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JT's avatar
Apr 20Edited

Personally, I think it’s about control. When they could cancel anyone at anytime, they felt in control of their world. What we’re seeing in the young lady (term used loosely) who is filled with hate for all things MAGA is really fear. She’s lost the ability to control her world and the hate she exudes is really panic at the loss of control.

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Paul Scofield's avatar

Several years ago, I would have agreed with your analysis but, with the passage of time, I think the fear in the Left has distilled into hatred, as M Patrick D alluded to.

I think part of Mr. Lincoln's Second Inaugural makes the point:

"Both parties deprecated war but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came."

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Roberta L's avatar

And it’s the same party - the same hatred and fear and lies all over again.

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Richard Axley's avatar

The left certainly hates the right. I really dislike the left, but hate for a class of people is usually misguided (as long as we are not talking about the ethos of, say, the Thugee religion) and it damages the "hater" and is not even (except for the present times) NOTICED by the "hatee"

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Double Mc's avatar

I have often said that anger is really fear turned inside out. We don't feel comfortable with fear, but we're very fond of anger.

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1010's avatar

Thank You for the reference to The Society of Problem Solvers Substack.

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JT's avatar

Excellent!

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Kidbuck's avatar

"They can’t find their way back to sanity" because they're brainwashed, in a taught what to think and say CULT.

🔨 🔨 C U L T 🔨 🔨

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Danimal28's avatar

Agreed. We don't need people like her in terms of everyday life(nothing personal).

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Dick Minnis's avatar

I had a brief conversation with a liberal friend yesterday. He mentioned some of the things that bothered him. One was that Musk and Kennedy have canceled all the cancer research programs. If that were true, I'd be upset too. But it's not, and when I tried to explain that the HHS reorganization was intended to actually improve the efficiency of research, and reducing the percentage of funds that the university can take for overhead actually meant more money for the researchers, then he got up and walked away.

During the Biden Administration censorship was the problem. Now the problem is a deliberately deceitful media bent on creating fear and hate. Common sense would indicate that deportation of illegal alien violent gangs are bad, government waste driving up the debt is bad, government corruption is bad, murdering CEO's you don't like is bad, war whether in Gaza, Ukraine or Iran is bad. Yet the press would have you believe that these are not bad things but somehow acceptable because Trump's Administration opposes them.

We are the solution. Don't accept propaganda from people who have been brainwashed by the progressive echo chamber. That's enabling. Challenge them with the truth.

Dick Minnis

removingthecataract.substack.com

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Kolson 67's avatar

I’ve continued to try that route, but have found it to be to no avail. You can’t reason with someone who did not reason their way into the belief system they subscribe to. A lot of this is culture, people whose entire agency is about in-group status snd the latest thing. They follow the crowd out of fashion, not out of understanding. There is no grounding or centering, just hysterics over whatever they are told, which is what makes them so dangerous. Being a “good” person is a fashion statement wrapped up in absurdities, not a quality they are actually capable of being.

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Vero's avatar

A fashion statement wrapped in absurdities! Well said. 👍

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David Poe's avatar

Sounds like your friend was more interested in winning the argument than finding out the truth. A common thing.

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AJoy's avatar

Stopped watching and listening to legacy media and the tel-lie-vision years ago.

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R H's avatar

Wasting your time talking to the radical left. They didn't come to their position logically, so you can't refute it logically. People need to realize this is a spiritual war, and react accordingly.

Want to talk about disappearing people? How many Clinton friends/associates were murdered, "suicided", or "accidental deathed"? And the libtards attacking Trump supporters? Try that in my town, please!

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Brian M's avatar

A spiritual (religious) war. Spot on. And religious wars usually go on until there is no one left standing on one side since there is no compromise position that can give both sides what they want.

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Lady Mariposa's avatar

Keep having those conversations. I've persuaded many people, but it's never in one sitting. First, they need to have doubts about things of which they have previously been certain. Then you can have a real conversation.

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Dick Minnis's avatar

Agreed, it's possible unless, you get canceled for expressing non-progressive thoughts.

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Dan Sleezer's avatar

Don’t let the bastards get you down! And by the way Happy Easter!!

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Maxx Mueller's avatar

Great advice Dan. What a bunch of a$$h0|z......

