Did you steal my joke? : ) my version: Q: How many democrats does it take to solve a problem? A: None; democrats don't solve problems - they create them. Plainsenseandsanity.substack.com
Nicely stated, wish it was a joke. of course agreeing to give up whatever is left of your liberty & freedom is the ONLY solution. (also, just subbed, sounds like you have great content.)
This has come down to a battle between good and evil. From the book of Matthew:
28 And when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29 And they cried out, saying, “[a]What business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before [b]the time?” 30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. 31 And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and [c]drowned in the waters. 33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, [d]including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they pleaded with Him to leave their region.
Also remember Pontius Pilate and the Romans set a prisoner free each year, So he asked the crowd who to release. The murderer Barrabas or Jesus? The crowd responded, "Give us Barabas". Same deal with Demoncats and Abrego.
These mentally ill, demon possessed/influenced people cannot be reasoned with. Only destroyed to never regain power again. If they do, the USA, and Western Civilization are done.
Like the analogy of The Romans setting the murderer Barrabas instead of Jesus... with the Democrats. And yes, I've seen evil now. I think it may have always been there. During the pandemic, I read books on the Cold War., the CIA What the Democrats did during the Pandemic roused my ire. It's like the evil has come to a head.
I live in the "banana republic" state of Colorado. By a margin of 62%-38%, Colorado's Amendment 79 was approved by voters in the 2024 election, which amends the state constitution to "enshrine" a constitutional right to abortion and to allow the use of public funds for abortion services. The amendment removes existing prohibitions on the use of public funds for abortion and ensures that abortion is included in health insurance coverage. Additionally, it limits the ability of state and local governments to impose restrictions on access to abortion services.
Key points regarding abortion limits and restrictions under Colorado Amendment 79 include:
1. No Gestational Limits: The amendment does not impose any gestational limits on abortion, meaning that abortion would be legal throughout pregnancy, including in the third trimester. This is in contrast to many other states that have specific restrictions on late-term abortions.
2. Parental Notification: The existing requirement for parental notification for minors seeking an abortion will be eliminated if Amendment 79 is implemented. This means that minors would not need to inform their parents or guardians before obtaining an abortion.
3. Public Funding: The prohibition on using public funds for elective abortions will be lifted, allowing state and local governments to fund abortion services. This could include funding for both in-state and out-of-state residents.
Furthermore, the Colorado legislature is now considering a bill that would implement Amendment 79's constitutional protections for abortion and also mandate coverage of the procedure for Medicaid patients and public employees. The bill, Senate Bill 183, has passed the House Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate on party-line votes. According to a state fiscal analysis, the bill would require an annual cost of nearly $5.9 million to cover abortion through Medicaid.
Illinois did this same thing about six years ago, which was one of the many reasons I left. They are definitely trying to steer poor women towards abortion. How much longer before they mandate the procedure for "certain" women?
Just one generation ago, Colorado was a purple if not red state. Then supposedly thousands of Californians moved there escaping high taxes and the high cost of living, but kept on voting blue. It was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.
Just like in Illinois, millions of people not on the crazy Left likely flooded out of the state in response to the direction it was moving, removing any moderating force to influence the legislature.
It's a cautionary tale for other purple and red states.
What a shame. I used to think of Colorado as a state I wouldn't mind living in, but I'd never live there now, just like I'd never live in Cali, New York, or my home state of Massachusetts - which while always Democratic, looks almost conservative in retrospect.
Completely Agreed. Q has directed me to spread freedom and liberty from the DEImocrats. These demonrats think they can convince my son to stop loving me, little do they know my wife left me years ago and I feel no pain. I will never stop fighting the good fight, they killed Jesus but they can't kill my spirit. And we all know who "they" is. Glory to Trump, Reagan, God and Lady Liberty and her hot freedom body.
Give them time. They just need to create a couple of million more government jobs to hand out, then everything will be solved. Since they have the same solution (more money, more jobs) it has to be right. Doesn’t it?
I am so sick and tired of Garcia being termed a "Maryland man." As if he is a wayward American citizen mistakenly grabbed by our "Gestapo" federal agents that the Dems try to describe as some sort of "secret police" menacing law-abiding citizens. Enough! with the storytelling and outright lies from Dem politicos. I've had enough of their sanctimonious hypocrisy.
They couldn’t refer to Mr. Garcia by his first name because it sounds like “Kill” as in ‘Kil-Mar’
Others now trying out for the same part:
Luigi Mangione
Mahmoud Khalil
Once they settle on the martyr, then an NGO w/ nationwide reach needs to be identified for $ funding the street protests. It’s all a pipe dream now though, as the zeitgeist has shifted.
Take notice in upcoming protests the preponderance of ‘homemade’ signs vs. those churned out by BLM-like sign houses. Is the coordinated Trump-resistance $$ being squelched off by DOGE?
oh gosh, you're right! It's crazy the D alignment to those spewing hate and/or outright killers. I don't think all D's are this nuts? But there is a vocal amount. The trolling by R's is hitting a high point. R's today stated they would fund any D that wanted to take a trip down to El Salvador. With only stipulations that they have to take pics and videos and post them.
Off the reservation and about 3 steps away from involuntary commitment.
Thankfully they disowned me first when I suggested they stop judging MAGA by Trump and start looking at the actual policies.
Here in MN, GOP Reps in the State House sponsored a bill (won't ever pass, but that's beside the point) that would have required health insurance plans cover mental health services for Trump Derangement Syndrome.
I think it was a good bill...so many people here are so detached from reality, including our Governor.
And yet you’re so unwilling to see how MAGA lives in a propaganda cult.
There’s the funniest cartoon that shows a MAGA yelling “Trump derangement syndrome” at a protester with a sign while the MAGA cultist is adorned in Trump tshirt, MAGA hat, Trump flag over the American flag 😂
Trump is now underwater on immigration as well as having the LOWEST OVERALL APPROVAL RATING of any President in modern American history at 100 days.
