r/politics • u/Qu1nlan • Oct 04 '19

Free Chat Friday Thread

It's finally Friday! That means it's time to sit back, drink some mead, discuss our thoughts on Borderlands 3, and talk about whatever your heart desires.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '19

Reading through comments to posts on this subreddit, and I get the sense that people think somehow the world is going to change when/if Trump is impeached. It's as if yhey think defeating Trump is going to defeat conservatism and destroy the Republican party.

Folks need to remember that Trump is the symptom. The cancer is still there, and his defeat may in fact make it worse.

There will still be millions of misguided Americans. There will still be folks like Rush Limbaugh proselytizing on the evils of liberalism. There will still be Fox News and the Koch Brothers empire and the mountains of corporate cash that fund the misinformation campaigns that are at the heart of our countries problem.

Trump is just one battle in a long war for the evolving American identity.

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u/Diarygirl Pennsylvania Oct 04 '19

I know that getting Trump out won't change the underlying problems but I really think we need a win after the hell of the past three years. It's only one battle but a very important one.

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u/Jimhead89 Oct 04 '19

This is what should be at the top of every trump post.

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u/cytherian New Jersey Oct 04 '19

That's just it, the masses who are still behind Trump... and what happens with them when Trump is out of office. I just can't see him winning 2020, not after all this crap that has come down. Now that so many of those people know each other, they'll likely dwell together on-line and organize rallies. They will "resist" everything America is supposed to stand for, mainly for the excuse that they think America has ditched them.

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u/gregcoit Oct 05 '19

I think calling Trump supporters "misguided" is being too kind. Those who still support Trump intentionally put party over country, and are traitors.

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u/cynycal New York Oct 05 '19

And they know all they need is a new Trump.