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yardwork

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17. I'm right there with you.

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jan 8, 2026, 03:04 PM

Jan 8

I read history and I've seen this story before.

How could the German people go along with the mass deportation and murder of millions of people just because they were Jewish, gay, travelers, or just different from some arbitrary standard? Austria and Germany were the epitome of civilized nations when they let this happen.

How could people who considered themselves to be Christian enslave other people for hundreds of years, torturing, raping, murdering? Why did white European colonists think God gave them the right to murder millions of other people and take their land?

It happens over and over throughout human history.

If we survive this the lesson is that the U.S. is not special. We are not exceptional. We are human beings just like everybody else and many of us have really shitty values and behaviors.

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Ever since DJT ran for president the first time, I have seen the absolute worst of people [View all] MIButterfly Jan 8 OP

Well said! Playingmantis Jan 8 #1

Thank you, Playingmantis! MIButterfly Jan 8 #7

Monkey see, monkey do. But with lower IQs. Dave Bowman Jan 8 #2

I say "FUCK" a lot more. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 8 #3

They seem to have "burned the boats" and are going to take this hell ride to the bitter end. Blues Heron Jan 8 #4

He's continuing the tradition of no_hypocrisy Jan 8 #5

If this behavior you've described continues to spread around the country and the world, it will be the end of Fil1957 Jan 8 #6

You nailed it - KT2000 Jan 8 #8

Thank you, KT2000! MIButterfly Jan 8 #9

You couldn't be more correct, MiButterfly. Buddyzbuddy Jan 8 #10

Thank you, Buddyzbuddy! MIButterfly Jan 8 #13

Hope that the MAGA cult winds up dying alone in their later years and abandoned by their families. Crowman2009 Jan 8 #11

"Go out and be the biggest asshole you can possibly be and you'll be rewarded?" OldBaldy1701E Jan 8 #12

I'm afraid you may be right, OldBaldy1701E. MIButterfly Jan 8 #14

True, it was always the practice to kind of act like they were not behaving in that manner, but... OldBaldy1701E Jan 8 #23

In my life I have seldom wanted anything more than news of him stroking out Orrex Jan 8 #15

I hate to say it but that may be the only way we'll finally be rid of him MIButterfly Jan 8 #19

Barbarians. moondust Jan 8 #16

I'm right there with you. yardwork Jan 8 #17

I've been reading a history of the "dark ages" in Europe jmbar2 Jan 8 #24

Yes. I've thought about the plague years a lot. yardwork Jan 8 #26

I think of lot of current anti-immigrant hysteria is related to climate change migrations jmbar2 Jan 8 #30

That's it. yardwork Jan 8 #33

Couldn't agree more popsdenver Jan 8 #18

It's true here in Michigan too. MIButterfly Jan 8 #20

Texas is probably absolutely the worst. mwmisses4289 Jan 8 #25

brand car popsdenver Jan 8 #32

K&R canetoad Jan 8 #21

Thank you, canetoad! MIButterfly Jan 8 #22

Malignant Aggression 2na fisherman Jan 8 #27

Thank you, 2na fisherman, for this possible explanation. MIButterfly Jan 8 #31

Wow - that really rings true jmbar2 Jan 8 #36

I cried when I went to bed last night Jilly_in_VA Jan 8 #28

I've cried a bit lately, too. MIButterfly Jan 8 #34

The need to hurt, demean, & dominate others is the way of the world now SunImp Jan 8 #29

And isn't that a sad state of affairs? That the worst of humanity has the most influence. MIButterfly Jan 8 #35