I agree that Antifa/Black Bloc protestors and the Capitol Building rioters are different sides of the same coin. But based on these recent poll results:


64% of Republicans said they support Trump's recent behavior.
57% of Republicans said Trump should be the 2024 GOP candidate. Axios-Ipsos survey

If you think Republicans and Democrats are equally culpable for the current toxic environment and divisiveness, then you are as "misinformed" as Rick was about the healing powers of the waters in Casablanca.

Many positions taken by Republicans are untenable because they are based on unsubstantiated allegations. When they get cornered, the boiler plate defense is to deny the reality of undisputed facts that prove that their contentions are utter nonsense. For that reason, they are not doing very well in court right now because tRumpists reside in Allegation World whereas our legal system resides in Facts/Evidence/Proof World.

*BTW, I am a native Bay Area product, so please don't let the door hit your a$$ on your way out of my state.

calSB said:

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I have been a long time lurker and like all of us been an ardent fan of Cal football which is what unites us here, but lately as an Independent I am fed up with all the divisiveness that's tearing this country apart. So I am compelled to speak out. And I am not so naive to think that what's going on around us is all an accident. If you guys have half a brain (wisdom isn't the same thing as knowledge), you'd realize that this is a takeover of America by forces we can't see, and both the Republicans and Democrats are all in this together.

The Antifa protester John Sullivan was caught bragging about posing as a Trump supporter and breaking the windows at the Capitol and was just arrested by the FBI. There's more to this story than we think.

I moved to CA for college 30 years ago and ended up staying but it's not the same state that I remember anymore. I'm moving out as soon as I can. And I'm disappointed in the elite attitude of so many of my fellow alumni from Cal that it makes me sick to my stomach. Half the country can't be all racists, right??? All I ask is be open minded and try to see things from the other side's perspective. I was always a moderate but seeing the left be so close-minded and intolerant is driving me toward the right. So long California! I will miss you (actually no, the one I miss has disappeared long ago

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At least he didn't call himself a moderate

calSB said:

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I have been a long time lurker and like all of us been an ardent fan of Cal football which is what unites us here, but lately as an Independent I am fed up with all the divisiveness that's tearing this country apart. So I am compelled to speak out. And I am not so naive to think that what's going on around us is all an accident. If you guys have half a brain (wisdom isn't the same thing as knowledge), you'd realize that this is a takeover of America by forces we can't see, and both the Republicans and Democrats are all in this together.

The Antifa protester John Sullivan was caught bragging about posing as a Trump supporter and breaking the windows at the Capitol and was just arrested by the FBI. There's more to this story than we think.

I moved to CA for college 30 years ago and ended up staying but it's not the same state that I remember anymore. I'm moving out as soon as I can. And I'm disappointed in the elite attitude of so many of my fellow alumni from Cal that it makes me sick to my stomach. Half the country can't be all racists, right??? All I ask is be open minded and try to see things from the other side's perspective. I was always a moderate but seeing the left be so close-minded and intolerant is driving me toward the right. So long California! I will miss you (actually no, the one I miss has disappeared long ago already).

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/01/robert-ringer/totalitarianism-is-upon-us/

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Maybe the state is the same but you have gone off the deep end!

"You hate to see it". Except for the majority of Americans who believe that election interference can be criminal.

Unit2Sucks said:

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"You hate to see it". Except for the majority of Americans who believe that election interference can be criminal.

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Don't they still have chain gangs in Georgia?

I love when Republicans complain about setting bad precedent... then proceed to break their own bad precedent.

calSB said:

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I have been a long time lurker and like all of us been an ardent fan of Cal football which is what unites us here, but lately as an Independent I am fed up with all the divisiveness that's tearing this country apart. So I am compelled to speak out. And I am not so naive to think that what's going on around us is all an accident. If you guys have half a brain (wisdom isn't the same thing as knowledge), you'd realize that this is a takeover of America by forces we can't see, and both the Republicans and Democrats are all in this together.

The Antifa protester John Sullivan was caught bragging about posing as a Trump supporter and breaking the windows at the Capitol and was just arrested by the FBI. There's more to this story than we think.

I moved to CA for college 30 years ago and ended up staying but it's not the same state that I remember anymore. I'm moving out as soon as I can. And I'm disappointed in the elite attitude of so many of my fellow alumni from Cal that it makes me sick to my stomach. Half the country can't be all racists, right??? All I ask is be open minded and try to see things from the other side's perspective. I was always a moderate but seeing the left be so close-minded and intolerant is driving me toward the right. So long California! I will miss you (actually no, the one I miss has disappeared long ago already).

https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/01/robert-ringer/totalitarianism-is-upon-us/

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You should actually stick around and engage with us. You might learn a thing or two.
And we might learn how it could be that people like you think that the Republican and Democratic parties are "in this together".

You cited 1 John Sullivan. How does that compare to 15,000 Trump crazies?
You'll mention summer riots in protest of George Floyd and the needless deaths of other blacks. Yet, which party's politicians were staging a rally to overthrow an election, to come to DC, to "take names and kick ass", etc etc etc?

Dude, it just doesn't add up.

Or, does it?
Do us a favor and rationally explain yourself. And keep an open mind. Yes, half the country CAN be all racist. It's a subconscious cultural thing. If you bothered to listen, you might learn about that, too.

Signed,
an elite thinker (that's actually an invitation for you to attack me - I'm luring you... tell me about this "elitist" chatter I keep hearing. My 'no college' cousin in Austin uses it often, saying the Dems think the are so "elite". I don't understand it.)

I would give him a military send off. I would strap his pastey white a$$ to a nuke and drop it over the back 40 of the Pacific.