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moonshinegnomie

(2,984 posts)
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:20 PM Sunday

Make Republican lives miserable

If you provide professional services to known republicans ( politicians especially) drop them as clients
If you deliver goods don’t deliver to them
Take out drivers. Don’t deliver to them
Wait staff in a restaurant don’t serve them
Barber? Nope

Literally do nothing for them

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Make Republican lives miserable (Original Post) moonshinegnomie Sunday OP
Good way for a lot of people to lose their jobs bucolic_frolic Sunday #1
Or maybe apply for a job with some local RNC function Mike 03 Sunday #2
As far as I'm concerned moonshinegnomie Sunday #3
That's a MOST intriguing idea! calimary Sunday #12
Possibly satisfying and a sure way to defeat in future elections. Climate Crusader Sunday #4
I appreciate the sentiment behind your comment slightlv Sunday #10
I fear that I have less faith in their ability to see reason Orrex Sunday #15
Fixed it for ya... Think. Again. Sunday #5
Post removed Post removed Sunday #6
What "threat"? You dickbags really could use some dictionaries. nt Carlitos Brigante Sunday #7
Message auto-removed Name removed Sunday #8
How will we know who not to serve? By their little red elephant lapel pins? Ford_Prefect Sunday #9
Oops JoseBalow Sunday #11
There is keepthemhonestO Sunday #13
Trump can do it. progressoid Sunday #14
Right keepthemhonestO Monday #20
Should EMS let a guy in a MAGA hat die? TheProle Sunday #16
Hmmm, have to throw NL about that😀 33taw Sunday #17
Have been seriously considering picketing my Reps offices. czarjak Sunday #18
I work in a supermarket. johnp3907 Sunday #19

bucolic_frolic

(48,227 posts)
1. Good way for a lot of people to lose their jobs
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:23 PM
Sunday

Perhaps the idea is to create just enough underperformance to not be noticeable. So they are less satisfied but not to the point of complaining. Sort of like driving 50 mph in a 55 zone.

Mike 03

(17,944 posts)
2. Or maybe apply for a job with some local RNC function
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:25 PM
Sunday

and be so incompetent that you manage to destroy the operation.

calimary

(85,041 posts)
12. That's a MOST intriguing idea!
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 09:38 PM
Sunday

In the meantime, it'll help to start keeping track.

ANY TIME you see or hear of some stupid shit trump pulled, or said, or tried to do, make a note. WRITE IT DOWN. And share it here on DU. Maybe we need a whole separate discussion hang-out, just on this - if there isn't one already!

It'll be FANTASTIC and SHREWDLY USEFUL information for upcoming campaigns of all kinds, from local all the way to the next Presidential round.

MAKE A NOTE! WRITE IT DOWN! Maybe start a cheap little separate notebook to keep your notes in. You'll be glad you did as the midterm elections approach. It'll help you make your arguments stronger, more powerful, and far less assailable by idiot critics and numbskull loyal trumpers.

Climate Crusader

(112 posts)
4. Possibly satisfying and a sure way to defeat in future elections.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 07:28 PM
Sunday

Every time Trump pulls off an obvious blunder like freeing all J-6 convicts even hardened criminals convicted of assaulting the police, or rounding up and separating families, or raising prescription drug prices, or firing every IG, a percentage of those who voted for him, realize that they made a bad mistake. We must seek these folks out and spend the next two and four years bringing them in to our camp. Little at a time. Keeping our coalition together while adding from his disillusioned will give us the numbers we need.

We benefit from his (and their) foolish belief he has a mandate. He does not and as long as he tries to operate as if he is invincible, that is the chink in the armor.

slightlv

(4,673 posts)
10. I appreciate the sentiment behind your comment
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 09:12 PM
Sunday

of bringing the disillusioned into our camp, but it's a double-edged sword, IMO. I think it's one of the reasons the Democratic party has gotten so weak over the last decade or more. We've allowed too many "rinos" into the tent without thorough vetting, and they've hollowed out the party from within. We've gone from huge working man supporters to being in bed with too many big money men or moral ninnies. We do still have some heavy-hitter, democrat ideologically speaking, but we've also got way too many people who got disillusioned under GW and we've only grown them since then.

While we need the numbers who are definitely on our side, I worry we've got too many voter splitters are worse now. Like I said, it's a two-edged sword. Meanwhile, those of us who are dyed in the wool democrats... heavily ideological to the main-stay democratic principles... are too often felt we are pushed aside and/or ignored.

Orrex

(64,551 posts)
15. I fear that I have less faith in their ability to see reason
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 09:46 PM
Sunday

I suspect instead that they'll vow never to vote Republican again, and they'll steadfastly uphold that vow until election day, when they remember who they are, and they pull the red lever.

I've known many Republicans who've said "never again," but on the big day they're like "yeah, but..."

Response to moonshinegnomie (Original post)

Response to Carlitos Brigante (Reply #7)

keepthemhonestO

(484 posts)
13. There is
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 09:38 PM
Sunday

A chef position open at the white house. 🤪 I asked my husband if he wants to apply. No chefs want it they are guessing most chefs are too anti fascists. My hubby most definitely is.

TheProle

(3,177 posts)
16. Should EMS let a guy in a MAGA hat die?
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 09:48 PM
Sunday

Should a pharmacist not sell them their meds? Should teachers refuse certain parent-teacher conferences?

johnp3907

(3,928 posts)
19. I work in a supermarket.
Sun Jan 26, 2025, 10:14 PM
Sunday

When somone in Trump Gear comes into my department I duck out. There are some regulars who always need help finding things. Too bad. I just wait 'em out!

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