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In reply to the discussion: Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time? [View all]
Gore1FL
(21,883 posts)26. I think I can answer some of these things:
Anyone else feel the weirdness of this unprecedented time?
Yep. It's thick in the air.
I don't understand the rush to yet another social networking site (Bluesky) - I don't use such tools - DU is enough. Why?
Users of Twitter are abandoning it due to the the way it is run, who it is run by, and new terms of service. The closest/best replacement is Bluesky.
I don't understand why the left has never (aside from Air America) put any resources in countering the massive right wing propaganda machine.
We don't consume data in the same way as the right. Sure, there are left-leaning talk shows and talking heads, but things like Air America never took off in a way that would compete.
Things I am waiting for - clarity on what "the resistance" will look like. How are our Dem politicians going to fight this mess? What part are we going to play - not to just stay in an echo chamber and scream, but actually DO?
I think we are all in this position. A lot of it is waiting to see the lay-of-the-land. I expect to see more things put in place to protect programs and people before Jan 20.
Lost and wandering in the wilderness here. Wondering how this could have possibly happened. Wondering how so many people have lost their minds.
People looking for answers found what they thought they were looking for in a cult of misinformation and fear.
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We've got to stop letting them call us "the left". There's maga and then there's everybody else.
Walleye
21 hrs ago
#1
So true. After he was elected, I sincerely tried to make myself feel better by
allegorical oracle
17 hrs ago
#72
His most "redeeming" features are laziness, incompetence, and lack of conviction (he has plenty of convictions though).
TheKentuckian
16 hrs ago
#76
The rethugs vowed during FDR's presidencies that they would someday regain total control and obliterate all that had
Texin
18 hrs ago
#68
Start by not letting them steal election. With the only REAL response is "thank you let me have another." Where is.....
usaf-vet
18 hrs ago
#54
Perfect diagnosis. I'd like to add one thing here, as to your "they cheated"
bluestarone
11 hrs ago
#95
You mean that Trump will help Putin destroy Europe and America if he can then yes. It's weird.
BradBo
20 hrs ago
#24
It's not unprecedented. Black people lived through this in the Jim Crow South.
Yavin4
19 hrs ago
#35
There are so many Fox type news things playing round the clock and you can tell
Maraya1969
18 hrs ago
#55
Yep. I feel like I'm on a plane that's going down, waiting for the crash.
CaptainTruth
18 hrs ago
#67
The only part of that I'm not wondering as well is "how so many people have lost their minds"
JHB
11 hrs ago
#97
The nuclear sabre rattling from russia has been going on for nearly 3 years.
Crunchy Frog
10 hrs ago
#100