This isn’t “days away,” imminent or even likely. But it no longer seems impossible. It’s not paranoia to fear where this could go.
The truly crazy “Republicans can never be forgiven and should probably be killed” posts here are mostly one guy, and it should be clear that there’s a sliver of roleplay and humor in that.
I think the vast majority of us miss the days when the debates centered around marginal tax rates and prayer in schools, not whether we should pull out of NATO.
I haven’t seen anything like that on qt3. There’s been threads where people has pointed out similarities between Trump and authoritarian/fascist regimes, but I haven’t seen anyone betting on a coup in the near future (Personally I don’t think it’s very likely.)
I did find someone predicting a coup however. Sure, sounds exactly like CIA guy above.
You aren’t talking about the guy who wants to shit on their graves are you, because I don’t even consider his posts when I talk about this. :)
Granted sarcasm and satire don’t work real well on internet forums so maybe I have read too much into some people posts, but there are numerous posts with people who talk about fearing a Trump canceling of the elections.
Personally I wouldn’t mind him vocalizing that as I think the outrage could lead to his impeachment. Besides, if the Russians aren’t trying to influence our elections why would we have to worry.
Yeah, I think some people like to use hyperbole here, as everywhere else on the Internet. That’s where context matters. When it’s a back-and-forth with people who are conversing, I usually dismiss it.
LOL - yeah, he’s a loon. To be clear, in a forum? Most likely hyperbole. As a statement to “the public,” that’s when I’m pretty sure someone’s off their rocker.
Saying Trump wants to shut down the elections is a wild, hard-to-believe idea.
Like, I dunno, “the sitting President will openly grovel before Putin,” or “the President will pay off a porn star to keep quiet about their affair (and not even bother to deny it) and evangelical Christians won’t blink an eye,” or “the US will make a policy out of kidnapping children and then charge their parents to get them back.”
Yeah, that’d be pretty crazy for the GOP, like completely ignoring historical precedent and denying a rightful Supreme Court Justice appointment. I can’t see anything as batshit insane as that actually happening though.
Well, I was joking about the snowflakes thing. But there does seem to be the feeling that the forum should be a safe space for those who so wish it. And I would think that is fine in every area except P&R. There is a reason P&R is always set aside from other areas in every forum.