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snowybirdie

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3. I really hate this

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 12:35 PM

Yesterday

Giving up and walking away with you tails between your legs. Shame on the defeatist and shame on not trying. As a nation, we've been down before and got back up! We all are better than this and this gets posted on Memorial Day! Double shame!

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"The American experiment is over..." [View all] CousinIT Yesterday OP

I said the same thing to a friend this morning. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1

that bluesky post is illiterate defeatist bullshit Blues Heron Yesterday #2

No it's not. It's the bucket of cold water thrown in the faces FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #8

it's still defeatist, especially the idea that Dems are impotent and that we can't win the midterms LymphocyteLover Yesterday #14

It's not just the media portraying them as such, FoxNewsSucks 20 hrs ago #20

I'm not saying Dems couldn't do more against this administration and suspend some of those norms, however they have LymphocyteLover 9 hrs ago #27

Pretty god damned impotent ABC123Easy 7 hrs ago #31

Trump was INDICTED MULTIPLE TIMES by Garland's DOJ. It was the fucking Supreme Court who fucked over those cases. LymphocyteLover 1 hr ago #32

Not BS ABC123Easy 1 hr ago #33

You don't know what exactly he did. Anyway, if SCOTUS has interfered and massively delayed the cases, Dump would have LymphocyteLover 26 min ago #34

There's a difference between realistic and defeatist. wnylib 21 hrs ago #17

There are way too many people FoxNewsSucks 20 hrs ago #21

And there are quite a few people who are eager to call others Polyannas wnylib 19 hrs ago #22

Who are the pollyannas? MorbidButterflyTat 20 hrs ago #19

Revolution Pollyannas: don't threaten us with the Supreme Court or tell us to vote blue no matter who. betsuni 18 hrs ago #24

I really hate this snowybirdie Yesterday #3

Where does it say to give up and walk away? FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #9

That's not what it says. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #30

I won't be celebrating the 250th Easterncedar Yesterday #4

THIS. n/t CousinIT Yesterday #6

Cheer up and take the opportunity that is offered bucolic_frolic Yesterday #5

This time, put the women in charge. Men just cause problems and BS wars. OMGWTF Yesterday #7

Men have little ground to stand on when claiming that women.. CousinIT Yesterday #12

Is it being challenged? Absolutely! Phoenix61 Yesterday #10

I think the US can have a real democracy - but it needs a real constitution first. harumph Yesterday #11

I agree it's over. It will take a hundred years to rebuild, if ever. Our sinkingfeeling Yesterday #13

Fuck the Borg struggle4progress Yesterday #15

Word! yellow dahlia 22 hrs ago #16

Happy to report this guy's damning post mortem of America didn't keep him from hyping his podcast MorbidButterflyTat 21 hrs ago #18

Somebody posts something on social media ... so who is this guy anyway FakeNoose 19 hrs ago #23

"This is OUR government. Yes, we can change our government whenever we want. Don't ever betsuni 12 hrs ago #25

There is an irrefutable Step One that has to happen this year... BH liberal 9 hrs ago #28

Sneed is a click master. Peddle despair, make a buck. delisen 10 hrs ago #26

Yes. As we have known it, it is indeed over. But there is an opportunity here to build something different. Scrivener7 8 hrs ago #29