Posted on 07/15/2024 6:52:44 PM PDT by John Robinson
I was chatting with the dad about this topic, and came to a conclusion regarding de-escalation: there is nothing Trump can say regardless of how well his unity message comes across because Hitler would say anything to gain power (eye roll), and there isn't much Biden can do, either. I think we're in this mess due to the MSM amplifying insane things for click$ which feeds the social media echo chambers where it is further amped.
I hate the thought that it's possible the future of our nation now lies solely in the hands of the MSM. Maybe I see signs that at least somebody controlling the programming might recognize that, maybe a war this close to home might be bad for advertising sales, and that maybe axe-grinders like Morning Joe should take a break, and the news reader on NBC seemed quite... fair, regarding the total failure of protective services for Trump.
Is that my imagination? Is there some hope we chill out? I do know cities will burn this November, but maybe, maybe... maybe... we can avoid a shooting war.
Your thoughts?
Asian Americans have the option of returning to their ancestral lands.
Post-war Ukraine might like its Jewish-American offspring to return to their ancestral land.
Keep it cool. Be patient. Observe. Think.
Keep it cool when the local weather is unfavorable for food production.
Well, hot would be the imposition of will upon the other using physical force, by whatever means necessary, but ultimately through lead and brass. (And when your "will" is to be left alone, while the other sides requires you OBEY [omg you're killin' grandma], then we all know who is throwing the first punch.)
Avoid escalation.
I suspect most people here are on the older side. The stupid young will get most of the misery they are likely to cause.
You both need to learn to read a little more carefully and understand the mind of an infantry vet. Now I’ve said too much.
You’re missing the point.
I said it reminded me of the Demotivational Shia video.
You posit that the media is different from the left. Implying that the media is Different from the Democrat party. This is like saying the thumb isn’t part of the had because it’s not a finger. They are one and the same. The media are just as dedicated to turning the USA into a third world sh!thole as are the rest of the Democrat party.
Though why they want to reduce the quality of life for hundreds of millions to the level of 100 years ago I’m not sure. The rank and file Democrat base will suffer just as much as the rest of us if they achieve their perverted goal. No air conditioning in the summer, intermittent and unreliable electricity, vehicles that require as much or more care than a horse but are still incapable of taking more than a short trip if you have a personal vehicle at all, no freedom of speech, total civilian disarmament because every Democrat knows the more helpless you are the safer you are. I could go on and on, but the possibility of this future is why we have to elect Trump with an even greater margin than the last time.
It’s time to reread Unintended Consequences, then make your own decision.
Amen.
We’re all missing the point, guess I need to go see. Tomorrow maybe, busy day though one of my stallions has a hematoma on his chest and it needs lancing. I don’t fancy being kicked in the head, I’m retarded enough so the vet has to come. Joy.
All that said, the reason for the horses ties right back into what this thread is about.
Ugh!
Good luck with the horse, that can go all kinds of weird from what I understand.
Extra treats for the horse, again good luck.
So what are the sides? Who’s fighting who?
Republicans vs Liberals?
The people vs Government?
The government already imposes their will: covid shots, lockdowns. And killing a disabled, old man that can barely walk, while knowing his daily routine. Or Roger Stone- late 60s with a sick wife, showing up with rifles, marine units as if he’s going to escape by jumping in the water.
What kind of answer is that?
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions in the first impeachment.
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions during the second impeachment.
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions when he was charged with crimes.
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions when statues were torn dodwn in the south and Colombus statues elsewhere.
You HAD CONTROL over your emotions when cities burned.
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions when they found him guilty of nonsense.
you HAD CONTROL over your emotions when they stole the election.
....you CONTROL isn’t donig a ####ing thing for our side.
Don’t give me the “emotions blind you..blah blah ...” bull ####
It’s what gets people behind vast movements.
The nation has lost “control” over its emotions for much lesser things than all of the above that I mentioned.
I’m guessing emotions were involved in the fight to have our own country. I’m guessing emotions were involved in getting behind the war effort in two world wars last century..etc
Humans aren’t robots...well not all of them...And ya know what....THANK GOD.
Sorry but your response reminds me of the “gentleman loser” George Will’s mindset.
And that terrifies me.
they want us in chaos....really PO them by being happy and peaceful....
but, also, get off the pop culture wagon....it leads to a dead end.
We cannot construct an exact timetable or an exact sequence of events, but in general I would expect a period of great troubles in both America and the world, and then a resolution brought about by the return of Jesus.
So the only advice I would give anybody is, make the most sensible plans you can to protect yourself and loved ones from the troubles, evaluate opportunities to resist evil so you don’t needlessly eliminate yourself from potential participation in better organized stages of resistance later on, and get right with God.
Civil war requires a political framework and that does not exist yet, in terms of our side having any organized political movement that would organize a military resistance; our political leaders (on our side) are working to succeed through political channels. If it becomes apparent that this is not possible (and especially if the reason is perceived to be continued electoral fraud) then I would expect a political response leading to pre-conditions for civil war or partition, but if there is partial political success then we will see a second round of Trump vs Swamp, and we cannot really foresee results of that but for success, there must be an understanding of realities based on failures of the first confrontation in 2017 to 2020. If Trump tries to fight the swamp with swamp creatures, we know that will fail.
Anyway, trust in God. Eventually you will come out to a better place. And so will America.
I answered a specific scenario, not the entire mind fuck we've allowed.
There won’t be any Civil War II because there are so may cowards out there who will volunteer by stepping back instead of forward.
The issue is the other side.
They are unable to mentally process they’ve been sucked into the abyss. Reading the comments and dismay is frightening.
Most conservatives on some level recognize the failings of Biden and just want him removed from office in some orderly fashion, not murdered, just removed.
The other side wants Trump and us dead. I recognize many of us are even considered by the government to be extremist or some sort of domestic threat because we are Christians. Or show up at schoolboard meetings, etc.
That side ...the issue is they are getting worried we will defend ourselves and sooner or later it will happen.
Younger Americans wallow in their emotions largely because they were taught to.
It does not help that the Progtard Demoncrats screwed up their own playbook.
The first time around, they waited until after the election and inauguration to fire on Fort Sumter.
Premature and immature sums up the Left.
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