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[Deleted member 41765]

Wow. Silence on this, thread friends? The Charlottesville situation is escalating and David Duke, the white supremacist, has been quoted as saying this type of violent bs is why he voted for Trump. And all of this has me reflecting on the constitution and our supposed inherent allegiance to it.

And again, these people are scheduled to be in MY city on August 27th.

 

[hodge]

I am totally disgusted and nearly speechless. I really think this is a result of idiot white men feeling threatened because of our democracy, how we have slowly moved toward equal rights. And they can't handle it. Well, f*ck them!!!

Eh, maybe I need to take this to the swearish rant thread.

 

[hodge]

But seriously, they are the biggest danger to our country. Even more so than Russia, I think. They are the ones who voted for Trump. They have endless resentments and no empathy for others.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

@hodge thanks for chiming in. A "swearish rant thread"? Does this exist? Or perhaps it is better for me not to know.

 

[hodge]

My hubby sometimes references the 14% jerk rule -- that 14% of any population is a jerk. I'm beginning to think that number should be higher. Like the 32% Trump still has approving him.

 

[hodge]

@hodge thanks for chiming in. A "swearish rant thread"? Does this exist? Or perhap...

Oh, yeah. Friday started it. It really comes in handy sometimes. It's under Social.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

But seriously, they are the biggest danger to our country. Even more so than Russia, I think. They are th...

And little education. I can attest for every public school teacher out there that if we weren't painted into a fiscal corner we WOULD NOT be teaching to any form of standardized test! That said, I refuse to.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

My hubby sometimes references the 14% jerk rule -- that 14% of any population is a jerk. I'm beginning to...

And another percentage for those approving of the *processes* behind those approvals.

 

[hodge]

When I was in high school in Michigan, we were required to take a government class in order to graduate. Our government teacher was a joke. He was high and/or drunk most of the time and conveyed very little useful information to us. That was also in Macomb County, one of the hotbeds of Trumpism now. So, you can kind of figure why people there are so uneducated. I had a real hard time growing up there. I literally dumbed myself down in order to fit in and not get bullied. When I finally got to college in Ann Arbor, I felt like a butterfly.

 

[Deleted member 41765]

I felt that way too. ❤ I am glad you (and I) got out. NYC public education for me, and not one of the "good magnet schools". And yet, I went on to a masters degree and a teaching credential. Sigh.

 

[Tornadic Thoughts]

I'm on the outskirts of the Charlottesville scene. It's typically a very peaceful place. Not today. Sickening. f*ck the hate.

 

[hodge]

Meh, TT. just know a lot of us are mourning and kicking with you.

I've been a lot more vocal on this on FB. I am outraged and horrified.