wing populists can imagine.

I don't ignore real racism. But much of so-called and alleged racism is simply bullshid and an esoteric religion of do gooders.

You’re a true intellectual maverick.

I'm assuming Q.

He’s definitely got me pegged.

I see your runny hair dye, and raise you bizarre snot smearing.

JESUS CHRIST EWWWW. I could've gone without seeing that Jansz!

The Turtle with black hands. Rudi bleeding some weird black ****.

The Republicans are getting aggressive about courting the black vote. That’s real commitment. Credit where it’s due.

Trump makes futile last stand to overturn results as Georgia certifies Biden win

I won't lie, the more this drags out, the more concerned I get about the potential fallout, and the more angry I get at this horrific person and his toxic legacy.

But truth be told, we shouldn't be surprised, there are plenty of awful people in the world and a lot of them are country leaders and this will continue to happen because people are just awful which is why they continue to elect assholes into office. It's in our DNA. :/

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Not saying the necessarily means anything.

Doesn't mean anything imo. I've seen people actually try to say "well, technically it's not certified yet" but that's standard procedure. They have to certify by like Dec something. We never wait till Dec to say who the president elect is. Trumpers just grasping at straws.

literally nobody who follows US politics is surprised imo. People have been saying Trump would do this for months. He openly revealed this strategy over the last couple months by talking about how the mail in ballots are gonna be fraudulent. For the supposed master negotiator he claims to be, Trump evidently has no poker face.

I'm concerned about his legacy too but truth be told I'm actually pleasantly surprised there hasn't been more violence in the street over this ****. That's the point we're at in this country.

Agree on the lack of violence. Let's hope it stays that way.

C'mon, be honest now: did any of you grin just a little when you heard Hitler Jr sorry Donald Trump Jr had contracted the virus? ;)