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18. "our leaders... think what they say has no consequences"? not at all, they know it has consequences

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2017, 04:52 PM

Feb 2017

and they think they can profit from them.

they are more than happy to have a few violent extremists (homegrown or otherwise) commit a few acts of terrorism.

they'll just say, see i told you so and demand the curtailment of more liberties and enjoy a bump in the polls.

our institutions are broken. we lack an effective way to make politicians pay a price for their stochastic terrorism. there's too much incentive to re-elect incumbents and too many overly safe districts. not to mention heavy propaganda and a whole lot of voter suppression.

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Charles P. Pierce: We Know How This Ends [View all] babylonsister Feb 2017 OP

Kick 'n' Rec pat_k Feb 2017 #1

K & R ...... nt Wounded Bear Feb 2017 #2

It's FEAR. Plain and simple. "Less Republican" does NOT equal "less American" CousinIT Feb 2017 #3

KICK@! Cha Feb 2017 #4

K&R! gademocrat7 Feb 2017 #5

Timothy McVeigh. Some of us don't forget that a daycare center was in that building.... Hekate Feb 2017 #6

and the far-reaching implications that the aftermath wrought Horse with no Name Feb 2017 #8

Which country did Timothy McVeigh immigrate from as a refugee? IronLionZion Feb 2017 #14

We actually had to remind an elderly uncle murielm99 Feb 2017 #20

I believe both McVeigh and Nichols NewJeffCT Feb 2017 #22

K&R Solly Mack Feb 2017 #7

What do you suppose the home-grown radicals will do with their slightly belated Christmas present? Girard442 Feb 2017 #9

K & R for Charles Pierce. Dark n Stormy Knight Feb 2017 #10

I LOVE Charlie Pierce. calimary Feb 2017 #11

heartsick k andr niyad Feb 2017 #12

K&R. Thanks, Charlie Pierce. Paladin Feb 2017 #13

McVeigh thought he had a microchip implanted in his head... ymetca Feb 2017 #15

I had a strange experience at the Oklahoma City Memorial pamela Feb 2017 #16

These coutured skinheads aren't just willing to break a few eggs... dchill Feb 2017 #17

"our leaders... think what they say has no consequences"? not at all, they know it has consequences unblock Feb 2017 #18

And let's be aware, Pierce is referring to the Southern Strategy when he says this: BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #19

There it is... IthinkThereforeIAM Feb 2017 #28

And supporters in high places. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #29

Here you go... IthinkThereforeIAM Feb 2017 #30

Thank you!!!! BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2017 #31

White Supremacist killed 6 people in Quebec 5 days ago. He's anti-immigrant & a tRump licker. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #21

And Trump the terrorist hunter has not tweeted a single word about that terrorist incident workinclasszero Feb 2017 #24

I lived in Oklahoma City for awhile. I took everyone who visited me to that memorial. a la izquierda Feb 2017 #23

The part about the police is spot on. wildeyed Feb 2017 #25

As usual, he is right. DK504 Feb 2017 #26

"There is also a clear tube containing hundreds of watches, all stopped at 9:03." Native Feb 2017 #27