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- Benzi...
The best thing I’ve done ( to "...get rid of the MAGA nonsense and move forward.") is creating real life friendships with people who voted for Trump.... - annabeth...
- amahone...
I feel as if we as a country, and a "United" people, have been in a free fall since 2016 and recent years before. I have never seen public opinion become so weaponized as it has been over these past years.... Open Question Sept 16: Abortion. What is it, and who decides?
Hey y'all, Why should we talk about abortion, when people hardly ever change their mind? How can we have an actual conversation, when the very frames—choice, or life—answer different questions (and you can be pro- or anti- on both)?... - Aaron87656...
I think we’re all looking out for a perfect process with maximum effort/ reward yield. The sphere we’re looking to build in is a directed desire ( by research ) for a specific person or candidate ; then, for them to bring our intentions to bureaucracy.... 🗳️ Are mainstream Democrat voters being sidelined by their own party's activist wing? https://www.undergroundusa.com/p/the-democrat-partys-suicidal-embrace #DemocratParty #DSA #PoliticalDivide #BigTentPolitics #AmericanPolitics #Democrats... Logan, I could be wrong since I’m very new to the platform, but this is my thought. If people upvote their echo chamber and downvote their “opposition” then at least two opposing groups emerge with one “leader” (the one with the most upvotes internally within the group, ie who... - on⚠ From safe spaces to shadow bans, how long until the radical Left admits they want power, not liberty? The First Amendment is under siege! 🛡️byDonnie Darko...
If the 70-80 MILLION leftists were actually working together as they assume they do, then they'd likely HAVE to feed the beast with power. Anything less and they'd probably be snuffed-out or fall apart.... That is a bunch of rubbish in my opinion. Beyond whether or not he would get a person's vote I am much more interested to hear someone explain to me why the hate is so intense and deep seated for a guy that most have probably never even met in passing.... - Sillynut...
I believe that The value in human beings is our capacity to love. Problem with that is we have have had recently someone known anything make it okay to be bad human being. It's not okay. Racism is not okayIt's not okay. Racism is not okay.... - hotrod213...
Before WhatsApp users proliferated, India was a much more tolerant society and we had friends who often didn’t agree with our politics but no one cared much about it. Today, it’s a sharp divide and most people have little tolerance for those with divergent political views.... It’s surprising (in a helpful way—learning my biases is one of the things I’m hoping UpTrust will continuously reveal) to hear your opinion that the Dem Party has moved very far right over the years....