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Mark In Houston's avatar

Illegitimi non carborundum”

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HAVUK's avatar

"Americans chose Trump because he was the less crazy side." This is not why, American chose Trump because he was logical and offered common sense solutions.

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AJoy's avatar

Agree

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Brian M's avatar

Exactly..... many of us take exception with some of his tactics. We can't understand them because we are not him (and hope and pray he knows what he is doing). But the policies themselves are rock solid and in the main lane of moderate and libertarian thinking. Trump appeals to the vast majority of America, the 80/20 policies.

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Kidbuck's avatar

I dont hope.

I know that Trump knows what he's doing.

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JW Writes's avatar

Happy Easter -He is risen! In light of His sacrifice for all of us humans, I know I should feel *some* compassion for the crazy people. But having worked for a year in the 80s in a state psych ward (back when we had those) I find I don’t. They, along with addicts, are the most manipulative people in the planet. You have to just ignore them and move on because they don’t want help - see no need for it. They get pleasure from it. It won’t end well for them.

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Granny62's avatar

He is Risen, indeed!

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DavidH's avatar

President Trump is not on the defensive. The opposite is true, President Trump has the lunatic left on the run, and is restoring normalcy to America both politically and culturally. We are only 3 months into what will be a 4 year process of wearing down the opposition. No one cares any more what the legacy propaganda outlets have to say.

As for the federal judiciary's attempt to seize control of Executive power, we must be patient and let this play out over the next few months. At that time it may be necessary for the Executive to reclaim stolen power, using as precedent Biden's ignoring the Supreme Court on the student loan forgiveness scheme.

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M Patrick D's avatar

I don't think the angst far left will change. No compassion, no tolerance, no belief in free speech. They are full of hate. Us normies better be careful as they will not stop; we can not let our guard down. Now they are pushing a Socialist as their leader. Situational awareness people.

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Lady Mariposa's avatar

"Now they are pushing a Socialist as their leader." This is very important. They are not "dumb;" they are dangerous.

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HL3's avatar

GOP have just as much no compassion, tolerance for the left.

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AJoy's avatar

The Left is looney tunes.

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Upinthehills's avatar

They are demonic.

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Maxx Mueller's avatar

Baloney.

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Richard's avatar

Sasha herself has written about her journey to MAGA and how accepting the people were.

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HL3's avatar

Unlike you I read both sides of the aisle articles its full of the same hype baloney.

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Jeff Keener's avatar

Have you been to Mediaite?

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HL3's avatar

Have you been to MegynKelly, Redstate, Thegatewaypundit, Townhall?

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Jeff Keener's avatar

Yes and the comments there are not nearly so vicious and unhinged as those on Mediaite.

Megyn Kelly is fantastic!

So, have you been to Mediaite?,

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R H's avatar

I 💯% have no tolerance for incompetence, ignorance, or stupidity. I sympathize mental illness but it needs to be treated, not tolerated.

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Ryan Adams's avatar

You needn't have worried Sasha, for here is Trump's Easter message that is full of hope and renewal:

Happy Easter to all, including the Radical Left Lunatics who are fighting and scheming so hard to bring Murderers, Drug Lords, Dangerous Prisoners, the Mentally Insane, and well known MS-13 Gang Members and Wife Beaters, back into our Country. Happy Easter also to the WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Judges and Law Enforcement Officials who are allowing this sinister attack on our Nation to continue, an attack so violent that it will never be forgotten! Sleepy Joe Biden purposefully allowed Millions of CRIMINALS to enter our Country, totally unvetted and unchecked, through an Open Borders Policy that will go down in history as the single most calamitous act ever perpetrated upon America. He was, by far, our WORST and most Incompetent President, a man who had absolutely no idea what he was doing -- But to him, and to the person that ran and manipulated the Auto Pen (perhaps our REAL President!), and to all of the people who CHEATED in the 2020 Presidential Election in order to get this highly destructive Moron Elected, I wish you, with great love, sincerity, and affection, a very Happy Easter!!!

What a bright, shining light Trump is.

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Duncan A Turner's avatar

Wow - I thought your post was a joke (someone putting amusing words in Trump's mouth! - LOL). But I did a little search and found it really was the Real McCoy.

Trump is so awesome. He is like covered with Teflon so that NOTHING sticks to him.

