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In reply to the discussion: I live in deep red rural Pa. [View all]Diablo del sol
(424 posts)I wasn't laughing at your OP.
Can't say I can fully understand your pain and situation as I live in a purple 'burb in a very blue state.
Do agree that tRump supporters can't be trusted. My street is likely pretty close to 50/50 R/D. There is not one R that I would trust not to support a purge of liberals if given a chance or at most with a minimal amount of pressure.
Yet some want to keep pushing the reach out to them, don't upset the status quo. Most of these people are old enough to be first hand witnesses to what Rs have done over the past 40 years, most are likely comfortable, paid off mortgage or close to it, have decent savings for retirement, etc.
We may have reached a point of no return. I was in the 'we need to fight harder' camp. Things are worth fighting for and if we ban together we can win. Issue is I see too many on the "D" side chide liberals, those fighting the hardest day to day are being told to be patient, on numerous issues. So I am now leaning towards a point of view that many are too afraid to fight. And like the Repubs who use the uneducated rural voters to fight the battles then ignore the same people, there seem to be a group of Ds who are more than happy to take votes from the hard working liberals but aren't ready to put anything at risk to help in saving this Democracy. Really sad!
With the SC decision yesterday, I have been pushed over the edge. Spent a couple hours today looking at what it takes to move to Canada, looking at housing in Canada, (more damn expensive than I thought) as a plan needs to be put together prior to next summer. Because I don't believe we can over estimate the depths your every day R will sink to, and I don't believe we have enough fighters on our side willing to fight what is the largest threat to our Democracy in almost 100 years.