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ck4829

(34,977 posts)
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 05:15 PM Aug 2017

Infighting, running people in red areas, etc. doesn't matter if we're not fighting *It*

Not the Stephen King book, but very similar. We have a critical social problem in this country, and while I can not define what It is, I can give you all examples of this thing, this syndrome if you will, you have seen it, or something similar to what I am about to describe, and some of you may deny it completely, others may that it does exist and is a fringe thing, it has without a doubt become normalized by the recent 'election' and processes afterwards.

It is...

Somebody agreeing to every. Single. One. Of. These. Images. Simultaneously.

People who would rather have unemployment, an opioid crisis in their neighborhood, alienation, and I don't think it's that much of an exaggeration to say they would scratch out their own eyes than be "bossed around" by some college liberal and/or minority.

A person who says they actually think it is better (For some unexplained reason) to be shot by a "Jason Dalton" as opposed to a "Muhammad".

The politicians and media which attempt to shame people who want healthcare and education for all as unreasonable and even insane while normalizing the alt/far right and three percenter-types who view "Punishment Park" as an instructional video and viewing them as partners or associates.

Cheering on tax cuts you will never benefit from and sending death threats to a woman (and her young son) who posts a medical bill showing how her family benefits from the ACA because you are convinced that you are "temporarily not-rich" and the sick is simply the "other" that you are sure you will never be.

These people and institutions who push GLBTQ-Americans as predators just waiting to strike, Muslim-Americans as potential enemies, the millennial American as "killing everything", the college educated American as worthless, and the liberal American as horrific while pushing an autocrat in the Kremlin who invades allies, murders dissidents, blows up a civilian airplane, and slings polonium as our greatest ally.

Notice how I didn't mention Trump, that's because It is bigger than Trump, with his administration and all the double standards and attempts to normalize what is going on as just another manifestation of It.

Going forward, we have to out-organize It, we have to debunk and discredit tropes and cliches associated with It, we have to defund and find ways to destroy institutions which push It, and while we have to vote against It when this system is pushed by people and issues, if we're not finding ways to resist and mitigate It in a multitude of ways every day starting today, then we're not going to win ever again. Period.

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Infighting, running people in red areas, etc. doesn't matter if we're not fighting *It* (Original Post) ck4829 Aug 2017 OP
Exactly. Hear, hear! onecaliberal Aug 2017 #1
I frequently think that we can not remain a united states Fresh_Start Aug 2017 #2
I'm afraid we're getting there myself ck4829 Aug 2017 #4
As am I. BannonsLiver Aug 2017 #5
We had a program of denazification for Germany following world war 2 ck4829 Aug 2017 #7
It basically started in 1980 with Reagan. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #3
Ah yes, all of the sudden there was the mythical welfare queen ck4829 Aug 2017 #6
Well said. A kick and a hearty rec. Mister Ed Aug 2017 #8

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
2. I frequently think that we can not remain a united states
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 05:30 PM
Aug 2017

too many citizens hate other americans so much that they'd rather hurt themselves and their families rather than to share the country and its many riches with those others.

BannonsLiver

(16,162 posts)
5. As am I.
Fri Aug 4, 2017, 06:47 PM
Aug 2017

I spent the 4th of July contemplating if it might had been better if the British had won or if the Civil War were fought to a stalemate and the country formally split on a permanent basis.

ck4829

(34,977 posts)
7. We had a program of denazification for Germany following world war 2
Sat Aug 5, 2017, 08:45 AM
Aug 2017

It's a real shame there was no similar program following the civil war.

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