And while he has been criticized for not mentioning Jesus in this particular tweet, he has named Jesus Christ in an honouring way in other places over the season of Easter. However, I have to admit that after reading this particular tweet I felt like saying "Amen!: and "Preach it brother!"

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Ryan Adams's avatar

MAGA thinks this is fun! I don't get it.

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AJoy's avatar

Sure 😵‍💫

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NWCitizen's avatar

You can read it on the most widely consumed right wing sites: Fox news!

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-shreds-biden-radical-left-lunatics-easter-message

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AJoy's avatar

I read his first post, didn’t know he posted again lol. Truth hurts ;)

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John Stuart Hughes's avatar

Nice short Easter essay, Sasha! I too have lost some of my closest friends and particularly my brother to the deranged Bunker madness you so articulately described. I really hope I get them back; I am willing to discuss my positions politely. Why can't 'progressives' do the same? This is a real difference... Happy Easter to you too!

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TheCreative's avatar

Because if they discuss it, it opens the door to truth. They're not interested in truth. Something much deeper is driving their dismissal of truth in favor of fantasy. Power, control, compulsion to express rage. Even desire to harm or kill.

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AJoy's avatar

So true.

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Carol S's avatar

Another spot-on essay. It's wonderful to see more and more people waking up to realize who the radical Left really are, and yet I don't think most have seen the ultimate reality which is that the Left rejects democracy. When they talk about "democracy," what they mean is "Democrat power." They've been groomed to see the two as synonymous. THEY must be in power, or democracy does not exist. THEY are entitled to it, and anyone who challenges it must be destroyed by whatever means possible. That is the mindset we're up against.

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Duncan A Turner's avatar

They want Trump removed from power so they can "save our (their) demo(n)crazy"!!

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HL3's avatar

MAGA must be in power also they kept hyping its the end of the republic if they dont win the last 4 presidential elections now.

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Upinthehills's avatar

When your opposition are huge government godless totalitarians, fascists, communists and socialists, yes, you will lose the Constitutional Republic. And by 2024 we were losing it badly. The lockdown tyranny, inflation and prices, men in women’s sports and locker rooms and rape crisis centers, the censorship and political persecutions were beyond the pale.

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HL3's avatar

Its always the same thing fear of losing something to get people to not think. Democrats and GOP use the same tactics.

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Carol S's avatar

The "both sides are the same" trite nonsense is for lazy minded people who believe this makes it sound like THEY are above it all.

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HL3's avatar

When its the same election spiel calling it anything else is a lie.

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Carol S's avatar

Just because you're too intellectually lazy to actually LOOK at the difference doesn't make it a lie.

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Carol S's avatar

Gee, I don’t know why Republicans would worry about the end of the Republic just because Democrats have threatened to pack the SCOTUS, they’re trying to change the way electors are chosen, they want to get rid of the filibuster and they are (yet again) waging a campaign of “resistance” against a legally elected administration. The faux hysteria on the part of Democrats over losing their “democracy” is the most classic projection confession ever. They know they are the ones threatening our "democracy."

Democrats want power for the sake of power. It’s their obsession. Republicans want power to preserve the Republic, which requires keeping power out of the hands of Democrats.

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HL3's avatar

Republicans only care about the "republic" to scare people into voting for them nothing else. Its fake hysteria like Democrats with the BS Democracy by the way FUCK ANYBODY who says democracy because they have no fucking clue what they are talking about we never had a democracy never will.

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Carol S's avatar

Lol. Political virtue-signaling: "I'm better than all of you because I call myself something other than 'Republican' or 'Democrat' (even though I always vote for one or the other)!"

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HL3's avatar

I never ever said Democrats are better I can tell you for a fact their main leadership is shit tier and can't win. I like certain democrats, but Pelosi, Chuck, Harris and Biden need to ride into the sunset at least GOP have Vance who is likeable to Republicans.

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Carol S's avatar

You either didn’t read, or didn’t comprehend, what I said. That aside, now you’re telling me you like SOME Democrats after you’ve been railing that Republicans and Democrats are all the same. Get back to me when you’ve done some real thinking.

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234's avatar

MAGA must be in power? Democrats have had 'the power' 12/16 years, SFB's.