If the MAGA cult believes backing UNCONSTITUTIONAL violations of DUE PROCESS and disappearing people to El Salvador for life in a gulag is the way forward - while their cult leader muses about sending American citizens there - then I say KEEP GOING.
Where the hell did you get those numbers? 79% of the country APPROVES of his deportation agenda and actions. He has the HIGHEST approval rating. MAGA is not a cult, it's a diverse group of people who are "allowed" to disagree with each other and the President, and we do on varying things. Cult members are never told, "Do your own research" or "Think for Yourself..."
We hear that all the time in the MAGAverse.
There was ZERO VIOLATION of Due process. He went through numerous courts, was ruled as MS13, was ruled to be involved in human trafficking, was found to be a wife beater. And he is not being sent to a foreign country, he is being sent HOME. He is still a citizen of El Salvador.
You really need to turn off your mockingbird media TV and venture out a little bit Don. Your information is completely skewed and false. I feel sorry for you, because when you wake up and figure it out, you will have a horrendous headache from the cognitive dissonance.
I feel sorry for you, love. You’re gonna wake up screaming those conspiracies about 2026 and 2028 “ELECTION WAS STOLEN” because you have NO idea what the average American believe. You live in a propaganda bubble. Isn’t that why you’re on this substack, smoking this propaganda from someone who is profiting off the narrative they used to be a liberal some 6-8 years ago before they’ve gone full MAGA cultist?
That’s wholly false. You need to get out of the cult, love. Its really NOT surprising that Americans who voted for lower prices and a strong economy don’t celebrate the elimination of due process and MAGA cult crazy.
You guys live in a hermetically sealed propaganda bubble. That comes from Fox Entertainment Polling
You’re also lying! No one but our fascistic cult administration ruled Garcia to be MS-13. In fact - at his actually court hearing the judge and local police said THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY GANG AFFILIATION.
Entering the USA illegally is lawbreaking, Don. It’s always been against the law. Now we have POTUS enforcing the law, while previous administrations did not.
AMEN. If you skirted DUE PROCESS to come into the country illegally, you don't get to scream for Due Process to be sent back home. But still, this guy has had more than his share of due process. Don, your handlers are lying to you.
“Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that a second migrant had been sent to the CECOT prison in violation of a previous court order. Here’s ABC News:
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, according to an order issued on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a TRUMP APPOINTEE, also ordered the government not to remove other individuals covered by the settlement.“
FACILITATE is not the same as force. This is interfering in international discourse, and the President of El Salvador is not interested in our bought and paid for judge's opinions.
It’s not surprising our convicted felon is willfully denying the courts and throwing us into a CONSTITUTIONAL crisis. We will need to prosecute many of the criminals in the administration so that future politicians don’t think this behavior is acceptable.
But tell me - what due process did the gay 20-something Venezuelan makeup artist who our brownshirts disappeared to El Salvador get? Rogan also talked about this guy when he decried YOUR cultism and your unpatriotic excuse making for the MAGA brown shirts.
"Is the coordinated Trump-resistance $$ being squelched off by DOGE?"
Thanks for alerting me to a hypothesis which under ideal circumstances should be borne out by the evidence. I will be watching and thinking and seeking to analyze and interpret my observations.
Nevertheless, my observations will be informed by the principle "Hope for the best - prepare for the worst".
Hmmmmm.... very interesting theory! Similarly, perhaps all of the tents will no longer be identical at all of the "organically grown" pro-Palestine sit-ins at universities across the States.
They bring in Hitler...Mussolini....and others because they're hyperventilating and trying to gain moral high ground by standing on the dead bodies of all those killed by Hitler and Mussolini....oblivious to what they're actually doing because nobody in their social circles will dare say "did you take your meds today?"
How come the lawyers for the innocent gay makeup artist Joe Rogan discussed on his show can’t contact him?
You’re saying it’s the positions of MAGA cultists that we should just trust the government when they say people are in a gang and disappear them to life in prison?
And when there is a Democrat president and red hats are deemed “terrorists” - Will that still be your position?
And it’s STILL happening. How about the student beaten by the grad student instructor and another guy just because of his MAGA hat, or the many public outrages and verbal assaults on anyone minding their own business but wearing Trump gear? These instances smack of “Nazi” behavior more than anything MAGA has ever done to date. Intimidation and fear to suppress another’s right to free speech and expression of their political views is despicable. It’s social control over others. All these tactics were used in history and should be frowned upon, not encouraged like the current Democrat politicians are doing.
And we aren’t saying “just trust the administration”. We are saying trust the immigration officers and their judges to make appropriate determinations in their jobs. When only a few hundred a year are being processed there may be no tolerance for a mistake. But when you are processing millions there WILL be a mistake or two and they are NOT purposeful or wicked. Blame the ones responsible for causing it to be millions. However, we haven’t really had a mistake yet, certainly not one that wasn’t immediately rectified, which I find commendable. Garcia was NOT a mistake in the end.
What’s really crazy and deranged is how MAGA cultists think violence committed by citizens is the same as the United States government sending people to life in an El Salvadoran prison without any due process 😂
And here you are commenting on a deranged ranting substack that claims liberal Democrats are the delusional ones.
The detachment of the MAGA cult from objective reality persists in perpetuity as evidenced by Sasha Stone herself…
i find it hysterical and grossly hypocritical of you to call for legal due process for people who crossed here illegally with absolute no regard to our laws for entering our country in the first place. Why weren't you outraged for their complete defile of this and their overstep of seeking asylum when they could have easily called for asylum in the 5 countries they passed through first, only to eventually cross the US border at a non legal entry point. This isn't about fucking due process. You Don S have Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly know as TDS. At this point you would argue that the sun revolves around the earth than Trump was right deported an illegal criminal that is apart of a murderous gang who rapes, traffics humans and sells drugs. I can't believe I'm even saying this to someone. And honestly I'd rather be apart of what you call a cult, if it has people like Sasha in it then to have the hate you have for the new administration. I just feel utterly bad for you. What are you going to do with yourself when Vance wins in 2028? Its going to be a very long 8 years for you.
