2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGrowing up we Millennials were taught the dangers of peer pressure.
And thus when Clinton supporters tells us to blindly believe lies and BS just because they were said by a "respected and revered person" we roll our eyes and remember how we were told "if that person wants you to jump off a cliff would you do it?" to show how stupid blind deference is.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)the rest. I do support revamping our education system. It's failures are quite apparent this election.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)of them to think for themselves. How dare they. Let's revamp that education system because it's just not turning out enough lock step thinkers.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)think for themselves.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)spun by Team Hillary?
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)believes enough suckers will follow.
virtualobserver
(8,760 posts)because his victory requires an enormous movement.
A powerful movement can radically shift policy.
So the question is not whether he will keep his promises, but whether he can form a large enough movement. If he can't, he will not win.
He said at the beginning that he didn't know if it was possible or not.
It looks more promising every day.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)It's very simple.
We get for which we put effort into it.
And we're all willing to fight for what is right for all people.
noretreatnosurrender
(1,890 posts)Wow, that's interesting coming from someone who is supporting the establishment status quo. Hmmmm. Sounds like your "thinking" has led you to conclude that they are gullible and unable to think for themselves because they don't agree with your viewpoint, eh?
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)no apostrophe; "its" is the possessive form, "it's" is a contraction if "it is" (talking of educational failures)
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)grammer. Most people nowadays don't worry about that crud on informal posts. But some folks remain anal retentive.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)and what I have to add should be self-evident: it's ironic that you're talking about "education failures" when you can't even use the English language properly. Mote, beam, etcetera.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)LuvLoogie
(6,852 posts)By all means, make up your own mind. I'll just be muddling through in blind deference.
liberal_at_heart
(12,081 posts)for your candidate and when turnout is low and the other party wins blame those same voters instead of looking at what the party and the candidate did wrong.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)So much for the peer pressure thing.
oasis
(49,150 posts)than show up and caucus for Bernie in Nevada.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)effect of making voters more cynical and disengaged. And I am very cynical but remain engaged.
oasis
(49,150 posts)Well, this one is by far the most important.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)as well as other issues that would go before the court. Because right now I still think a lot of people are
expecting our President to do it all. I hate to say Scalia had good timing, but....
oasis
(49,150 posts)Sadly, with 9/11, Iraq and the economic collapse, it will never be paid in full.