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sinkingfeeling

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31. Yes. The threats, lies, and violence on the right is making it impossible for even sane,

Reply to Cyrano (Original post)

Tue Oct 26, 2021, 06:17 PM

Oct 2021

local people to sit on school boards or run for city councils. Watch and see if they won't go after anyone who dares serve on juries in cases like Charlottesville and 1/6 defendants. You can't have democracy when 25% of the population continually intimidate voters. Add that to GQP gerrymandering and voter suppression, and presto, democracy dead.

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Are we close to losing our democracy? [View all] Cyrano Oct 2021 OP

In agreement on voting rights JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #1

Voting rights must be THE ONLY priority. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #2

But...what about arcane Congressional traditions? Surely those are more important! NullTuples Oct 2021 #9

Sarcasm tinged with TRUTH and by "tinged" I mean FLOODED! BamaRefugee Oct 2021 #15

A veritable flooded truthchasm. jaxexpat Oct 2021 #19

A Truth Tsunami coursing through the Grand Canyon of Caustic Commentary. BamaRefugee Oct 2021 #33

You have far more hope than I do based on this comment Eliot Rosewater Oct 2021 #3

But when the appeals reach the USSC everything will come out okay, right? jaxexpat Oct 2021 #22

I agree our side doesn't know what to do. CrispyQ Oct 2021 #4

We've already lost it. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 2021 #5

Get this to the far back pages LW1977 Oct 2021 #6

Would you care to be more specific? Cyrano Oct 2021 #10

If one side is only willing to hold the status quo & the other uses every trick to ratchet... NullTuples Oct 2021 #7

as long as fascists and the fascists big money handlers are allowed to participate in our political yaesu Oct 2021 #8

Pound for pound, I think the American Bund Party of the 1930s came closest. Torchlight Oct 2021 #11

Hopefully, your last two paragraphs are prophetic Cyrano Oct 2021 #14

Until the winner is the one who gets the most votes, yes superpatriotman Oct 2021 #12

But golly gee willikers, can't we just GOTV and WIN BIG in 2022? Fiendish Thingy Oct 2021 #13

Absolutely true! Voting is the first, second, and third priority. Who's gonna lead this? housecat Oct 2021 #16

Probably. It won't happen in the years that I have remaining... NurseJackie Oct 2021 #17

All of this NJ JustAnotherGen Oct 2021 #28

Here is what strikes me to my very core. Efilroft Sul Oct 2021 #18

Manchin/Sinema Cyrano Oct 2021 #20

I'm hoping that the Texas abortion law will be a wakeup call for younger voters. Lonestarblue Oct 2021 #21

" IMO, the majority of the people in this country are clueless...." HUAJIAO Oct 2021 #23

With this kind of doom and gloom... Xolodno Oct 2021 #24

Yes. hamsterjill Oct 2021 #25

"I'm saying that Republicans are ruthless barbarians soldierant Oct 2021 #26

We're an oligarchy TheFarseer Oct 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author ancianita Oct 2021 #29

NO...not at all...So you want proof do you?..Just 4 words:" Barack Obama, Joe Biden" Stuart G Oct 2021 #30

Thank you. I'm going to look for your hopeful posts from now on. ancianita Oct 2021 #32

Yes. The threats, lies, and violence on the right is making it impossible for even sane, sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #31