Frylock

Translation: Don't impeach me. Oh, and I plan on grifting forever.

I wouldn't call barring him from holding any type of political office in the future as useless. It's better than sitting idly by and teaching the cultists that your violent actions don't have consequences. If the president of the united states isn't held accountable, then who is?

Those who incite terrorism should be punished immediately. There is no reason to let Trump off the hook here. Impeach him, have the national guard mobilized to take down the terrorist revolts, and throw Trump in prison. Without disciplining rotten children, they will continue to take advantage until you finally do something for them to respect you. As it stands, consistently turning the cheek for this domestic right wing terrorism will just lead to more casualties and attempted coups.

Leo, you nailed your prediction about Trump flailing and doing everything he can to burn down the system with him. So I've followed your political viewpoints closely. I don't see another con man rising to power with the same moxie to stir up primitive emotions of fear, hatred and discrimination against others like Trump was able to do with the right wing base, so my thought was that MAGA should flare down once he's out of the picture. But the endless, self-bias echo chamber of social media will not go away, and this is a scary realization. The only way that social media platforms will end their enabling of mind poisoning is if they're forced to. It will take several far more intense democracy threatening, safety infringing events than the one that occurred at the Capitol. Shit is gonna have to really hit the fan before the right-wing echo chamber that is entitely based on fiction, lies and fear ever gets policed.

Well, it also helps that Stacey Abrams assisted in registering all of the disenfranchised voters. If anything, this just proves how much the GOP rely on gerrymandering and voter suppression in order to be relevant. More southern states like Florida and Texas need a Stacey Abrams, because they for damn sure would have turned out blue this election cycle.

I used to like Corey Wayne and follow his content. But the dude has proven to be batshit insane. Just look at his twitter. Also, his relationship advice is toxic. It's too one-dimensional, doesn't add any possibility of nuance. "If she says this, do this" or "go ask out 100 girls" is just trash advice. There's no consciousness, no emotion, and takes a lot of magic out of relationships. That's not to say some of his crude advice isn't helpful. The more basic points of being an "alpha" male are worth considering and using as a reference point moving forward. But it dives too deeply into toxic masculinity, and it's stuck in a stage orange dynamic. There are better coaches out there, that are in stage green and yellow. Anyways yeah, fuck Corey Wayne and his Nazi sympathizing point of views.

Flexin' because of our ludicrous military budget isn't the the strongest of all positions, considering we could have universal healthcare for all in our country if we didn't allocate so much money just to be world police. Our hospitals and big pharma are for profit, and not for people. 85% of big pharma firms studied have committed illegal activities. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-11/uonc-fpi111720.php

@Preety_India January 20th 2021

All I'm doing is telling you why America's reputation has plummeted in the world's eyes. Sure, we're still a world leader to most countries, but in no thanks to the current president or the 74 million people that enable disinformation and botching of a public health crisis.

Sure he ain't a doctor. But he did disband the pandemic team in 2018 that sure could have helped him out in this situation instead of making witch doctor claims. Big "ouch" there, chief. https://apnews.com/article/ce014d94b64e98b7203b873e56f80e9a

Maybe shine some light into your body. That will kill the virus, Opo. ?

It sure did remind me of something https://time.com/5835244/accidental-poisonings-trump/ ?

Just gonna leave this here https://www.newsweek.com/jamestown-trump-1548653

^why are you so hostile? Americans certainly aren't "powerful" because of 74 million inbred idiots voting for a Hitler wannabe, that's for damn sure.

These MAGA boomers, man...

MAGA people wearing masks? That's rich. Maybe like 15% of them, but that's being generous. Large gatherings of any kind are stupid and dangerous right now. They're even more stupid and dangerous by people refusing to wear masks and believe it's some kind of hoax. Remember the Sturgis disaster?

So when do we get a recount on the states Trump won? Or do recounts only apply for states he loses, and somehow this mass vote fraud scheme didn't effect the senate?

He's threatening democracy and being a crybaby bitch. Zero evidence, wasting everyone's time, except for people who enjoy watching a toddler in his 70s throw the world's biggest temper tantrum.

It's fake news, dude.

The Trumpers in my family use God and the bible as an excuse, and refuse to yield to any type of rational argument. They get really seething angry when I pose my more left leaning (not even extreme left, just slightly to the left) views. They're incapable of seeing another side. I'm able to see their views and relate, because I myself used to identify as a conservative. But their rhetoric is extreme. I keep the peace as much as possible though. I know some people who have cut off their family who voted for Trump. I'm able to sympathize a bit, because I feel bad for someone who is able to do easily be brainwashed. Not that I've never been brainwashed or that I'm not brainwashed now. But I'm actively trying to become more loving and objective. Anyways, this whole election cycle, and reflection of the past 4 years, has stirred up some anxiety in me. Probably will need to just unplug for a while, but it's hard to when the country I love has a lot going on right now.

Yeah, you see, this country allowed the slave owners and southern soldiers/generals to be free after the Civil War. No trial against them. They were allowed to run off and continue to deeply sow the seeds of racist discord. Nothing is going to happen to MAGAts. They'll be allowed to continue to spout off their rhetoric with zero repercussion or rebuke from the government.

Well yes, we need our leaders to denounce white supremacy, and allow the FBI to root it out of all organizations, especially the police force. Also need to denounce and control alt right terrorism. That won't happen overnight, and obviously there's a lot of groundwork needed before we can unify. But the message of unity is basic and an obvious end goal that comes after the fight against radical ideologies. Hopefully Biden and the democrats will actually take the required steps instead of just airing empty fantasies and hope.

What I'm asking is that if the message of unity isn't the answer, then what is? Genuinely curious on how this country can begin to heal.

Then what's needed? More divisiveness and a civil war? May the best side win?

Unity absolutely is the message that Biden and the democrats need to push for. This isn't the end, this isn't even the beginning of the end. This is the end of the beginning, and a message of unity and healing needs to take root like yesterday.