tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4881566474360844038..comments2024-03-28T04:49:59.527-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Why should we sit at home?Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-70454744762182737452017-08-20T18:49:04.423-05:002017-08-20T18:49:04.423-05:00You're right about 3rd party candidates, Jakas...You're right about 3rd party candidates, Jakash. A vote for Stein was a vote against Clinton and every vote that Clinton didn't get equaled a vote that Trump didn't need to get. Progressive voters who stayed home had the same effect. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-81983828563052005492017-08-20T12:52:43.703-05:002017-08-20T12:52:43.703-05:00"If we've learned nothing else, we've..."If we've learned nothing else, we've learned that we have to vote." *We've* learned that, Tony, but most of us already knew. The ones that *need* to learn it -- well, I guess we'll see. But that's not all of it. More progressive voters would have been good -- but there were enough voters, regardless. All that was needed in November was progressive voters who realized that the perfect is the enemy of the good. Who'd have been able to put aside their whining about Hillary's deficiencies and their butt-hurt attitude toward the terrible treatment of Bernie by the party that he disdained for his whole career until he decided it was in his interest to *lead* it, and vote for the only person in a position to prevent the election of an incompetent, racist charlatan. I hoped that enough progressives learned this lesson in 2000, but clearly 16 years was enough time for a new generation to enable Jill freaking Stein to pull a Nader. Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26202572457788071732017-08-19T18:57:02.020-05:002017-08-19T18:57:02.020-05:00National voter turnout ~50%, Trump winning the ele...National voter turnout ~50%, Trump winning the electoral vote despite a 3mm vote deficit. Perhaps if 1 good thing is to emerge from this disaster of a Presidency, it's that Americans might stop taking democracy for granted, get off their asses and vote. Jacknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-32691110855459757132017-08-19T16:06:01.143-05:002017-08-19T16:06:01.143-05:00Long ago, when Fiorello LaGuardia was mayor of NYC...Long ago, when Fiorello LaGuardia was mayor of NYC, the German-American Bund, a Nazi organization that wanted us to be like Hitler's Germany, marched there.<br />He assigned only black & Jewish cops to protect them from counter-demonstrators.<br />That's how you do it!Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24673994744277301552017-08-19T15:44:09.955-05:002017-08-19T15:44:09.955-05:00Whether you counter protest or shun them, keep in ...Whether you counter protest or shun them, keep in mind those who pull the strings, who organised the tiki torches, who feed thise stupid little brains. And who have trump as their willing puppet. Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-78935957938316914302017-08-19T15:11:15.412-05:002017-08-19T15:11:15.412-05:00I knew I was going to vote for Hillary even before...I knew I was going to vote for Hillary even before she threw her hat in the ring, but you're right, Wendy, too many people stayed home. Most didn't believe Trump had a chance. I remember Neil writing about how Trump could pull it off. I didn't believe it. I thought he was being overly dramatic but he saw something that I didn't. If we've learned nothing else, we've learned that we have to vote. All of us. Oh, and we should listen to Neil.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17926340216546228542017-08-19T14:37:32.012-05:002017-08-19T14:37:32.012-05:00We know most voted for Clinton. She did get almos...We know most voted for Clinton. She did get almost 3M more votes than Trump. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456542193788631477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-15138253573103003862017-08-19T14:29:19.947-05:002017-08-19T14:29:19.947-05:00I think most people, including me, were voting for...I think most people, including me, were voting for Clinton.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-67368579874883442022017-08-19T14:19:57.008-05:002017-08-19T14:19:57.008-05:00I just have one question for the multitudes expres...I just have one question for the multitudes expressing their outrage with Trump's pets and what they represent.<br /><br />Where were you November 8, 2016? Did you vote your outrage against this national nightmare, who happily exposed his bigotry and hate months before that day? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-17215947402253562722017-08-19T13:59:52.881-05:002017-08-19T13:59:52.881-05:00Update: Apparently no more than a few dozen alt-ri...Update: Apparently no more than a few dozen alt-right, excuse me, "free speech" demonstrators showed up in Boston, far outnumbered by counter-demonstrators. They ended up having to exercise their speech rights inside the police vans that escorted them away from Boston Common to safety.