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Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 03:07 PM Aug 2022

And STOP calling it "politics" please, this is NOT about politics!

It seems whenever there is a discussion of MAGA or the traitor to include DeStupid, Giuliani or Graham etal happening anywhere in the media, it is treated as "politics" which in our media means there needs to be 4 repubs and 1 democrat in the discussion (as that is what is considered equal representation) and the interviewer has to imply that "both sides" do everything.



It was NOT politics when Hitler rose to power in Germany and ultimately murdered 6 million people not counting the war casualties.

Jan 6 was not about "politics," it was about insurrection and fascism!

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And STOP calling it "politics" please, this is NOT about politics! (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 OP
It really is about saving our Democracy. And just to emphasize, if you had war casualties walkingman Aug 2022 #1
Yes, huge and ugly number! Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #2
Get thee to the greatest page malaise Aug 2022 #3
Thanks Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #4
No. It's not "politics". And shame on anyone calling it that IngridsLittleAngel Aug 2022 #5
Thanks Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #7
It was actually 11 million murdered not counting war casualties. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #6
Thanks Eliot Rosewater Aug 2022 #8

walkingman

(7,577 posts)
1. It really is about saving our Democracy. And just to emphasize, if you had war casualties
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 03:15 PM
Aug 2022

from the war the totals are between 45-55 million and that was over 75 years ago.

We have to stop this ignorance before it is too late.

VOTE VOTE VOTE - like your life depends on it!! It very well could.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,106 posts)
2. Yes, huge and ugly number!
Sat Aug 27, 2022, 03:44 PM
Aug 2022

I have a friend who has been listening to the wrong person on the golf course for 30 years who thinks both sides are the problem but the Dems could fix it all if they just stopped being, and here is where I lose him, something. He cant say exactly what it is, but I get the feeling he means since we are the adults, how come we cant fix this.


He called it politics in our last email exchange and I just cant, I will have to ignore him for a while. I can only take so much!

Oh, and the person he listens to has brainwashed him into thinking the biggest problem is paying taxes.



 

IngridsLittleAngel

(1,962 posts)
5. No. It's not "politics". And shame on anyone calling it that
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:08 AM
Aug 2022

It's about genocide and mass murder. It's about the destruction of human rights. It's about overthrowing the government. It's about destroying democracy.

"Politics" is debating how the spread out the budget. "Politics" is debating what NASA programs we should green-light and fund.

"Politics" is not "let's let them eliminate trans people." "Politics" is not destroy LGBTQ rights. "Politics" is not targeting and dehumanizing people because their skin isn't light enough. And "politics" sure as fuck isn't "overthrow the government" and "there will be riots in the street if a traitor is indicted!"

None of this is politics. It's one side pushing hate and death and throwing a temper tantrum, believing they're immune to all rules.

I'm with you. I'm fucking sick of it too. This isn't "politics". This is a collection of Nazis trying to "take our country back"... to Germany of 1938.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
6. It was actually 11 million murdered not counting war casualties.
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 08:24 AM
Aug 2022

The oft-quoted 6 million refers to Jewish victims only. Another over 5 million of political prisoners, Roma people, gays, resistors, etc. we’re also rounded up and killed.

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