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HL3's avatar

Lets see using 2/3 majority chambers (House/senate/President) as power

2000-2006 GOP

2007-2014 Democrat

2015-2020 GOP

2021-2024 Democrat

2025 GOP

The past 25 years Democrats had full power 12 years and GOP 13 years its been split

My point which clearly went over your head is they used the same fear tactics to win.

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234's avatar

The day your point goes over my head I'll be 6' under, princess.

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HL3's avatar

So thick and ignorant.

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Upinthehills's avatar

You need a mirror badly. Insults don’t help your sad argument.

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Maxx Mueller's avatar

WTF are trying to say ?

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KataniaT's avatar

Thank you Sasha for continuing to remind me that we are on the right side of history. Liberals like that woman are very scary. It’s shocking how angry and mean they are. It is incredible how they make us look like the scary Nazi totalitarians when that’s literally what they did for four years and continue to try to do. There are literally two realities going on right now. We need to stay strong and positive and maybe even ask a higher power to continue to support what is Right and Good and Just and True and to allow the false, sad and aimlessly lost Leftist progressive side to fizzle into oblivion. God forbid they come back into power.

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Rose's avatar

Happy Easter. I hope your day is full of light and joy as well. Thank you.

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Kurt's avatar

Happy Easter Sasha. You are the best.

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Yolanda Pritam Hari's avatar

ditto. here's to a gentle comment.

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Richard's avatar

Happy Easter. It is indeed a time of madness but there have been many others over the 2 millennia. April 20th, 1943 was the start of the Warsaw Ghetto rising. Easter Monday 1916 was the start of the Easter Rising in Ireland. And yesterday was the 250th anniversary of the battle of Lexington/Concord. All examples of people resisting real oppression as opposed to today's LARPing. So while keeping our spirits up, let us consider the future of sharing a country with the Crazy Lady.

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Cyndi Jessup's avatar

The crazy commies are scary, indeed. What's going to happen to me us when the pendulum swings left? That's why I support abolishing the filibuster and getting some hard to revoke constitutional-based laws into place ASAP.

The left will do it anyway, probably on day one, and we will be the targets. Their laws will be to persecute us, while our laws will be to protect all Americans.

No one talks about this, just as the right is uncomfortable discussing that 2A is all about protecting us from a tyrannical government. It's not about hunting or self-protection; those rights were accepted by our founding fathers as a given.

We know and understand the left, while they cannot and refuse to understand us. They've been brainwashed by an education system that was infiltrated by Soviet communists in the early 1950's, which has been very effective at projecting the US as an oppressive, colonial force for bad.

They hate us. That's what they've been taught: everyone is oppressed or an oppressor, and the oppressors are to be hated and destroyed. These are folks who have never been oppressed and have never been taught true history of socialism, the hundred million + who were truly oppressed and died, most from starvation.

They're so blinded by their false ideals that they cannot see that the millions who risk everything to get to the US are coming from countries who do not have the freedoms that we do.

It is emblematic that the Elite Marxists look down upon the US working class, that the folks in flyover country are all just ignorant, uneducated, unsophisticated rubes who have been brainwashed into supporting Trump. They do not seem to realize that we feed them and make their soft city lives possible.

They do not know they live in castles made of sand, and I pity them when the time comes that we stop delivering food to the big cities. Three days without food and those castles made of sand will melt into the sea, eventually.

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Upinthehills's avatar

Well said.

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Indrek Sarapuu's avatar

Happy Easter!

The 1st video, is the kind of person I haven't met, but I would certainly not break bread with.

Crazy Lady is a whole other story...

Get some more tattoos to tell everyone how you feel without saying a word...

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Patrick Chine's avatar

Cute photo of the bunny.

All that energy being expended to avoid having to work in the private sector.

Seems like going to a trade school and learning a skill that earns enough to pay the bills is not an option for many of these people.

The woman/student abducted was not a citizen. Was she notified and ignored it, or was this the same type of abuse that Barack Obama and Joe Biden repeatedly indulged in?

This started with Hollywood airheads like George Clooney and Bill Maher and others, who decided that their popularity as celebrities implied their opinions on politics and the public's preferences were so valuable.

Did anyone ever listen to the supermodels at their peak? No.

Why do Americans listen to actors and directors on any topic outside of their industry?

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