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edhopper

(37,104 posts) Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:04 PM Saturday

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Make America America Again

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MAAA (Original Post) edhopper Saturday OP

It's always been like this. There's no returning, or going back, or "again" -- just going forward. WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #1

It's not always been edhopper Saturday #2

It has always been a place where the state has used violence and the threat of violence to terrorize people, whether WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #3

So you think edhopper Saturday #4

It's definitely a feature of this country, not a bug. WhiskeyGrinder Saturday #5

It's been a bug edhopper Saturday #6

K&R orangecrush Saturday #7

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,459 posts)

1. It's always been like this. There's no returning, or going back, or "again" -- just going forward.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:05 PM

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edhopper

(37,104 posts)

2. It's not always been

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:13 PM

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a fascist dictatorship.

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,459 posts)

3. It has always been a place where the state has used violence and the threat of violence to terrorize people, whether

Reply to edhopper (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:15 PM

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they were enslaved, incarcerated, recent immigrants, Labor agitators, civil rights activists, etc.

edhopper

(37,104 posts)

4. So you think

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:36 PM

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The Trump Administration is just another Normal Presidency?

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,459 posts)

5. It's definitely a feature of this country, not a bug.

Reply to edhopper (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:40 PM

Saturday

edhopper

(37,104 posts)

6. It's been a bug

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #5)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:41 PM

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Like the flu. Now it is terminal cancer.

orangecrush

(28,706 posts)

7. K&R

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 10:48 PM

Saturday

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