And like that nice lady in the restaurant who had a mental health crisis while wearing a "Luigi is Jesus" t-shirt being triggered by someone who had a MAGA hat.
Insanity isn't doing the same thing over and over again expecting a better result.
Insanity is what we're witnessing in every town, city, county and state, such as those examples provided above.
😂😂 I can’t do poorly educated cultist false equivalence. Tell me which MAGA cultist was disappeared to El Salvador for a life imprisonment sentence without any DUE PROCESS.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and member of an officially designated terrorist organization, was deported to El Salvador, the country where he is a citizen. Whether he serves a life sentence or any other sentence is up to El Salvador. Your grandma, who attended a rally at the US Capitol on Jan 6 2021 and was arrested and held for two years without charges and without bail, is not a terrorist.
I’m sorry but these cultist lies. There is no proof that Garcia is a member of any terrorist organization and he was disappeared to life in a prison at the hands of the US government. A prison known for abuses and holding prisoners incommunicado, which is a violation of US law.
We are going to have prosecute any and ALL Trump officials who have been part of this illegality.
When liberals start to show the slightest distrust of the government when Democrats run it, or start to show the slightest distrust of legacy media EVER on any one day, I might listen to you and them, Don. Legacy media will spend tens of millions and send hundreds of reporters to say, Alabama to interview everyone who ever went to the same primary schools as Roy Moore, but won't spend a dime to investigate Hunter Biden, son of a President convicted of multiple felonies?
It was great to see Tim Pool in the whitehouse press room this morning, calling out the media for the “Maryland Man” nonsense! He laid forward the lies and the liar.
Well, this should open the floodgates for hate email from the unhinged. I hope you share some of the choice selections. Then again, perhaps you shouldn't, because being ignored is their worst nightmare.
In 1940 96% of American adults were praying Christians. In 2024 that number was 62% - and the real number isn't actually that high, a lot of people, especially Democrats, identify as Christian and don't really have it in their heart or practice it. Their party is very openly anti-Christian and throws believers in prison for protesting abortions. Tell me again how killing children and chopping them up is Christian? Once you realize what's going on you can't ignore it. There is a reason a lot of Gen Z are looking hard at church: The progressive's chosen religion is death.
Democrats run their lives on emotion. Not logic, not common sense, not reason.
Feelings dictate all decisions. It feels good to care. When those caring policies produce rot and decay and a festering society, you blame Republicans. Because your goodness and best intent cannot be responsible. Democrat emotion at its height produces virtue signaling.
This is exactly the book Atlas Shrugged. I’m in the final
chapters now. The book is literally unfolding what is happening now and describes ‘crazy libs’ of today only the book was written back in the 50s. It’s as if the current dem party read the book and said let’s do this! The collective mindset is what is so frightening. Logic and mindful thinking is thrown out the window. It’s all about equity and feelings. If your work has results, it’s only to give it all back to disburse to the ‘less fortunate’ because it’s the moral thing to do. I love how Reardon the hero of the story calls the dictators ‘looters’. They are not only looting his wealth but trying to loot his mind, his effort, his will to accomplish. The average middle class in the book have all given up bc they are told they don’t need to think. Who is Jon Gault? The book is truly incredible.
The book is an illustration of what happens when collectivist ideas are taken to their logical conclusion. We see the same thing today. This is what happens when leftists have the power to fully implement their ideas.
The problem is not simply getting rid of the crazy. The problem is that their philosophy will always lead to crazy. It is inevitable, given what they believe.
I’ve been wanting to read that. I’d always heard mockery and disgust for the book, but I live in an ultra liberal area, and now it seems like something I could learn from.
Maybe if the media gave them some facts, their emotions might lead them to some good decisions. Not saying the media is at fault entirely. But the major stations reported the gang member who smuggles in other illegals and beats his wife a Maryland father. Sad.
Oh, but it is. This is textbook Mockingbird Media. Many of the tv stars the Dems follow are actually CIA assets. Even Hillary admitted as much. But you can't give data and truth to someone demoralized and hypnotized by the leftist lie factory.
And their supposed caring is BS. Hence the outrage at Martha's vineyard. Not in my backyard. Yes, let's allow the poor huddled masses in droves. But, make sure they're not in my house, except as maids or gardeners. Let all the dirty unwashed live together, not with their betters.
I'm not seeing much hope for saving the Left from its crazy contingent which seems to be getting crazier (e.g., assassinations are now a viable political strategy). The semi-sane members of the party are going to have to realize the party can't be saved and is in fact an existential threat to this country.
There are no ‘semi-sane’ members of The Party. If there are those who cling to that idea, they will soon be rutted out.
You couldn’t be half-Nazi - that was what ‘the night of the long knives’ was all about. These demi-fools will go the same way. Or, they will realize they are no longer Democrats at all and break free.
Yes I thought they had reached peak crazy, they are taking it to a whole new place now. They must have no idea at all how insane their obsessions are to normal people. Even an approval rating for the party at 25% or so doesn't seem to penetrate the bubble - or should we call it an iron dome?
Scott Adams has long asserted that 25% of the country is batshit crazy and are wrong on everything. It's almost guaranteed if you took a poll that asked if child sacrifice is OK, 25% would say, "Sure, why not?"
And when you look up things like, "What does it take for a person to have a MS13 tattoo?" You'll be so horrified that you won't sleep tonight. Sorry Dems, Your "maryland dad" has MS13 tats on his hands. He is one of them, and trust me, you never want to run into one of them. You may not live to tell the tale.
Living in the DC area, I see the descent into this behavior from most of my Democrat friends. Besides all the things you bring up,
Sasha, is “Trump is anti-science.” Any cuts to any government agency of any kind are unacceptable and a sign that he just wants to hurt people and have power. They really believe this. We cannot talk about current events together anymore. I would love to discuss things calmly, but they cannot, so when they start in I just don’t take the bait because I value their friendship. They gobble up Rachel Maddow, WAPO, and the NYT and repeat their party lines verbatim. It is all very sad for our country but also personally.
