The American Politics Thread

Frankly, I don't really give a flying fart to what you to have say further on, so I'm really done on all this completely senseless discussion (politely saying)....... 

It is a rough crowd here.. especially among the survivors of the old west forum days...this... was nothing compared to the good old days where we logged on every day to see who was blown away in the latest forum atrocity or drive by shooting haha. 

While the rest of the forum has become more respectful.. or boring... whichever way you want to see that water filled glass. You can still find it here.  Both this thread and the previous one have their share of bodies left to rot along the roadside If you want civility a political thread is likely the last place you'll find it.  It simply mirrors real life man....  there is a reason most forums make these threads hands off.  Thanks to Trujmp you can't even count on most not giving a sh*t and being apathetic...  he has done roiled up everyone. His skinhead Neanderthal ignorant followers.. and silent majority who awoke one morning in November to find...

so yeah both sides are mad, angry and was a great leap forward in the Culture War .. ie.. the 2nd American Civil War as the unnies take it a notch further and resort to violence.

Nice dramatic flair. Hyperbole and "look how edgy I am" attempt aside, I do agree with parts of it. 

Oh, before continuing does only seem fair...Europe isn't exactly immune to this either. At least only 46% of eligible voters chose Trump, an actual majority chose Brexit but I don't hold it against the entirety of the UK, nor do I hope ill will on them and if negatives come from it, they certainly don't deserve it. 

Aaaaaaaanyway, you and the right are actually correct: The US IS in decline, our culture IS degrading. But it's not due to BLM, mexicans, muslims, immigrants, gay rights, feminism, liberalism, mainstream republicans (well.....) it's due to: the hard right. Freedom of speech, (for all and with responsibilities), democracy, rule of law, tolerance, informed public discourse is all being tossed out the window. Culminating in this sad situation we're in. Add to it our celebrity worship, increasing mob mentality and willingness to defend such stuff, I really do feel like we're the Roman Empire in decline. 

Yes, Trump's comments were appalling. Even more so, his refusal (literally walked out of the room) to answer the question: Do you want support from white nationalists. Says all you need. 

So now that, 2 days later after an ocean of criticism, he finally acknowledged white supremacists were there and that has no place in the US, no one outside his cult believes it. This isn't even the first time he's danced around upsetting white nationalists, refused to denounce David Duke just said "I dont know that guy" and later "OK I'll denounce him, if it'll make you feel better" This is the President of the United States of America.....

History is indeed repeating. Difference is it's actually happening here this time. Thank god Trump is lazy, incompetent and seems to not really care. Imagine if he was driven, we'd really be f**ked. Still, incompetence is the glove in which truly bad people slip their hand into. Bannon, Jeff Sessions are the people who truly scare the crap out of me. With special shoutouts to Rick Perry, Mnuchin, Ross, Devos and many others who strike me as less evil, more standard greedy rich folk who just want to give the economy over the wealthy and believe the rest should suffer since they're lazy mooches. That's been the case since Reagan so nothing new there. 

3 US cities lead by Berkeley, CA have passed bills stating they will divest from any company that will work on or be involved with Trump's wall. 

Just like with the Paris Agreement and the minimum wage, glad to see people are taking to local politics to stand up for the issues. 

Funny that the left is now using local government while the right is crying "You can't do that!" and seeking centralized power, be it at the federal level and state level, where Republican governors have stopped local governments from enacting higher minimum wages, environmental laws, LGBT rights, taxes etc etc 

Funny how quickly ideals fly out the window when in power eh?

Anywho, this is a great move. The Democratic Party and liberal orgs should push for this nationwide, hopefully get some big cities on board, maybe even some states. Then this would really have some bite.