The comments from the article were surprisingly not bad. One made a good point:
The POTUS started his SotU speech with:
“Now it is we who face an unprecedented moment in the history of the Union. And yes, my purpose tonight is to both wake up this Congress, and alert the American people that this is no ordinary moment either. Not since President Lincoln and the Civil War have freedom and democracy been under assault here at home as they are today.”
I have watched a lot of state of the union addresses and I cannot remember one that began with this stark of warning.
Yet, all the articles being posted are about MTG and whether Biden looked/didn’t look old and who clapped and who didn’t.
That’s a 5-alarm fire bell he just rang, broadcasted out to the entire country and world, pay attention to what’s important
People forget that the point of the speech is right in the title. It’s not about the health of the country or political ideals.
Once a year, the President delivers a speech on the stste of the union. It’s about how divided the country is and whether or not that division is a threat to the nation.
If the country went full-fascist without a struggle that wouldn’t threaten the Union. If the Republicans were voted out of existence and we became a socialist utopia that wouldn’t threaten the union.
What is happening now, with one party increasingly refusing to work with the other side and intentionally breaking the systems that make government work? Yeah - that’s a threat to the Union.
They always say it’s an “unprecedented moment”. Let’s not act like there’s actual American Nazis in the streets or riots. That has literally happened many times.
It’s actually been the norm for a lot of US history. We live in an unprecedented time of peace where it’s actually uncommon for this to happen. They just last year set aside the convictions of 110 black soldiers who were involved in a riot. None of the white police officers involved were ever punished.
You seem to be forgetting the actual torch lit rally which ended with an innocent woman being killed by a neo-Nazi. Remeber Trump calling them ‘very fine people’?
And if January 6 wasn’t a political riot, what would you call it?
Donald Trump was found guilty of rape. Nothing about this year is ‘normal.’
Damn. I know housing is in full on crisis mode but that rock you’re living under to save money is stunting your development as a seeing, thinking human being.
The comments from the article were surprisingly not bad. One made a good point:
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Yes. Every other thing is rage bait to distract you.
I worry that at this point if people haven’t figured that out they’re never going to
People forget that the point of the speech is right in the title. It’s not about the health of the country or political ideals.
Once a year, the President delivers a speech on the stste of the union. It’s about how divided the country is and whether or not that division is a threat to the nation.
If the country went full-fascist without a struggle that wouldn’t threaten the Union. If the Republicans were voted out of existence and we became a socialist utopia that wouldn’t threaten the union.
What is happening now, with one party increasingly refusing to work with the other side and intentionally breaking the systems that make government work? Yeah - that’s a threat to the Union.
They always say it’s an “unprecedented moment”. Let’s not act like there’s actual American Nazis in the streets or riots. That has literally happened many times.
It’s actually been the norm for a lot of US history. We live in an unprecedented time of peace where it’s actually uncommon for this to happen. They just last year set aside the convictions of 110 black soldiers who were involved in a riot. None of the white police officers involved were ever punished.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_riot_of_1917
Edit: these cosplayers are nothing. Do you guys understand that this shit used to happen all the time?
That’s why this riot happened. The police were beating up black men who were soldiers in uniform for no reason. Torches? That’s nothing.
You seem to be forgetting the actual torch lit rally which ended with an innocent woman being killed by a neo-Nazi. Remeber Trump calling them ‘very fine people’?
And if January 6 wasn’t a political riot, what would you call it?
Donald Trump was found guilty of rape. Nothing about this year is ‘normal.’
How do you manage to avoid the pictures of actual American nazis in the streets and riots?
Damn. I know housing is in full on crisis mode but that rock you’re living under to save money is stunting your development as a seeing, thinking human being.
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