Agree, the toughest is continually watching people you actually know personally, descend into the hateful, blind madness ....yet, I catch myself thinking, surely NOW they will wake up. Nope, they won't sadly. And they say the same about us. You are so wise not to discuss at all.....I've made the same promise to myself. No point arguing with people I can't take seriously.
Even worse when they openly accept what their ideas imply.
I had an ongoing discussion of ideas with my very liberal (no, I’m really a moderate!) SIL. We dug deeper and deeper into fundamentals. I finally asked her if she understood that to implement what she wanted would require forcing those who didn’t agree to act according to her ideas.
She gave it some thought, and agreed that would be necessary. But, she said, “how else can you get people to do what they are supposed to do?” When I suggested persuasion rather than force, she said that would take too long.
Yes. In fact, as a former Democrat, that is exactly what we hated and feared Republicans for--and yes, both sides have elements of that "if you don't do it of your own accord I will force you to comply for your own good and the good of society" (example: having lived through the whole Iraq War cheerleading I got the vast majority of abuse from right wingers for my opposition to it for those same reasons, because humanity is a real treat and this kind of mindset leaks everywhere).
Wasn't it Nietche who said not to stare too long into the abyss or the abyss will stare back? You become what you obsess over if you aren't very careful. And it seems every group ends up doing it at some point.
Many of the Trump supporters are people who were against the Afghan war and the Iraq war. We were usually the slightly left of center people who hated Bush for his warmongering and hated the extreme right for the same. We haven't moved anywhere on the scale. The scale moved to the Left of us. Most MAGA people I know despise Romney and his ilk. And you'll notice GW Bush is supporting the Left now. So ...
That is what is so interesting to me. Former Dems like me think the Dems went too far right, and Trumpers think the Repubs went too far left. Yet most of us seem to agree on a lot of the key issues--when i saw hardcore Trump districts in 2020 also voting yes on what could be called old school Bernie policy stripped of tribal identity, it suddenly made some sense. As such I don't even think right or left is valid metric anymore. It seems the right and left on the top have merged and the right and left on the bottom have merged, but we are still arguing across the fence about right and left and using examples of extremist commoners on the other side who remained insanely loyal to the top of their "side".
Let me tell you this, former Dems like me haven't moved one iota either. I think we are all part of a sane group that refused to follow their tribe into crazy town and I'm hoping we are just the first wave.
"A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged", is still a good saying. So true. Unfortunately the deeper you are into the Lib mindset, the more tragic and drastic your wake up call will be.
I commend your ability to tolerate! As someone who spent most of my adult life in Portland, most of my friends have broken up with me already 😆 and I’m not that sad about it, (well, some days I do grieve 😔) because I can’t really tolerate that level of crazy.
it is essentially as if someone you love, friend or family, has joined a cult. you can talk mutual acquaintances, old times, family issues etc you just can't get anywhere near their cult beliefs.
lately my newest strategy is to remind the hysterics (whether male or female) that the media crafts clickbait to monetize their fear and outrage and that all our devices are meant to turn us into lab rats hooked on dopamine hits of hatred, anger and panic. then i say i don't really follow the news much because of this.
as they can't argue with the first part (who can?), this usually works to both defuse their anger and maybe even briefly realize that they just might be being manipulated.
i wouldnt say it breaks the psychosis (nothing can) but it calms them down enough that they can become humans again for a bit.
Omg, the dopamine addiction thing! After 3 years or so of the covid hysteria and fascist overreacted, things had started settling down, most of the bigger atrocities had been axed, and I found myself frustratedly thumbing through my newsfeeds looking for "something good"...then I realized I was also doing it. I had gotten hooked on fear dopamine rushes, maybe not so much fearporn of the nanstream media variety since it was mostly fairly level headed substacks I had been following, but yes, scouring even fairly intelligent and reliable sources for news on vax mandates etc had gotten me hooked on that dopamine rush!
I had to start reminding myself that finding nothing "good" to read was a good thing, that everything that had held my interest in recent years was terrible and terrifying news, and that maybe I need to start shutting off my tablet on a slow news day and being grateful that it's slow. Or at least switch to a fun game, anything but obsessing over finding an outrage to read about.
It’s a really good question. One that I wrestle with. We as a group have been through a lot with each other. Ww’ve been friends for decades When Obama and Biden were in office there were no problems of course. Part of me wants to scream “wake up” and break the friendship. But I won’t do that. That’s no better than the Dems.
Hi Shannon.... yes! It's crazy here in Southern California. And I teach writing, mostly to women. They're particularly left. Before I understood how mad it is out here I told three people I'd voted for Trump. I lost so many clients. Now I won't talk politics. And if someone wants to express their political views, I ask them to use them in a story. LOL. I fight for their right to say what they say, but at the same time, I'm so sick of their lack of common sense. It's hard.
I'm so curious about the thinking process of these sorts of people. Do they look around them and think their state is being governed well? Do they look at the streets of L.A. and San Francisco and think that's okay? Or do they blame Republicans for it? Do they like paying high taxes? Maybe they're in complete denial.
Their latest fear-filled belief: Vance killed the Pope. Pope Francis, the Democrat's compassionate progressive ratification in the realm of God, was somehow struck down by MAGA Vance who visited with the Pope only hours before he died. Today they are petrified that MAGA has taken over the selection of the next Pope.
Hadn't heard that one but the only leftist garbage I see is quoted on the normal news sites I do read. And why should a band of atheists care about the Pope?
I wonder how long before I hear my TDS mom breathlessly telling me this totally evidenced fact that she saw with her own eyes how dare you question me i know what I saw and heard....
Probably as long as Trump no longer has BDS. In Trump 2.0’s first 100 days he has mentioned either Biden, the Biden family, or the former president’s administration in conversation or on social media 580 times since taking office, a rate of six times a day.
