When it's all over, I don't want peace with Freepers

[EstimatedProphet]

Eventually all the political shenanigans by the Republicans will be forced to stop, if for nothing else than they have embarrassed themselves too much. When that time comes, I don't want to have a big make-up with freepers. I'm tired of their crap. I'm tired of the illiterate "Yew lieberals are loosers!" idiotic statements. I don't want to shake their hands and say all is forgiven. They are failed people. I don't want them around me.

[Nimrod2005]

1. Unfortunately, it won't come to this, there won't be

a day when we work together again...Bush divided America and the world for good.

[maximovich]

13. They Sure Are A Miserable Lot

Their pure hatred is a sickness. I'd rather be with people who are more accepting myself. Their silly dellusional click reminds me of high school.

[tenshi816]

35. It was divided before the Dumbass came to power,

but he didn't help anything by calling himself a "uniter" and then making it clear that he's only willing to work only with people who believe in what he believes in. * didn't divide America, he just helped make the chasm wider.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Their self-destruction is a sure thing...

it's already begun.. like lemmings running off a cliff...
their "movement" of hate is falling to pieces.

[EstimatedProphet]

3. Not fast enough.

[shenmue]

4. Me either

There are certain people who are never going to like us. They're being disingenous if they say we ever had a chance to win them over. I'm tired of the self-hating, cringing types who say we have to try. You can't cater to everybody. You have to just be yourself.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

8. I couldn't agree with you more

You set your standards and you live with them.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. I doubt seriously

that day will come, and they don't want to be friends with us, either.

We will be here forever railing at their poor spelling, illiteracy, and their failure as human beings.

And the circle, it goes round and round...and the painted horses go up and down.

[mopaul]

6. fuck em', i'll never forgive them

[porphyrian]

11. Their all fucking traitors as far as I'm concerned.

If they aren't actively working to stop the traitors in their party, I don't want anything to do with them. May not be fair, but I'm too tired to give a fuck.

[NNN0LHI]

7. This is a joke post right? Right?

You can tell us all now it was a joke. It was funny too.

Don

[xchrom]

9. please -- don't make me go there!

cause me neither.

i live in the bay area -- and i love it here.
very progressive, barbara lee is my rep, ron dellums is about to be my mayor.

i get very depressed when i think about other parts of the country and the shambles people have allowed freepers to make of the country.

[burythehatchet]

10. You will have a change of heart

because you will put the good of the community before your personal needs. That's what defines a liberal.

[raccoon]

15. That one's a keeper. nt

[Bluerthanblue]

21. WISDOM in a nutshell- so well said Burythehatchet

it goes to the heart of the difference between 'us' and 'them'-
And the only reason for hope.

[leftstreet]

12. I'd be willing to donate to a Recovering Republicans organization

:-)

[Greyhound]

14. Secession is the answer! Forced emigration to Jesusland

and we can go to the Newly United States of Canada(?).

[natrat]

16. i can't really mention how i feel about fundies,thugs etc

i would be arrested i'm sure

[EFerrari]

17. How many people can we put on "ignore" at the same time?

lol

/typo

[Fovea]

18. For two years and more now

I have been saying that America is not going to survive as one country.

I would love to say that I was wrong, but frankly now, more than ever, I think I am right. We are going to lose parts of the former US to FreeperLand. Look at any state without a major metropolitan population, and figure that they stand a good chance of joining Freeperland.

[catmandu57]

19. I don't either

I thought at one time nobody was beyond redemption, that was before I knew that people such as them existed. I feverently believe now that there isn't any redeeming value in that crew and every damn one of them should have stakes driven through their black shriveled hearts.
At the very least they should be put aside somewhere away from civilized society where they can feed upon the fear and hatred they embrace.

[Seabiscuit]

20. Forgiving freepers is like inviting "God Warrior" to move in with you

to set new rules for you to live by.

[MADem]

22. Heh, heh

I have a feeling that many of them will do what they always do, slink away, and DENY that they ever supported the Monkey in the first place. Why, years from now, it would not surprise me if a poll of people asking who they voted for in 04 shows that, according to self-reported votes, Kerry should have won 80 percent of the popular vote! I remember in the post-Watergate era, it was hard to find ANYONE who voted for Nixon--and I'm not just talking about the "don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts" crowd, either!

People hate being reminded that they actually backed those who turn out to be history's great losers. So sometimes they cut the cloth of their memory to fit the measure of their perceptions of themselves.

[EstimatedProphet]

33. That's exactly true

they'll do what they did the last 2 times we got rid of them-they'll crawl back under their rocks and hide until their favorite dictator comes along again. then they'll be right back out there, trying to destroy everything.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

23. I don't know how I feel about that, quite frankly.

I perfectly understand where you're coming from, and part of me definitely feels that way too.

The other part of me truly wishes and believes we need to get back to the days when compromise was possible. I'm really tired of the 'all or nothing' attitude that prevails and all of the acrimony and bitterness surrounding our government. Neither side has ever had all the answers, but in coming together, we've been able to navigate a couple of hundred years of relatively smooth sailing. But now we've gotten to the point where we're trying to paint a world full of different colors, and all we've got are two crayons in the box. That's just not going to get it done long term, whether you're a liberal or a conservative.

Now, I also understand that I'm not so sure we ever will be able to get back to those days. With the media being as it is, people have the option of bathing themselves solely in the point of view of their choice. No one ever has to hear out the other side if they don't want to. Instead of voices of reason prevailing, we get a sea of Coulters and Frankens, and as much as I do love Al and company, they're just as much a part of the problem as the other side.

[EstimatedProphet]

25. We can't get back to those days-not while they're around

Why? Read Free Republic and see. the rhetoric from the right isn't about reasonably trying to solve problems, it's about chest-thumping and hate.

THEY are the ones who started this. THEY are the ones who call us rats and cockroaches. THEY are the ones who joke about killing liberals constantly. THEY will be the ones who will look for a way to stab us in the back if we do try to work together. It would be nice to paint a world of different colors, as you said, but they are the ones that see only in black and white.

I would love for reason to come back, but it won't when one side is hungry for extermination and torture of the other. If this rift is repairable, it will be a long time before it is fixed.

[justicewanted]

24. When it's all over, I don't want peace with Freepers

I hope that the fascism taking over this country will one day be stopped. And I agree that there are some freepers (especially on tv) who I will never trust or want anything to do with.

However, I believe there are some well meaning people who are supporting the neocons and the republican corruption. They have been lied to by their government, the msm and their religious leaders. Sadly these people are just totally conned and brainwashed. For those I feel pity and I will forgive.

[EstimatedProphet]

27. I agree with you there

there's a lot of people that have been misled. They are waking up now. It's about time too.

I'm talking about the Bush followers who support him because they like what he is doing. They like the fact that we're torturing innocent people, because it makes them feel powerful. They want the chance to do it with people they disagree with, too. I refuse to feel pity for people like that. And I know that people like to think that there must only be a few people like that, but I think the numbers are a lot bigger than anyone realizes.

[newyawker99]

28. Hi justicewanted!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Arkana]

26. Neither do I, although I don't even think they'll ever be willing

to do so.

[Horse with no Name]

29. When it's all over, my wish is for healing

of the divide in the country.
We can't continue the way it is. To do so would certainly destroy the country.
If you can take the media out of the hands of corporations and regulate it again, taking hate mongers off the airwaves, then that is a good start.
Taking corporations personhood away is another thing that needs to happen.
Also taxing the churches that won't stay out of the political arena.
Then we, as a country, must sit down and seriously figure out how we got to there from here, and work peaceably so that it doesn't ever have to happen again.
I will hold out my hand to my fellow American to breech this divide.

"He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself" George Herbert

[ComerPerro]

30. I completely agree with you

I see their continued and arrogant support of Bush as a major character flaw, and I will forever question their loyalty to the United States.

Even in 2000, I refused to take anyone who supported Bush seriously.

He was an obvious moron, but people fell in line behind him.

[EstimatedProphet]

31. I bring this up for a reason

The Bush administration is going to go down. Period. We all know that now.

What happens after that? We're focused on the administration, but what about the people that want this administration the way it is? We talk about the corporations backing Bush, but he gets support from a lot of people that are ignorant and proud of the fact-people that believe that education is brainwashing, and ignorance is a badge of pride. What about them? They LOVE Bush, not just because of the religion thing, but also because he's their role model-an ignorant cowboy with a chip on his shoulder. They're a lot bigger bloc in this country than most people think, I would bet.

If we get rid of Bush and then just go about our business, we'll be given another Bush in 10-20 years. We've already gotten rid of these people twice, and they're still here. The reason they're still here is that we've got freepers that keep trying to put them back in power.

[Greyhound]

32. Stupidity is no excuse, nor is pretended ignorance. n/t

[area51]

34. I hear you.

They're evil, traitorous to the U.S., & can't be trusted.

[WinkyDink]

36. Let'em all go to Hell.