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doc03

(35,328 posts)
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 05:38 PM Jul 2021

How does one claim to stand for the National Anthem and

display the flag in their yard and vehicle and support people that desicrated our Capitol and the flag in an attempted coup? They claim to support the Blue and beat them with our flag. They say they support our troops and worship a guy that said they are losers and suckers.

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walkingman

(7,606 posts)
4. When I think of 1/6 I always wonder how it would have gone down if the
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 05:58 PM
Jul 2021

perps had been BLM activists. I think that is a very good example of the "real" state of America's political situation these days.

11 Bravo

(23,926 posts)
5. Well, first you have to be an ignorant, lying, hypocritical, Republican shitweasel.
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 06:00 PM
Jul 2021

After that, it all just kind of falls into place.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
6. Well, it goes with the whole picture
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 06:12 PM
Jul 2021

These folk are not capable of critical thought and any cognitive dissonance is rejected immediately. They also can't figure out cause an effect. Not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

sanatanadharma

(3,701 posts)
7. The root of the problems that raise "wtf, why?" observations is...
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 06:15 PM
Jul 2021

...ego
And like the old folks have long known, everyone has an ego and an asshole.
Problems arise when people totally confuse their sense of 'self' with all kinds of added-on wrappers of desires, beliefs and clan identities.

The root problem of our American insanity is too much subjectivity and too little objectivity; the 'me' has been elevated over the "I".

Clearly our society has no-true-American, in a logical sense.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
9. I'm not sure they have enough of a sense
Sat Jul 3, 2021, 06:35 PM
Jul 2021

of self to determine what, if anything, they believe. They spout the words, wild-eyed and with plenty of venom, but what defines them is not the words they use. We the people in our country need help.

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