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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(118,956 posts)
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 03:35 PM Nov 2024

Americans know what they want; they're going to get it

By Sid Schwab / Herald Columnist

Well, that was disappointing.

Since I’ve been wrong about the essential goodness of the American people, I can only hope I’m also wrong about the consequences of Donald Trump doing everything he’s promised with all guardrails removed.

No checks, bygone balances. Elon Musk. Stephen Miller. RFK Jr., J.D. Vance in a couple of years. Tucker Carlson. A Cabinet of unqualified yes-people. Mass deportation (if your roof needs replacing, better get it done right away). Inflationary tariffs. The Department of Justice turned into a vehicle of vengeance; the military turned against protestors. America stepping away from Ukraine and, likely, Gaza and the West Bank; handing Europe to Russia. Pulling out of NATO? The United Nations, too? Outlawing vaccines, or just mandates. Eliminating Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service. We’ll see. If so, it won’t be only blue states that will be on their own when disasters strike.

Pregnant women will die. So will the free press. Science and education will succumb to calculated ignorance. Kids will get cavities. Measles. And, maybe, polio. Pollution will sully the land, which will warm even faster. These things the voters want and we must accept that.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/schwab-americans-know-what-they-want-theyre-going-to-get-it/

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Americans know what they want; they're going to get it (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2024 OP
Red states are Traildogbob Nov 2024 #1
MAGAs don't believe anything bad will happen to them SARose Nov 2024 #2
that's the thing about fascism Skittles Nov 2024 #3
But DO THEY KNOW THIS AND REALLY WANT IT??? LymphocyteLover Nov 2024 #4
They know but don't believe it will happen to them SARose Nov 2024 #6
What would be the point? ColinC Nov 2024 #5

Traildogbob

(10,649 posts)
1. Red states are
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 03:47 PM
Nov 2024

Hit the worst with hurricanes, tornadoes and flooding. And they will get worse. Maybe we need to let them know, the MAGA folks, we will gladly slurp their salty tears and laugh when they loose everything and get zero ged help.
Maybe not, we don’t wanna be like them, but their current taunting make me wanna think the worst.
As the aide for flooding is being processed right now for WNC, the red tape will not get all that help to them before Trump sits his fat ass back in our house.
And if they think Bannon, Miller, or any of his gang will let that go through, shit in one hand and wish in the other.

SARose

(1,140 posts)
2. MAGAs don't believe anything bad will happen to them
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 04:49 PM
Nov 2024

If you intend to buy a car next year - do it now. Best stock up on pantry staples and learn to cut up a whole chicken. No nugs for you!


Skittles

(161,939 posts)
3. that's the thing about fascism
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 12:47 AM
Nov 2024

those who support it never understand they'll come for them in the end

SARose

(1,140 posts)
6. They know but don't believe it will happen to them
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 09:55 AM
Nov 2024

I can only speak about my family members. They scoff and immediately dismiss anything to do with Project 2025.

Truth be told, they can’t WAIT to see human beings rounded up, thrown in a gulag and perp walked to a train/plane. One of my family members is first generation Mexican American. Her parents accepted the Reagan Amnesty.

They believe none of this will happen to them. Best be carrying your birth certificate and/or naturalization papers everywhere you go

I truly believe San Antonio will be one of the first cities targeted by Trump with Abbott cheering him on.

These folks have no clue.

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