Thank you so much! This post was filled with a depth of insight into the narratives and memes that have dominated western culture for so long. Despite the precarious situation in America, I encourage every American of good will towards his fellow man to consider that in the rest of the western world (Australia, Canada, UK, Europe) the insane Marxist/Jacobin ideologues are still in control of our politicians, our universities and our MSM. Even though an increasing proportion of our populations are struggling with cognitive dissonance alerting them to the fact that something is seriously wrong, they are unable to join the dots.
Sasha's posts actually join the dots better than just about anything else I read in my sub stack posts each day. In my opinion they are more on the cutting edge of truth than just about anything else I read each day.
What makes me kind of laugh is all these "enlightened, free thinking" women who clearly don't think for themselves and deploy womanish tactics to keep others in line: emotional manipulation, throw temper tantrums, moodiness, mean girl behavior... It's irony at its height.
100 years ago, GK Chesterton wrote: "Ten thousand women marched through the streets shouting, 'We will not be dictated to,' and went off and became stenographers."
My mother-in-law told me I was a hypocrite because I am against abortion, but OK with the death penalty for convicted killers. She could not understand the difference. God help us.
"To undo the crazy, to find their way back to sanity, they would have to admit everything they thought was real wasn’t. They would have to recognize that they were caught up in a mass delusion. But we know they won’t. Cory Booker had to amplify the crazy. AOC takes a bath in it. David Hogg shouts it from the rooftops. The crazy, like the cream, will rise to the top."
So, that's the crux of things going forward, Sasha. 25 years ago, I recognized the start of the insanity. I was talking to my wife and I said, "There's going to be a civil war unless the Democrats can accept reality." She was horrified. Nobody was talking about a civil war back then. And yet, here we are. This is the moment. Basically, the crazy left is demanding that the whole of society accept their craziness. It's the "2+2=5" moment from Orwell's 1984. If society goes along with them and accepts that "2+2=5," then all is lost and we slide into totalitarianism. But if we push back and insist that "2+2=4," then we're going to have a fight. If enough of the left ends up abandoning the crazies, perhaps that's a short fight and they are just snuffed out and the major societal institutions side with sanity and being crazy becomes unfashionable. You see people like Bill Maher at that point right now, where they are recognizing that some Democrats have gone insane, and he wants no part of it. Trump is pushing hard to rid the institutions of the craziness. He's pushing it out of government forcefully, and putting pressure on non-governmental institutions like the universities via indirect pressure. If he fails, then the odds of a civil war go up considerably.
So, that's the moment we're in, right now. Is it "2+2=5," as the crazies want us to accept, or does society respond forcefully that "2+2=4" and we marginalize the crazy and deescalate?
And yet, half the country is willing to vote for this. A far smaller number is sufficient to make the country ungovernable. And someday the inmates will rule the asylum again. Now is the time to move on the National Divorce. That is the proper solution to being married to a crazy person.
Yes it always comes down to this: the people vote them in, and are then are given license to be their worst (authentic?) selves. And what's maddening is that there are, what, at least 7, 8 states in the US where residents legal and otherwise can live their happy happy joy joy Marxist lives without ever lifting a finger: California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Illinois, Vermont, Maryland..... But without the labor and funding of the 43 red states they can't pay for their utopias or practice their despotism.
Count Colorado into that group. It has gone down hill, okay, it fell off a cliff in the last couple of years. Colorado is one of the states where the Democrat Secretary of State decided not to put the Republican nominee on the ballot. It took a SCOTUS decision to **MAKE** her do it.
More complicated. The right unit of analysis is county, not state. Majority of GDP is in those metro counties but it got there via exploitation of the rest. What would the economic of metro DC be without the extorted taxes and if they had to pay rates set by us for electricity.
So, you wonder why it is mysteriously half. The 19th amendment...even though you have many lib men, the theory is that men and women marry or partner, and life influence can flow in either direction.
You make a good point. We used to have landslides back in the 70s, 80s and even 90s. Now, that never happens. Everything is razor thin margins. Or is it? Is it really just kept close because it’s enough to win without being obvious that it’s manipulated?
Great article. When we say educated women it is with tongue in cheek. These women were the first wave of those that went to college to seek their MRS degree age 60+. So, not "well" educated, but educated nonetheless--enough to be insane. And insane enough not to have received their MRS, hysteria is the only term suitable. You won't find surgeons and rocket scientists among this group...only depressed washouts who likely held government jobs.
Mass formation psychoses is a great term. I remember from the pandemic days magnified heavily by a nervous tick for health concerns. Where the medical community wishes you to be concerned so they can make money, these people take it up as a religion, a unifier. This is the group we are dealing with, still fighting long COVID, wearing masks, protecting MS13 gang members, trans men...you are out grocery shopping with them. Scary.
Women 60+ are approximately half the entire baby boom. I went to some fancy schools, and I regret to say that I agree with you about MRS degrees and cranky female public sector employees. I’ve lost a number of old “friends” to differences of so-called ideology, but really for many of these women, ideology is subsidiary to signaling as “the good woman”.
Think it is women 65+, younger boomers are really Generation Jones, not boomers-we missed Vietnam, summer of love, civil right protests, and disco(lol).
Oh yes. A fellow California woman who is sane. There have been times over the last five years I've second-guessed the government giving women the right to vote in the last century. (I never thought I'd be writing those words.) Thank you, Sasha, for writing this post. I feel less alone.
How many demoncrats does it take to fix a problem? No one knows, it's never happened. : )
Did you steal my joke? : ) my version: Q: How many democrats does it take to solve a problem? A: None; democrats don't solve problems - they create them. Plainsenseandsanity.substack.com
Nicely stated, wish it was a joke. of course agreeing to give up whatever is left of your liberty & freedom is the ONLY solution. (also, just subbed, sounds like you have great content.)
lol
This has come down to a battle between good and evil. From the book of Matthew:
28 And when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. 29 And they cried out, saying, “[a]What business do You have with us, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before [b]the time?” 30 Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding at a distance from them. 31 And the demons begged Him, saying, “If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of pigs.” 32 And He said to them, “Go!” And they came out and went into the pigs; and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and [c]drowned in the waters. 33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, [d]including what had happened to the demon-possessed men. 34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they pleaded with Him to leave their region.
