@mas1581 I just read Heather Cox Richardson's brief for today, and she addresses exactly what you're saying. I can't wait until seniors who support him find out that he's basically going to terminate their SSI and Medicare. Oh, boy...*that* will be an explosion!
I am now getting non stop emails from a supposedly democratic organization but I'm not sure who they are. The AARP warns that elderly citizens are getting scammed by supposedly political organizations. How to tell what is what? This one is called stop-republicans.org. I don't get a good feeling and never donate anyway to PACs, just to candidates themselves. But anyone know these guys?
I checked them out on opensecrets.org but hard to tell.
I looked at it.
It appears to be a legit PAC, however their activities are overly aggressive and spammy.
I would Unsubscribe if possible, and if not, keep reporting them as spam through your email app. You can also set a filter in your email to delete them automatically before it gets to your inbox.
Not nefarious, but also not a good look for anyone on the Left.
Kanye has Republican backers helping him get on state ballots. It is really kind of predatory. I just read he was thrown off the ballot in Illinois d/t fake signatures. This is a nothing burger but I would not be surprised to hear of Kanye seeking medical care/retreat after this.
@Rowsella, makes you wonder why people would vote for him still... No-one can be *that* vapid can they?
I am going to say something that will probably be very unpopular, and will probably face backlash here, but it needs to be said. I am hopeful that those of you who deal with the Trump voters who use the "we must vote Republican and for Trump because he is God's choice" will use it, because I have used it multiple times in the previous two weeks and I have effectively shut them down.
Basically, if those Trump supporters use the "God is on our side" mentality, then go back at them with "Covid-19 is our punishment for supporting Trump and anti-Christian beliefs."
Is this cruel? Unjust? Perhaps. But I am tired of people trying to tie faith to political beliefs, so using this line of attack is my only defense.
My argument is this: For the last decade or so, our world has become increasingly divided. There are the have and the have nots, and people who are not native to a country are told to "get out." We have seen it in Brexit (part of the propaganda for the movement was due to anti-immigration sentiment), America's "lock the children up in cages," Israel's annexation of the West Bank, multiple attempts by the radical right to paint an "us v. them" mentality, etc.
(See continuation. I can't post over a certain number of words).
For years, we have told people that it is us first and them last. We have become unwelcoming, ungracious, and downright hostile as our neighbors, the very people we are commanded by God to love, are dying at our doorstep. We shrugged our shoulders as children were separated from their parents and locked in cages, not even allowed any contact with their families in either letters, phone calls, or internet, which is something that even our worst criminals are allowed.
And then Covid-19 hit.
You would think that these isolationists would be thrilled. But they are not. They are dealing with shut downs and no contact orders. They are being isolated from their families and friends. Not nearly to the extent that the children of immigrants are, but enough for them to feel that sense of loss.
And so I tell these Trump supporters "you wanted to separate children at the border from their families. And now God is separating you from your loved ones with Covid 19. What message do you think God is sending to you?"
Whether you believe in God, Allah, Jehovah, karma, the universe, it all amounts to the same thing. What goes around comes around. And if we continue to ignore the message, I shudder to think what will happen next.
So if you face a Trump supporter with a God complex, then please bring this up. They need to be reminded that their beliefs can be turned on them and thus cannot be used as justification for supporting evil and evil men.
@allyn I see you as a warrior and a light worker who lives in a difficult area that requires constant warrior energy. I understand your reason for telling people to tell others that covid is god's punishment upon them. You think it is the only language they will understand. But since you don't believe it yourself, then I would not tell anyone that. While it's tempting to put that message out to people in order to get them to do something good, you inadvertently hurt your lightworker self by deceiving, by judging others that way, and by speaking hubristically for God, whatever God is.
I don’t believe that God, whatever God is, is punishing anyone. It’s pretty judgmental to say that and I do believe he who judges shall be judged. Not that I haven’t had and spoken judgmental thoughts like that myself, but I know they are lower level thoughts.
When I am guided by my higher angels, I wouldn't judge people that way and I personally don’t believe that God is some judgmental force anyway.
I think of the truth as the best message: my truth about this situation is that we evolved in a beautiful garden we call earth from eons of adapting to these extraordinary conditions.
Because we truly are all one, all radically interconnected, we can’t act just for ourselves without bringing those actions back upon ourselves. So when we support dark leaders who lie out of greed and when we treat the earth as a supply house and sewer, then we are harming ourselves. And that harm will eventually backfire upon us.
If that information is too difficult for some to understand then they will understand once the pandemic and its sequels hit them first hand.
I’ve never found deception to work very well for long, even when I wanted to deceive someone for a higher purpose.
Although frustration with T and his cronies are with us all, I thought it positive to think of the future and what the change we all desire would look like. Besides the issues with inequality, climate and so on it probably starts with a different view of the economy. Since the capitalist idea undermines efforts to deal with climate change for example.
I think I have mentioned this before some time ago, but never provided the link. Since we're talking about progression of society, taxes come to mind. This gentleman is from The Netherlands and caused a ruckus last year when Tucker Carlson cursed him out.
If you talk progressive, this guy is it;-)
This is an interview with him on the Daily Show. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it. He clarifies some ideas here and has also written a couple of books on the topic. I think this is the road people like AOC will go down on and, hopefully, change the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbTWxFwuQtM