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anyone else find it concerning that discussion of the purpose of the second amendment will get us banned from this and most other websites?

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She’s not wrong. But she should be careful. She has a Hispanic-sounding name and brown skin. Key demographic to get deported (without trial) to a concentration camp ala’ trump.

EDIT: I didn’t mean “be careful” as in “don’t say these things,” I agree with you all-she should DEFINITELY say these things. I mean “be careful” as in “don’t walk to your car unattended, answer the door without checking, talk to police, or take any meetings with someone you don’t know.” - that sort of careful.

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She’s literally part of the organizations that should be taking action. It’s not supposed to be our job. Senators and representatives are the ones paid to be the checks and balances. The bar has been set so low now that someone in the government saying what is going on is wrong is seen as a win. The bar is buried underground at this point.

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it’s tripping hazard in hell, but democrats have convince everyone that it’s okay because it’s a dry heat.

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I didn’t mean “be careful” as in “don’t say these things,” I agree with you -she should DEFINITELY say these things. I mean “be careful” as in “don’t walk to your car unattended, answer the door without checking, talk to police, or take any meetings with someone you don’t know.” - that sort of careful.

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Ah, ok. Well that makes sense. I’m sure that she’s already taking precautions because who knows when Ben Shapiro or Elon Musk are going to show up and try to steal her shoes.

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It’s not supposed to be our job.

We are the managers. And, well, we’ve been pretty slack.

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It’s not supposed to be our job.

Too much buck pushing in the good ol USA. It is, in fact, our civic duty to be active citizens that hold our elected representatives accountable. Our continual evasion of this responsibility is a large part of what landed us here.

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that a large portion of the “not our job” folks were the same ones wholly blaming the Russian people for not hanging Putin in the town square.

We’ve lost all sense of duty and honor in favor of the almighty dollar in this country. Yes, our representatives should be holding Trump accountable, but we the people voted his tired, rapist ass back into office.

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Fuck that fearmongering shit.

AOC rocks, and everybody who talks like her rocks.

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I’m actually happy that she’s willing to take the risk.

We wouldn’t be here if more people had taken risks before now.

Looking at you judge Juan Merchan. Capitulation doesn’t protect you from fascists.

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I don’t think she should be careful. If anything, being as loud as possible and staying in the public eye is what all Democrats should be doing. Because if they do start deporting people that actually speak the truth everyone will know when and how it happens. You can’t hide it and they can’t effectively make a move against her that won’t be seen by the entire world. And I think it’s a sign that we all need to start doing this. If we’re loud and seen instead of raging behind our phone screens it’s a lot harder for people to just disappear.

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I didn’t mean “be careful” as in “don’t say these things,” I agree with you -she should DEFINITELY say these things. I mean “be careful” as in “don’t walk to your car unattended, answer the door without checking, talk to police, or take any meetings with someone you don’t know.” - that sort of careful.

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Oh yeah, definitely. I just want her to be safe but also not back down even a little bit. She’s making waves and needs to continue to do so.

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Exactly. We are in this mess because the Democrats and the media immediately declared an obviously rigged election to be “fair & square” the moment it was over. Being smug about the “peaceful transfer of power” was more important to those weak cowards than protecting America from being destroyed by vicious Nazi traitors.

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We are in this mess because the Democrats and the media immediately declared an obviously rigged election to be “fair & square” the moment it was over.

What’s your evidence it wasn’t fair and square? I mean actual sources, not the previously generalized high-level accusations like “they faked the vote count”. I’d be very interested to see them.

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We need more people prepared to not be careful. Being careful means acquiescing to oppression in silence. Real resistance means taking risks.

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I didn’t mean “be careful” as in “don’t say these things,” I agree with you -she should DEFINITELY say these things. I mean “be careful” as in “don’t walk to your car unattended, answer the door without checking, talk to police, or take any meetings with someone you don’t know.” - that sort of careful.

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if she is detained and deported i will literally disown every relative of mine in the US if they dont actively riot.

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If enough people could have believed this when we were shouting it back in November, she would have had to say this.

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What a babe

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In fact, if she was president, she’d be called Baberaham Lincoln.

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Her and Bernie just had the largest political rally in Idaho since 08 Obama…

The people don’t want trump

But the people don’t want a shitbird neoliberals either.

For the vast amount of Dem voters, there’s gonna be at least a 20 year gap between them being able to vote for something rather than just to stop a Republican.

Luckily we finally kicked the “moderates” out of DNC leadership for this first time since Jimmy Carter, longer than most of us have been alive they’ve had control to the detriment of America.

The reason mainstream media is finally ok with criticizing Dems. Is the neoliberals aren’t in control anymore. So now the billionaires want Dem voters to fight the DNC.

Because billionaires no longer control the DNC

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at least a 20 year gap between them being able to vote for something rather than just to stop a Republican.

If they can’t do it twice in a row, what’s the chance of 5 in a row?

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