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3. Yep. Our Dems have GOT TO stop being nice!

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 18, 2021, 02:11 AM

Sep 2021

And above all else, STOP assuming this is a level playing field and that both sides are playing by the same rules, and with the same honor and level of courtesy!

Rules only work when BOTH SIDES fully and honestly agree to be bound by them. When only one side does so, while the opponents are in the ruthless, cut-throat “whatever it takes” mindset, the whole damn game is worthless. And seems to me that’s what’s facing us right now.

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Lincoln Project's Steve Schmidt "There's a Battle for Control of MAGA Empire" - Amanpour and Company [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 OP

I approve this message. dems want to to get along and repubs want to win. every msongs Sep 2021 #1

Yep. Our Dems have GOT TO stop being nice! calimary Sep 2021 #3

sobering Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #2

Extremely powerful, and by the end, terrifying. It is on us, the Democrats, w/ our large but fragile Hekate Sep 2021 #4

You built that, Stevie. GFY! czarjak Sep 2021 #5

It's hard to believe NJCher Sep 2021 #6

a children's pandemic. what a world. mopinko Sep 2021 #16

It's evil LittleGirl Sep 2021 #7

He really has become one of our best spokesmen, and these days you can broadcast from anywhere Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #8

I think you helped me understand him more LittleGirl Sep 2021 #9

Oh, thanks so much! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #10

All Dems wake up! Wild blueberry Sep 2021 #11

Thanks! And I couldn't agree more! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #13

My condolences, ugh Wild blueberry Sep 2021 #19

The GOP is at war with the Dems, America, and democracy. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #12

The thing that's discouraging is that the TFG-following crazies are clearly in the minority Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #14

Yes I agree. I don't think it is hyperbole to say our democracy is at stake. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #17

There has to be a way to stop their false narrative and to shut them down Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #20

Our messaging isn't meeting the moment BeyondGeography Sep 2021 #15

I agree. This is a deadly serious moment in American history. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #18

I agree as well, the MAGA followers have been allowed to control the narrative Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #21