23-03-2021, 07:39 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The USA is approaching the state they the USSR had entered that led up to 1995 when the CCCP just broke apart. The differences between states had become too great which in the case of the USA corresponds to the Republican / Democrat schism and schism it now certainly is. IMO the probability of a break up of the Union is now inevitable and will be to the benefit of the people that want to live decent productive lives and leave the Dems to sink into the mire that they obviously feel comfortable in.Just build very strong defences to protect the Republicans from the parasitic Dems - they'll be needed.
23-03-2021, 07:50 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by zuludog
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It looks like the Yanks are recovering from The Lockdown and getting back to normal
Vaccines are flowing, spring is here, schools and universities are getting back into brick and mortar teaching, people are busy at work, families are off on vacation, airplanes are filling up, mask mandates are being adhered to by most, hospitals are open to all procedures and treatments, shops are full of merchandise, the economy is roaring, employment numbers are up, the stock market is up, cities and states are working together on reopening plans, Covid cases are down, Covid deaths are down.
I am working with partners to end a community effort to get food, groceries, mail, and pharmaceutical delivers to the elderly and ill who have been mostly locked down since last March - because of a lack of demand!
As bad as they are, and as seriously as they are being taken, don't use a few raindrops to assess the climate.
23-03-2021, 09:16 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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If anyone had predicted the break up of the CCCP in the 80's they would have been ridiculed and yet ----
You haven't one iota of understanding about what is going on in this country.
23-03-2021, 09:28 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by Surfermom
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Not from my understanding having been there, albeit a short time, when the CCCP was still in control - seeing all the entrepreneurship, failed factories, deplorable hospital conditions, people actively practicing Russian Orthodoxy, people keeping their heads down and building lives beyond the restrictions in place, ...the signs and rumblings were everywhere. I remember coming back and telling people that what I had seen was a facade of control that was presented to the west and that it wouldn't last forever. It just moved forward faster than expected. You haven't one iota of understanding about what is going on in this country.
23-03-2021, 09:56 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by Surfermom
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It has been said that the anger brewing from this is associated with the same mentality of the extreme right wing that supported Trump and stormed the Capitol.Working class jobs are disappearing, women are giving preference in school admissions, fellowships, and hiring, and young men are getting lost in the deep black hole of the dark side of the internet. People who used to get out and do things are sitting in the dark endlessly lost in the online video game world, pornography websites, conspiracy theory websites, radical news organizations, etc.
I would argue that technology has made us too socially distant (I'm not talking about Covid) from one another anymore. Gone are the days of checking on each other, community organizations, groups sports, being involved neighbors, sitting on the front porch chatting, you name it. Then, of course, is the obvious problem of unstable people having too much access to guns.
I really think that many young and middle-aged men are struggling to find value, purpose, and appreciation.
Brilliant post, and something I've been banging on about for ages. These kids get their ideas from somewhere. The bad side of the Internet, film and TV....
And very impressionable minds...It only takes one.
23-03-2021, 10:04 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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The USA is approaching the state they the USSR had entered that led up to 1995 when the CCCP just broke apart. The differences between states had become too great which in the case of the USA corresponds to the Republican / Democrat schism and schism it now certainly is. IMO the probability of a break up of the Union is now inevitable and will be to the benefit of the people that want to live decent productive lives and leave the Dems to sink into the mire that they obviously feel comfortable in.Just build very strong defences to protect the Republicans from the parasitic Dems - they'll be needed.
No ,all they need to do is electrocute ALL of the NRA !!
Mind you, that would probably allow the Indians to get their
land back at last ??
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔🤔
23-03-2021, 10:13 PM
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Re: Another mass shooting in America.
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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I was going to highlight the bits I agreed with Surfermom, but I would have had to highlight it all...Brilliant post, and something I've been banging on about for ages. These kids get their ideas from somewhere. The bad side of the Internet, film and TV....
And very impressionable minds...It only takes one.
Donkeyman! 🤔🤔
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