The United States of Jonestown. I watch in horror as the American people destroy themselves.

[shockey80]

There is no way to sugar coat this. It has been clear from the beginning, Trump is severely mentally ill. The American people continue to ignore this fact and are now dying by the tens of thousands. Trump followers happily march to their deaths. The rest of the American people, sit frozen, watching tens of thousands of Americans be murdered.

The American people are allowing a lunatic, a man who suggested we should ingest disinfectant, to continue to decide their fate. That is insane, that is major threat that could kill me and my family.
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It is clear, Trump, Republican politicians and some business leaders have decided the people are expendable. Fuck that, I am not expendable and neither is my family. The American people better learn this truth fucking soon. The only one that can save the American people, is the American people. The American people must unite and demand Trump resigns. The only other option is to sit, watch and die.

Because the American people do not have the ability to protect themselves I am being forced to make this decision. Risk death or risk financial ruin. That really pisses me off.

Trump is the number one threat to us , to our country. If the American people do not demand he resigns, then the people are as big a threat as Trump is.

I do not have the capability to start a national movement to force Trump to resign. There are people in this country that do have the ability to start a national movement. Everyone seems resigned to wait for the election. That may be too late.

So today, I am going to my work office and extending my Unpaid leave. I have been out of work for 7 weeks now, paying my bills with the emergency fund I started after Trump was elected, a fund I started because I knew Trump was a lunatic and would destroy us.

Everyday I wonder, how long can I survive on my emergency fund, will I ever be able to go back to work. Will my job get tired of me protecting my wife and I. Will they say you must come back to work now or else?

How long will I watch the American people destroy themselves?

[kentuck]

1. It's like a cowboy walking across the pasture...

There is so much cow shit and horse shit that it is impossible not to step in it. It's a smelly mess. But after a while, he gets accustomed to it.

He doesn't even bother to wipe it off his boots.

[Delphinus]

2. Thank you

I am glad you have a savings so you can keep yourself safe.

May America wake up and get him out of here. This nightmare must end.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. anti-martyrs. a new type... trump martyrs. useless.

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Bigly

[shockey80]

10. Wow!

They should put that picture in a TV ad.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Vote Red. Be Dead. CoronaVirus.

Love the United States of Jonestown. Throw that at a few MAGAt Republicans.

[2naSalit]

16. Both phrases would make good bumper stickers or billboards.

[meow2u3]

22. You can also stylize the O with a pic of a coronavirus nt

[captain queeg]

6. Every day I can't believe the shit show we are in.

I just don’t believe the polls that show the amount of support he still has. I only know for sure if one trumper in my acquaintance. There’s a couple I haven’t spoken to for awhile. I’d kind of be interested to know what they are thinking nowadays but not enough to ask them. If they are still supporting him I’d just be pissed, and anyone still supporting him is beyond hope. As far as I’m concerned the more of them that die the better for our future.

[onecaliberal]

21. I don't buy the polls.

[Dustlawyer]

23. The Trump followers have been programmed for the last couple of decades by Fox and other RW media.

They are incapable of believing anything other than what they are told by this media. They all need to be deprogrammed like other cult members are. Until we find a way to require truth in the news this will continue.

[beachbumbob]

7. Nov 3 and Jan 2021 are the dates that MATTER and we set ourseoves free, all else is noise

[agingdem]

8. this America is Jonestown didn't start with Trump...

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McCarthy, Nixon, Agnew, Reagan, Bush I and II, Sarah Palin via McCain and the list goes on and on...and not all people are expendable.. only African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Muslims, Hispanics, Jews, and the poor are expendable...the white Mayflower/Archie Bunker republicans are keepers as well as Nazis and the Klan...everyone else can go...

[Moostache]

13. It was not until we learned COVID-19 affected African-Americans disproportionally that we saw

'shut down protesters' and plans to reopen faster than anyone's guidelines suggested.