<br /><br />It's perhaps instructive that the Charlottesville "rally" took place just before classes were due to start, ensuring that the "free speech" crowd would outnumber the few students on campus. These guys don't do so well when the numbers go against them.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73966107135110582102017-08-19T13:55:09.019-05:002017-08-19T13:55:09.019-05:00Not all these people are living in their parents b...Not all these people are living in their parents basement at the age of 37 or working in hot dog stands. What concerns me is some of them are college educated. Some are government workers. Some are business owners elected officials, judges, police officers. Maybe those folks did not go out and March. Like Bannon said they're losers. If the POTUS, sympathizes with them, more than just recognizes their right to express themselves. You can be sure there are others who feel the same as he does. And some who do are in positions of power. Afraid of loosing the privilege they enjoy. Happy to have these people marching in the streets threatening those seen as different , foreign, or dangerous ( Muslims). Trump may have lit the fuse of a powderkeg. Do nothing? No we must act. Afraid of violence? Could put us on the loosing end of this crisis.i agree avoid violence but don't be lambs. FMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06829632906445535928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76595909336335066462017-08-19T12:51:51.484-05:002017-08-19T12:51:51.484-05:00No fights, but I suppose it's important that p...No fights, but I suppose it's important that people show up. Must avoid another Second Coming, where <br /><br /> "the best lack all conviction, while the worst<br /> are full of passionate intensity."<br /><br />Tom<br /> " Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45202008157874382522017-08-19T12:43:28.320-05:002017-08-19T12:43:28.320-05:00It's all the rage nowadays. If you can't r...It's all the rage nowadays. If you can't respond to what's being said, respond to something else entirely. As if I ever claimed to be the vox populi. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-85859892862126245502017-08-19T12:39:22.073-05:002017-08-19T12:39:22.073-05:00Show up. Form a line. Turn your back. React to not...Show up. Form a line. Turn your back. React to nothing. The violent contingent of Antifa helps not at all. In my opinion. Was around for the demonstrations in the sixties. Seems once you involve violence or property destruction, you lose credibility. So. Write letters daily. Show up, stay rational. No violence.okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414998405758030304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-91273374579751886142017-08-19T11:46:36.617-05:002017-08-19T11:46:36.617-05:00Now there's a nice, generic bit of inanity.Now there's a nice, generic bit of inanity.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36731797272552335342017-08-19T11:42:54.001-05:002017-08-19T11:42:54.001-05:00Published opinion is NOT public opinion.Published opinion is NOT public opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-52140856386302564662017-08-19T11:35:52.526-05:002017-08-19T11:35:52.526-05:00I agree that they're looking for confrontation...I agree that they're looking for confrontation, but now that they've received validation from the President of the United States, all bets are off. I can only see violence and chaos coming from Trump's selfish stupidity.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87245331610409929522017-08-19T10:54:59.756-05:002017-08-19T10:54:59.756-05:00Agreed. Agreed. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-12017950123513523382017-08-19T10:52:33.222-05:002017-08-19T10:52:33.222-05:00Keep pummeling, Neil!
Since November, I've jo...Keep pummeling, Neil! <br />Since November, I've jokingly warned of Trump Nazis goose-stepping down Pennsylvania Ave. It's not a joke anymore.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-84708248872031384842017-08-19T10:52:21.012-05:002017-08-19T10:52:21.012-05:00To me the question isn't whether you should sh...To me the question isn't whether you should show up, but how confrontational you should get. These people want confrontation. They want fights, so they can portray themselves as free speech martyrs and victims of "intolerance." Why else would the neo-Nazis have gone to Skokie? It's not like anyone was going to see them and think, "Why, yes, they were <i>right</i> to throw me in Buchenwald."<br /><br />So I guess what I'm saying is, righteous indignation is great, but keep it verbal.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-65414163672511810642017-08-19T10:49:58.103-05:002017-08-19T10:49:58.103-05:00The typo seems somehow appropriate: “But legislati...The typo seems somehow appropriate: “But legislatively, this [Charlottesville controversy] has been a steak through the heart of their agenda for this year,” Eric Schiffer, CEO of Reputation Management Consultants, tells Newsweek.<br /><br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.com