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In reply to the discussion: I find myself in an uncomfortable and precarious position. While I want no Americans to suffer from this [View all]
NNadir
(37,321 posts)36. Your problem will solve itself in pulses.
How it happens and when it happens and to whom it happens might seem random, but hubris checks itself.
The cheering crowds in Berlin in 1940 when Germany defeated and humiliated France were replaced by crowds in the same city forming bucket brigade to pick through the rubble on destroyed buildings.
Hubris ends up as suicide. It rains on the just and unjust alike.
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I find myself in an uncomfortable and precarious position. While I want no Americans to suffer from this [View all]
Ferrets are Cool
Apr 2025
OP
The only way out is through. Americans need to suffer, and that means you and me.
Scrivener7
Apr 2025
#1
It's like dealing with older children on an aggressive neuro- divergent spectrum ..
haele
Apr 2025
#27
Trump success means future Trump Clones/imitators. That should scare anyone. Red tie/ Blue coats lunkheads no-nothings
RoeVWade
Apr 2025
#30
Yes. That "schizophrenic" reaction to the horrible things he is doing while likewise hoping it reaches a level...
hlthe2b
Apr 2025
#3
I agree. The best I can hope for, personally, is for the pain to be temporary. And my mantra
LiberalLoner
Apr 2025
#10
I read a comment the past few days that he has an EO ready to sign to go after the guns.
CrispyQ
Apr 2025
#20
Feel the same as you. But when considering the "pain" points, I'm convinced
allegorical oracle
Apr 2025
#12
Every war has collateral damage. Some times there is pain before healing can begin.
Hotler
Apr 2025
#16
It's our time. Most Americans have rarely known the real hardship that most of the world endures.
johnnyplankton
Apr 2025
#18
It's an internal struggle for me too, but maga & low-info types need a sharp shock to shake them loose
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 2025
#22
I start to feel better when I see some of our elected officials fight back. The "shadow hearings" are a start!
usaf-vet
Apr 2025
#28
it is/was the "Any suffering is caused by one's involvement with the status quo."
stopdiggin
Apr 2025
#61
I don't blame the Left but there is blame for the Left. The GOP, the right, maga are what they are.
elocs
Apr 2025
#41
Your comment is put before a jury that you know nothing about until they hand down to you a guilty verdict when you knew
elocs
Apr 2025
#46
"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." - Kosh (Babylon 5)
ThoughtCriminal
Apr 2025
#52
Agreed. I'm a Democrat because it aligns with my own standards of morality and humanism - I'm certainly not going to
Midwestern Democrat
Apr 2025
#63