The decision was made as soon as it became apparent that the impacts fall most heavily on the members of a perceived disposable class - poor, minority and non-Republican. That emboldened them to start saying the quiet parts out loud more frequently and then had their radio fools and Fox tools drumbeat the message...

At this point, I am utterly convinced that the GOP is perfectly content to allow this to go unchecked in the mistaken belief that it will only kill "not us"...they will be tragically wrong and thousands will die as a result of this virulent racist belief...

[agingdem]

14. agree..

Remember when Trump asked why not just let this plague wash over America?...that wasn't an "ask"..that was his "final solution"...get rid of the "other"...make America white again...purify

[2naSalit]

17. "Wash over..."

Very telling wording there.

[2naSalit]

18. Exactly what they are thinking.

And all their rich, racist supporters are totally happy with it too.

[Pause]

25. Damn Straight

It was only a matter of time before the trapping and pretending to give a damn about anything except $$.
Reality has a way of upending all preconceived notions. Plagues do not care how much $$ you have. You like us are just a host.




:sarcasm

Planet B?

[durablend]

9. I've got news for you

Even *before* Trump, Republican politicians and some business leaders thought you and everyone else were "expendable". They're just making their wet dreams a reality now.

[PCIntern]

11. Exactly

[gab13by13]

12. A Trump cult member told me that I am brainwashed.

That the media has blown everything out of proportion to make people afraid, to hurt Donald Trump.

That's how drunk they are on Kool-Ade.

I told him that numbers don't lie, 71,000 dead and soon to double. I told him that it was Trump who declared this was a war. I said that Trump is the general and he is about to disband his war council. I said that Trump has surrendered and left the war up to 50 Captains spread across the country but he isn't giving them the bullets they need to fight the war he has abandoned.

I said that Trump has moved on to fighting his economic war not realizing that the economic war cannot be won until we win the virus war. I told him that I will look him up in 2 months to see if I was logical or brainwashed.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Your post resonates with me. Almost every word. I knew who he was and would destroy us.

It is painful to witness and be a part of. I wish you and your wife well, and hope we survive.

[newbedford35]

19. This sociopathic tRump-nightmare was actually predicted in a Star Trek ep: (Taste of Armageddon)

Here is the video: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5v2nwg

[Brother Mythos]

20. Unfortunately, there are a lot of very willing Kool-Aid drinkers in the USA.

Facts, statistics, logic, and science mean nothing to those people, and never will.

[Scalded Nun]

24. Make no mistake, he will kill every one of his followers

When faced with ultimate defeat, he will expect his followers to die for/with him. What happens once he is gone is irrelevant to him.

[spanone]

26. Education used to be a priority in America.

Not so much anymore.

Betsy Devos/Donald trump have done their best to destroy our educational infrastructure.

[gopiscrap]

27. excellent post

[wnylib]

28. I'm not sure he is insane. '

He definitely is narcissistic, sadistic, ignorant, and the worst thing that has ever happened to the US, but I believe he is sane, knows what he's doing, and is fully accountable for his actions.

[shockey80]

30. When somebody says ingesting disinfectant may be a good idea, a cure, they are insane.

[Initech]

29. We have no leader right now.

If Trump wanted to prove he's worthy of reelection, this is his ultimate test to help guide us out of this mess. Instead all he wants to do is get back to those damn MAGA rallies.

[Maven]

31. If Trump is somehow reinstalled in November we'll begin to see serious secession campaigns emerge.

People in solid blue states like mine (CA) won't continue to send our tax dollars to a minority-rule government with a psychotic white nationalist at the helm which, at worst, uses the power of the federal government and our own money to attack us and at best, leaves us to die.

Because that is where we are as a country. It's unsustainable.

The Union is on very thin ice.

[live love laugh]

32. I have a problem with blame: "...The American people continue to ignore this fact..."

Nobody's ignoring anything. The American people are sadly being victimized and the way out is not clear at this point.