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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by nightski on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:28PM (#25705617)
I'm sorry but just because a small vocal and extreme part of the conservative party has chosen to buy into conspiracy theories does not mean the entire side has. I know many conservatives who have not gone down this path and hate what DJT has done to the party.

Calling a huge portion of the country delusional with no basis or fact is precisely what is driving this division. Both sides have a lot more in common than you might imagine. Far more than what they disagree on.

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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by loopz on Saturday January 09, 2021 @05:55PM (#25705909)
It would help if compromises would be made in order to further progression of society. Politically, you have to root out the circus part of the current agenda, meant as diversion and confusion tactics.
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Re:Twitter Confirms It Halted 'Hang Mike Pence' as a Trendin... by ModernMech on Saturday January 09, 2021 @06:03PM (#25705985)
Yes! Democrats and Republicans agree on more than they think. At least those in the middle. We've fallen into this trap of thinking we're totally divided when we argue on the margins about taxes and healthcare (and don't get me wrong, there are some pretty big divisions there).

But today we're not really arguing over the margins; the question before us today is "should we live in a democracy where the people decide the outcome of elections?" 90% of Democrats and Republicans will agree that yes! We should!

Let's secure our democracy, then we can go back to arguing over the tax rate.

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