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Ohioboy

(3,894 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:10 AM Mar 2026

I hate the way our "leaders" talk

Lindsey Graham saying "we're going to blow the hell out of these people" referring to Iranians, Hegseth's toxic war rhetoric, Trump's tough guy act, it's all disgusting, and doesn't represent the America I always knew.

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I hate the way our "leaders" talk (Original Post) Ohioboy Mar 2026 OP

I hate it too MustLoveBeagles Mar 2026 #1

I suspect it's actually turning people off leftstreet Mar 2026 #2

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Those aren't leaders. They're mafia stooges, trying to boost their standing with the "Don." usonian Mar 2026 #4

MustLoveBeagles

(18,297 posts)

1. I hate it too

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Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:29 AM

Mar 2026

Apparently a lot of Americans like it.

leftstreet

(41,368 posts)

2. I suspect it's actually turning people off

Reply to Ohioboy (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:31 AM

Mar 2026

No data to support it, but that knuckledragger talk about "blow that place off the map" is so retro

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usonian

(27,138 posts)

4. Those aren't leaders. They're mafia stooges, trying to boost their standing with the "Don."