Also remember Pontius Pilate and the Romans set a prisoner free each year, So he asked the crowd who to release. The murderer Barrabas or Jesus? The crowd responded, "Give us Barabas". Same deal with Demoncats and Abrego.
These mentally ill, demon possessed/influenced people cannot be reasoned with. Only destroyed to never regain power again. If they do, the USA, and Western Civilization are done.
Like the analogy of The Romans setting the murderer Barrabas instead of Jesus... with the Democrats. And yes, I've seen evil now. I think it may have always been there. During the pandemic, I read books on the Cold War., the CIA What the Democrats did during the Pandemic roused my ire. It's like the evil has come to a head.
I live in the "banana republic" state of Colorado. By a margin of 62%-38%, Colorado's Amendment 79 was approved by voters in the 2024 election, which amends the state constitution to "enshrine" a constitutional right to abortion and to allow the use of public funds for abortion services. The amendment removes existing prohibitions on the use of public funds for abortion and ensures that abortion is included in health insurance coverage. Additionally, it limits the ability of state and local governments to impose restrictions on access to abortion services.
Key points regarding abortion limits and restrictions under Colorado Amendment 79 include:
1. No Gestational Limits: The amendment does not impose any gestational limits on abortion, meaning that abortion would be legal throughout pregnancy, including in the third trimester. This is in contrast to many other states that have specific restrictions on late-term abortions.
2. Parental Notification: The existing requirement for parental notification for minors seeking an abortion will be eliminated if Amendment 79 is implemented. This means that minors would not need to inform their parents or guardians before obtaining an abortion.
3. Public Funding: The prohibition on using public funds for elective abortions will be lifted, allowing state and local governments to fund abortion services. This could include funding for both in-state and out-of-state residents.
Furthermore, the Colorado legislature is now considering a bill that would implement Amendment 79's constitutional protections for abortion and also mandate coverage of the procedure for Medicaid patients and public employees. The bill, Senate Bill 183, has passed the House Health and Human Services Committee and the Senate on party-line votes. According to a state fiscal analysis, the bill would require an annual cost of nearly $5.9 million to cover abortion through Medicaid.
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, And all the nations that forget God.” [Psalm 9:17]
Illinois did this same thing about six years ago, which was one of the many reasons I left. They are definitely trying to steer poor women towards abortion. How much longer before they mandate the procedure for "certain" women?
Just one generation ago, Colorado was a purple if not red state. Then supposedly thousands of Californians moved there escaping high taxes and the high cost of living, but kept on voting blue. It was the first state to legalize recreational marijuana.
Just like in Illinois, millions of people not on the crazy Left likely flooded out of the state in response to the direction it was moving, removing any moderating force to influence the legislature.
It's a cautionary tale for other purple and red states.
What a shame. I used to think of Colorado as a state I wouldn't mind living in, but I'd never live there now, just like I'd never live in Cali, New York, or my home state of Massachusetts - which while always Democratic, looks almost conservative in retrospect.
That was an excellent critique of the times…
Completely Agreed. Q has directed me to spread freedom and liberty from the DEImocrats. These demonrats think they can convince my son to stop loving me, little do they know my wife left me years ago and I feel no pain. I will never stop fighting the good fight, they killed Jesus but they can't kill my spirit. And we all know who "they" is. Glory to Trump, Reagan, God and Lady Liberty and her hot freedom body.
Give them time. They just need to create a couple of million more government jobs to hand out, then everything will be solved. Since they have the same solution (more money, more jobs) it has to be right. Doesn’t it?
They only create problems - never figure out how to fix them. Even when
Presented with a left handed coffee cup
And they are right handed
I am so sick and tired of Garcia being termed a "Maryland man." As if he is a wayward American citizen mistakenly grabbed by our "Gestapo" federal agents that the Dems try to describe as some sort of "secret police" menacing law-abiding citizens. Enough! with the storytelling and outright lies from Dem politicos. I've had enough of their sanctimonious hypocrisy.
‘Maryland Man’ = ‘George Floyd’ …
Or at least the Left tried.
They couldn’t refer to Mr. Garcia by his first name because it sounds like “Kill” as in ‘Kil-Mar’
Others now trying out for the same part:
Luigi Mangione
Mahmoud Khalil
Once they settle on the martyr, then an NGO w/ nationwide reach needs to be identified for $ funding the street protests. It’s all a pipe dream now though, as the zeitgeist has shifted.
Take notice in upcoming protests the preponderance of ‘homemade’ signs vs. those churned out by BLM-like sign houses. Is the coordinated Trump-resistance $$ being squelched off by DOGE?
Don't forget Karmelo Anthony, the Dems are well on their way to making a saint out of him too
Michael Brown. Gardner guy selling cigarettes in NY....Tayvon Martin...goes on and on and on.
These guys (D's) aren't very good at picking their martyrs.
They even hate MLK Jr.
How dare he plead with Americans to judge people by their character instead of their color!!!!
oh gosh, you're right! It's crazy the D alignment to those spewing hate and/or outright killers. I don't think all D's are this nuts? But there is a vocal amount. The trolling by R's is hitting a high point. R's today stated they would fund any D that wanted to take a trip down to El Salvador. With only stipulations that they have to take pics and videos and post them.
I have 3 of them in my family.
Off the reservation and about 3 steps away from involuntary commitment.
Thankfully they disowned me first when I suggested they stop judging MAGA by Trump and start looking at the actual policies.
Here in MN, GOP Reps in the State House sponsored a bill (won't ever pass, but that's beside the point) that would have required health insurance plans cover mental health services for Trump Derangement Syndrome.
