In 2016, many didn't vote or voted third party so we could burn it all down.

[Drunken Irishman]

Well here we are.

Thanks.

[Autumn]

1. Right. No black person was ever murdered by cops before 2016.

That fire has been burning for some time.

[Runningdawg]

2. Trump threw the gasoline on it. It could have been avoided.

[Drunken Irishman]

8. lol

[Autumn]

32. Laugh all you want. It's a fact. Cops were murdering blacks before the 2016 election.

But yeah you gotta do what you gotta do.

[Drunken Irishman]

34. lmao

[Autumn]

35. ROTFLMBAO

[Drunken Irishman]

36. heh

[Autumn]

37. Oh. It's okay. I'm done.

[Drunken Irishman]

38. Cool.

[Hortensis]

29. Inaccurate defense of what shouldn't be defended, surely?

The OP speaks to the responsibility of those who failed to stand against what the Republicans promised -- and have delivered. Absolutely including protecting murder-by-police. You're damned right it was happening before!

Many with good intentions made that dreadful mistake because they were taken in by the massive deceptions blanketing our nation. But now with November 3 coming up, they once again have an absolute duty to understand the situation so they can join the rest of America in rescuing our nation.

[Autumn]

30. It's not a defense. Just a very accurate observation . YMOV

[Aristus]

3. "I just wanted someone to 'shake things up' ".

One of the many idiocies burbled by these people.

Anyone who has ever lived through an earthquake knows what an awful thing it is to have things "shaken up"......

[Heartstrings]

6. Been there...

Scary, and I have a very similar pit in my stomach at this very moment.

[Beartracks]

7. OMG, right?

If pressed, most of them probably didn't *really* think anything would change, so it was "safe" to vote for an obvious imbecile with delusions of grandeur while professing the lazy political "analysis" that things would be shaken up.

Be careful what you vote for...

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[lagomorph777]

12. Lived through 1968 (and one earthquake).

Shaking things up is not how you build a better world. It's how you destroy what you have.

[rogue emissary]

4. That mentality forgets the marginalized are the first

to burn.

[Hekate]

42. Yes. I have a feelng Susan Sarandon is safe in her mansion, as we speak.

[Mariana]

5. Would it have been better if they'd gone out and voted for Trump? nt.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. The end game is the exact same.

[Mariana]

11. Only you don't seem to be bothered about the Trump voters.

You seem to be much more angry at people who didn't vote for Trump.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. Yes. Absolutely.

I am bothered by people who claim to be left but decided it was fine and dandy to vote knowing that vote was going to help elect a racist like Trump.

Trump voters don't pretend to care.

These third party or non-voting libs pretend to be allies but had no problem sitting by as we pleaded for their support because they wanted to blow it all up.

Again, I say thanks.

[Budi]

20. They would have made the difference in the electoral college votes.

We won by 3 million votes.
Just 3 states led up to the results we live with today.

We all saw what direction the messaging took.
There's no excusing it & no longer any argument supporting it.

We live with the whipped up ire of a few that led the way. That is written in history forever.

2016 is past. Our democracy is a thread away from collapse.

2020 will decide what direction it takes from there on.

There's no pie-in-the-sky, at best we are wise enough to bring in a team that sees a way out & knows the path to peace.

Sarandon should sit this one out.
This horror show brought down on the American citizens didn't have to happen at all.

#💙2020

[BannonsLiver]

28. This is just limp whataboutism

We knew we could count on the Trump voters to do the wrong thing. That was ALWAYS going to happen. It’s those who theoretically were aligned with the Dems who stayed home cuz purity and sour grapes that the poster is talking about.

[Caliman73]

45. NO. They should have voted for Hillary Clinton

That was kind of obvious from the original post.


When you have a moderate or center left government, you can push it toward the left. When you have a psychotic asshole, you are just bailing water to survive.

[Budi]

9. Sarandon must be so excited. She said "things will really explode!"

Wonder which multi-million dollar mansion she's viewing the results of her rantings at today!

You fking happy now?

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Doremus]

13. Give it up. Rehashing past campaigns is against the TOS here in case you've forgotten. nt

[Hekate]

17. Excuse me? Elections have consequences, & America is living thru the mother of all consequences

I don't think DI is rehashing, just observing

[Doremus]

18. It is rehashing. First of all there's no reason for it, especially now.

Poking and haranguing doesn't accomplish anything except exacerbate ill will and start arguments.

If we don't become more united before November we're all fucked. Who cares whether the Bernie Bros are worse than the PUMAs. It's all bullshit if we don't come together soon.

[Hekate]

25. Ahh, I see. You heard the name that was not said. I heard "Jill Stein"

We'll just have to agree to disagree on that one.

[demmiblue]

33. It is all rather pointless, isn't it?

:Sigh:

[Budi]

21. There is no forgetting how we got to this point.

Unless we reiterate the errors of the past, we stand to repeat it.

What we are witnessing with Trump is impossible to simply forget how we got here.

Painful as it is, the history has been written, & it can never be changed nor be ignored.

#💙2020

[Drunken Irishman]

19. Then alert my fucking post.

[Doremus]

40. Delete your own post. Or defend it. Whichever.

I call out the garbage when I see it.

[Drunken Irishman]

41. The only garbage here are those who had a hand in electing a racist like Trump.

[Hekate]

14. That moronic phrase hits me the same way, then and now

[LizBeth]

15. I will forever be angry at these people. I will forever blame them what we all have to experience.

I will forever disrespect their position. I will forever see their callousness of fellow man.

[Budi]

27. I am right there with you. 🍃

It's impossible to forget or forgive.

[LizBeth]

39. They have not a single argument, just self absorbed.

[milestogo]

22. Do you think that people who didn't vote or who voted 3rd party are here at DU?

I seriously doubt it.

[Hekate]

43. Yes, some of them really are. But many an OP addresses people (such as Trump) who are not at DU

So there's that.

[BannonsLiver]

23. Yep, that's where ideological purity and intractable beliefs get us

But this is what they wanted, so here we are.

[HotTeaBag]

24. Well to be fair, it has all been burnt down.

Now Democrats have to put it all back together - seems to have happened a lot over the last 30 years or so.

[Mosby]

26. That sentiment goes back a ways

I worked with a guy who voted for Nader, after Bush was elected I asked him if he regretted wasting his vote. He smirked at me and said "sometimes things have to get worse before they get better". I'm still waiting for the better.

[Hekate]

44. There's a certain mindset, isn't there? I'm done pleading for their votes. nt

[ismnotwasm]

31. Yup.