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I'm in NH. We still have people out on the corner with Trump flags.
NH is the Florida of the north.
I see them in Merrimack. So cringe. How are these full grown adults out here slinging trump flags still
Less than a year ago people tried to set up tents and booths alongside a major highway next to a liquor store to support Trump.
I doubt they had permits, but they sure had a lot of AR15s around.
Sadly, my state is a Republican stronghold.
At this point I'm not looking to move states, I'm considering other countries.
America was a grand experiment.
Know what happens when an experiment fails in a science lab? Flushed down the metaphorical shitter. Use what good data you got from it, even if it doesn't support your hypothesis.
Trump would gleefully fiddle ala Nero if it meant he was in power.
If you deny these peoples ability to vote for trump, things could get real bad real fast
So, don't do the right thing because assholes might become violent?
That is letting the terrorists win.
I fully believe that one day a Trump supporter will attempt to break into my house to kill me because I don't support him.
I have had people fuck with me for making fun of Trump. It's real. Guns, stealing... General crime shit. The local losers got together with all their guns at their whack illegal shooting range and showed half the town how much firepower they have. I followed the sound, found it, and someone shot bullets over my head. I heard the bullets wiz through the trees. (I was to the left of the firing range in a public trail. Not behind/infront)
NH is full of naive people and criminals that can get away with anything.
Either way it's bad. They won't accept another loss. They will be even more violent
Trump supporters are idiots. If they get upset. Fuckem. Give zero fucks for there feelings.
They may be idiots, but I don’t think this is a good idea
Too bad I guess
I guess…..
They aren't bad right now?
Things can always be worse
The good news is that the Trumpists are all a bunch of out-of-shape morons. The bad news is that the regular people don’t want to fight and aren’t prepared.
Where I am some are actually authentic career criminals. They have power. It's fucked.
Cause they see themselves in Trump, a career criminal. That's why his most ardent supporters are mostly people that normal people wouldn't want to really associate with on a long term basis. His supporters are fucking gullible and insane to boot.
We shouldn’t want a fight
The American way is speak softly with a big stick. Only insane people want a fight but you don't back down from a fight someone else started.
Perspective is everything here. Everyone thinks they are simply defending themselves.
That’s how the the people have been set up against each other here
You’re right, but unfortunately I think it’s going to come to that eventually.
Things have been getting bad for a while now. While I'm the first to suggest compromise to achieve mutual goals... theres no point when only one side is willing to bend. Extremists are going to go to extremes no matter what we do, might as well rip the band-aid off and actually start making a difference.
Do you think there are 80 million extremists in the US?
Does that really make any sense to you?
Yes. It makes sense. I am a former evangelical Christian, and yes, they are passive extremists. Passive, as in only a handful are dumb enough to take up arms, and extremists, insofar as they will allow, encourage, or justify horrors if it achieves their ends.
Do you consider all people with faith extremists? Jews and Muslims? Along with Christian’s?
That sounds like a problematic view of faith to me. A bigoted one, even
No, I consider those with fundamentalist beliefs in an exclusionary religion to be extremist. Bug off.
Dude, if you didn't get my point indirectly from my extremely sarcastic prior comment, here it is directly: you're putting the word "hate" into my mouth, leading me to believe that any conversation we have has a foregone conclusion. I have zero interest in engaging in the discourse as you've shaped it. Peace.
Welcome to the party, pal.
They can write in whoever's name they want, assuming they're literate.
He’d still be ineligible to hold office.
That’s really what seems to be the point here, isn’t it?
so?
So writing him in won't get him elected.
Did you ever think American would be a country that wants to elect someone who is in prison?
Isn’t that for corrupt countries? Why do you think this would be happening in America? Doesn’t that raise some eyebrows?
Or is everyone so focussed on making sure Trump isn’t on the ballot that they’ve pushed aside those kinds of thoughts?
Should be the person who wins the election, right? You can’t just take someone’s name off. Especially the leader of the opposing party.
If you honestly think Trump tried to overthrow the government, that’s a lot more serious than just an indictment and being removed from the ballot.
That’s treason and probably an execution if we are being serious about this. And if that’s not the answer here, how much do we really think this was an attempted coup?
Oh well. Things got real bad fast already when Danny stepped in.