fishonjazz
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I strongly believe that you are wrong (and obviously I hope that you will ultimately be proven to be). I watch and read quite a bit of left-wing media so it doesn't surprise me that some people feel the way you do. I see what a negative narrative MSNBC, CNN, NYT and WaPo are feeding people and I wonder how the audience who believes their story can take it. Meanwhile there is a lot going right in the world that they never seem to mention. I think that the people who immerse themselves in the negative narrative of the left would be very surprised at how good life is for the vast majority of us. I live in a ski town and we sure aren't experiencing the predicted climate change that the left has been melting down about (and I have decades of experience to compare the current conditions to), we sure do have a lot of happy visitors, there is certainly a ton of optimism from our clients and for business in general, businesses all over are flourishing. Life is good!As for any radicalization on my part, that occurred during the Vietnam Era. I stopped being naive about the US always wearing the white hats at that point in our history, and at that point in my life. But the emergence of Trump, and my resistance to his administration and its policies, made it clear to me just how much I do care for my country after all.
At this stage, I am a partisan for the Constitution of the United States. And I have voted for both Republcan candidates for governor, and for the US Senate. My partisanship is toward our Constitution. As such, what choice does a man have but to stand up and be counted as someone who will resist the likes of Donald Trump to his dying breath? Future generations will remember those of us who acted correctly, when we were called upon to do so.
Regadless of whether Trump wins a second term or not, future generations will remember and respect those patriotic Americans who stood up to Trump. Those who were blind to what was happening, while it was happening, will not enjoy a favorable status in the eyes of future generations of Americans. So it will be.
He meant what he said, and of course only you can say what words meant then, and now.
If anything, the intent, meaning, and determination of totalitarians claiming the mantle of "the people" only gets worse and worse, really.
quit with the stupid slurs ascribing emotions to what I say instead of focusing of the truth that I'm saying. If your cause has merit of any sort, argue that rather than being some damn little attack dog with no idea content in your remarks.
I guarantee you that you can't back that up.
That's why a few of you hate me,
And I didn't add you because though we have went after each other's throats I don't feel you've overstepped boundaries. Though we strongly disagree at least you have the wherewithal to discuss issues even if we do get heated. I respect that.
Overall, a lot of people on the DumpTrump train are actually vested in their status quo. Some are school teachers, which wouldn't ordinarily raise my hackles much, as a lot of my family relations for generations have been school teachers, and most of them democrats of the old school. But the NEA and other "causes du jour" have intensified the partisanship and intolerance beyond the appropriate bounds of "teachers". I grew up thinking the "R" label was for "Rockefeller". My high school sweetheart was a niece of Idaho's Sen. Frank Church, as I understood it, and I could claim relation to some Utah dems as well. When I worked as a peon "fly on the wall" for some years, I saw how unions have been corrupted. How many union leaders, after leading their people to accept the deal management was offering, got management positions a little later. Nobody really standing for the ordinary people any more.
Bill Clinton (and Hillary and Obama) were (are) really R for Rockefeller stooges.
Even Trump sought the Rockefeller coronation, but he choked on the idea of just leveling America with China, India, and Brazil as one of the emerging inner circle nations, and stepped up for the ordinary people of America.
I live in a ski town and we sure aren't experiencing the predicted climate change that the left has been melting down about (and I have decades of experience to compare the current conditions to), we sure do have a lot of happy visitors, there is certainly a ton of optimism from our clients and for business in general, businesses all over are flourishing. Life is good!
Now it's fuzzy again. Trump is all about enriching the wealthy and removing benefits from everyone else.