I think it was a good bill...so many people here are so detached from reality, including our Governor.
And yet you’re so unwilling to see how MAGA lives in a propaganda cult.
There’s the funniest cartoon that shows a MAGA yelling “Trump derangement syndrome” at a protester with a sign while the MAGA cultist is adorned in Trump tshirt, MAGA hat, Trump flag over the American flag 😂
Trump is now underwater on immigration as well as having the LOWEST OVERALL APPROVAL RATING of any President in modern American history at 100 days.
If the MAGA cult believes backing UNCONSTITUTIONAL violations of DUE PROCESS and disappearing people to El Salvador for life in a gulag is the way forward - while their cult leader muses about sending American citizens there - then I say KEEP GOING.
2026 and 2028 will be a bloodbath.
Where the hell did you get those numbers? 79% of the country APPROVES of his deportation agenda and actions. He has the HIGHEST approval rating. MAGA is not a cult, it's a diverse group of people who are "allowed" to disagree with each other and the President, and we do on varying things. Cult members are never told, "Do your own research" or "Think for Yourself..."
We hear that all the time in the MAGAverse.
There was ZERO VIOLATION of Due process. He went through numerous courts, was ruled as MS13, was ruled to be involved in human trafficking, was found to be a wife beater. And he is not being sent to a foreign country, he is being sent HOME. He is still a citizen of El Salvador.
You really need to turn off your mockingbird media TV and venture out a little bit Don. Your information is completely skewed and false. I feel sorry for you, because when you wake up and figure it out, you will have a horrendous headache from the cognitive dissonance.
I feel sorry for you, love. You’re gonna wake up screaming those conspiracies about 2026 and 2028 “ELECTION WAS STOLEN” because you have NO idea what the average American believe. You live in a propaganda bubble. Isn’t that why you’re on this substack, smoking this propaganda from someone who is profiting off the narrative they used to be a liberal some 6-8 years ago before they’ve gone full MAGA cultist?
That’s wholly false. You need to get out of the cult, love. Its really NOT surprising that Americans who voted for lower prices and a strong economy don’t celebrate the elimination of due process and MAGA cult crazy.
You guys live in a hermetically sealed propaganda bubble. That comes from Fox Entertainment Polling
You’re also lying! No one but our fascistic cult administration ruled Garcia to be MS-13. In fact - at his actually court hearing the judge and local police said THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY GANG AFFILIATION.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5265210-trump-approval-rating-fox-news-poll/
While they try & destroy the Metcalf family simultaneously. Disgusting.
Are we in such a cult that we can’t acknowledge UNCONSTITUTIONAL lawbreaking is NOT the way forward?
Entering the USA illegally is lawbreaking, Don. It’s always been against the law. Now we have POTUS enforcing the law, while previous administrations did not.
AMEN. If you skirted DUE PROCESS to come into the country illegally, you don't get to scream for Due Process to be sent back home. But still, this guy has had more than his share of due process. Don, your handlers are lying to you.
You guys really need to read the CONSTITUTION instead of putting it into your social media handle while having ZERO IDEA what it actually says.
Show me where 5th amendment says only “citizens” get due process?
Yeah - study harder.
Love, he didn’t get due process. Your cult propaganda is lying to you. Even Joe Rogan is appalled at your cultism 😂
Why do my MAGA cultists hate the CONSTITUTION? The 5th amendment explicitly protects all PEOPLE not “citizens” from being deprived DUE PROCESS.
“Yesterday, a federal judge ruled that a second migrant had been sent to the CECOT prison in violation of a previous court order. Here’s ABC News:
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return of a 20-year-old Venezuelan man deported to El Salvador, whose removal violated a previous court settlement, according to an order issued on Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher, a TRUMP APPOINTEE, also ordered the government not to remove other individuals covered by the settlement.“
You can set aside a room for all of them in your house and host them, "Don."
FACILITATE is not the same as force. This is interfering in international discourse, and the President of El Salvador is not interested in our bought and paid for judge's opinions.
It’s not surprising our convicted felon is willfully denying the courts and throwing us into a CONSTITUTIONAL crisis. We will need to prosecute many of the criminals in the administration so that future politicians don’t think this behavior is acceptable.
But tell me - what due process did the gay 20-something Venezuelan makeup artist who our brownshirts disappeared to El Salvador get? Rogan also talked about this guy when he decried YOUR cultism and your unpatriotic excuse making for the MAGA brown shirts.
And Luigi Mangione.
"Is the coordinated Trump-resistance $$ being squelched off by DOGE?"
Thanks for alerting me to a hypothesis which under ideal circumstances should be borne out by the evidence. I will be watching and thinking and seeking to analyze and interpret my observations.
Nevertheless, my observations will be informed by the principle "Hope for the best - prepare for the worst".
Hmmmmm.... very interesting theory! Similarly, perhaps all of the tents will no longer be identical at all of the "organically grown" pro-Palestine sit-ins at universities across the States.
The term "disappearing" is an insult to people who have truly been disappeared by totalitarian governments.
Especially since - in the context of current US affairs - they aren't actually 'disappeared'. We know *exactly* where they are, and why.
They bring in Hitler...Mussolini....and others because they're hyperventilating and trying to gain moral high ground by standing on the dead bodies of all those killed by Hitler and Mussolini....oblivious to what they're actually doing because nobody in their social circles will dare say "did you take your meds today?"
Just like Nazi; just like fascist; just like whatever the "sin of the day" happens to be in the view of the crazy left.
How come the lawyers for the innocent gay makeup artist Joe Rogan discussed on his show can’t contact him?
You’re saying it’s the positions of MAGA cultists that we should just trust the government when they say people are in a gang and disappear them to life in prison?
And when there is a Democrat president and red hats are deemed “terrorists” - Will that still be your position?
"And when there is a Democrat president and red hats are deemed “terrorists” - Will that still be your position?"
