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In reply to the discussion: a former friend who went full maga died last night [View all]mountain grammy
(28,710 posts)31. You chose to participate when you posted on the tread
and that's fine, just say you disagree and leave it there, because you did choose to participate by saying much more than than that and then being judgmental.
People are stressed and scared. We are being confronted by pure evil and it's not being stopped. Tell those people sent to El Salvador or stuck in a stinking, overcrowded American detention center with no end in sight that "hate is corrosive and I choose not to participate"
We all know hate is corrosive, but sometimes it's all we got. I hope everyday that trump drops dead!!!
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I'd hazard he's been brain dead for some nine years. Body just caught up with the mind . . .
Journeyman
Mar 2025
#2
is there a point to this? ARE YOU GOING TO SIT THERE AND PLAY "WHAT ABOUT ISMS"?
Conjuay
Mar 2025
#20
I think it's important for people to describe WHY they disagree with something.
WarGamer
Mar 2025
#42
Life is short and our capacity to care about mean, nasty, stupid people
Whyisthisstillclose
Mar 2025
#15
Your friend died all the way back then, your greif largely dealt with as time passed.
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2025
#19
Thankfully, my GP's office just runs announcements about the practice
Prof. Toru Tanaka
Apr 2025
#61
I don't actively wish for anyone's death, but I don't mourn them, either.
mucholderthandirt
Apr 2025
#69