This has already happened. Where were you then?
And it’s STILL happening. How about the student beaten by the grad student instructor and another guy just because of his MAGA hat, or the many public outrages and verbal assaults on anyone minding their own business but wearing Trump gear? These instances smack of “Nazi” behavior more than anything MAGA has ever done to date. Intimidation and fear to suppress another’s right to free speech and expression of their political views is despicable. It’s social control over others. All these tactics were used in history and should be frowned upon, not encouraged like the current Democrat politicians are doing.
And we aren’t saying “just trust the administration”. We are saying trust the immigration officers and their judges to make appropriate determinations in their jobs. When only a few hundred a year are being processed there may be no tolerance for a mistake. But when you are processing millions there WILL be a mistake or two and they are NOT purposeful or wicked. Blame the ones responsible for causing it to be millions. However, we haven’t really had a mistake yet, certainly not one that wasn’t immediately rectified, which I find commendable. Garcia was NOT a mistake in the end.
What’s really crazy and deranged is how MAGA cultists think violence committed by citizens is the same as the United States government sending people to life in an El Salvadoran prison without any due process 😂
And here you are commenting on a deranged ranting substack that claims liberal Democrats are the delusional ones.
The detachment of the MAGA cult from objective reality persists in perpetuity as evidenced by Sasha Stone herself…
It’s telling that you always say “MAGA Cultist” when referring to MAGA which highlights your own delusion and derangement. 🤣
He HAD Due Process already and it was upheld a by a second court. Nobody deserves endless Due Process just because they don’t like the outcome.
Your hate is clear and it’s not working. Sasha’s little finger has more objectiveness than your entire party put together.
If I recall correctly, it was the US Government that arrested and detained hundreds of Jan 6 protesters without due process.
i find it hysterical and grossly hypocritical of you to call for legal due process for people who crossed here illegally with absolute no regard to our laws for entering our country in the first place. Why weren't you outraged for their complete defile of this and their overstep of seeking asylum when they could have easily called for asylum in the 5 countries they passed through first, only to eventually cross the US border at a non legal entry point. This isn't about fucking due process. You Don S have Trump Derangement Syndrome, commonly know as TDS. At this point you would argue that the sun revolves around the earth than Trump was right deported an illegal criminal that is apart of a murderous gang who rapes, traffics humans and sells drugs. I can't believe I'm even saying this to someone. And honestly I'd rather be apart of what you call a cult, if it has people like Sasha in it then to have the hate you have for the new administration. I just feel utterly bad for you. What are you going to do with yourself when Vance wins in 2028? Its going to be a very long 8 years for you.
But yet here you are on her substack, trolling likely as a paid troll.
And like that nice lady in the restaurant who had a mental health crisis while wearing a "Luigi is Jesus" t-shirt being triggered by someone who had a MAGA hat.
Insanity isn't doing the same thing over and over again expecting a better result.
Insanity is what we're witnessing in every town, city, county and state, such as those examples provided above.
Uffda.
😂😂 I can’t do poorly educated cultist false equivalence. Tell me which MAGA cultist was disappeared to El Salvador for a life imprisonment sentence without any DUE PROCESS.
I’ll wait.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal immigrant and member of an officially designated terrorist organization, was deported to El Salvador, the country where he is a citizen. Whether he serves a life sentence or any other sentence is up to El Salvador. Your grandma, who attended a rally at the US Capitol on Jan 6 2021 and was arrested and held for two years without charges and without bail, is not a terrorist.
I’m sorry but these cultist lies. There is no proof that Garcia is a member of any terrorist organization and he was disappeared to life in a prison at the hands of the US government. A prison known for abuses and holding prisoners incommunicado, which is a violation of US law.
We are going to have prosecute any and ALL Trump officials who have been part of this illegality.
He wasn’t disappeared, we know where he is—where he belongs—in his own country.
You're preparing a cozy little room for him in your own house, eh Donnie?
"Democrat president and red hats are deemed “terrorists”"
Your side tried that already - remember!
When liberals start to show the slightest distrust of the government when Democrats run it, or start to show the slightest distrust of legacy media EVER on any one day, I might listen to you and them, Don. Legacy media will spend tens of millions and send hundreds of reporters to say, Alabama to interview everyone who ever went to the same primary schools as Roy Moore, but won't spend a dime to investigate Hunter Biden, son of a President convicted of multiple felonies?
It was great to see Tim Pool in the whitehouse press room this morning, calling out the media for the “Maryland Man” nonsense! He laid forward the lies and the liar.
Still not sure why they didn't abolish ICE back when they had veto proof majority in the Senate during Obama's first term.
As you may recall, Obama started the deluge with the same purpose it continued.
Some of us are old enough to remember this: https://open.substack.com/pub/jackcashill/p/just-how-much-due-process-did-elian?r=nl3ud&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
That was exactly how it is presented, a Maryland man accidentally got deported
Well, this should open the floodgates for hate email from the unhinged. I hope you share some of the choice selections. Then again, perhaps you shouldn't, because being ignored is their worst nightmare.
I like your “second thought”. These characters feed off any attention at all. We should all just go stone cold on their antics.
yep, narcissism on steroids, ... and psych meds most likely as well.
Her best line in this article “They’ve destroyed themselves trying to destroy him.” The entire truth in a nutshell.
In 1940 96% of American adults were praying Christians. In 2024 that number was 62% - and the real number isn't actually that high, a lot of people, especially Democrats, identify as Christian and don't really have it in their heart or practice it. Their party is very openly anti-Christian and throws believers in prison for protesting abortions. Tell me again how killing children and chopping them up is Christian? Once you realize what's going on you can't ignore it. There is a reason a lot of Gen Z are looking hard at church: The progressive's chosen religion is death.
Soldier on, Sasha. And thanks.
Democrats run their lives on emotion. Not logic, not common sense, not reason.
Feelings dictate all decisions. It feels good to care. When those caring policies produce rot and decay and a festering society, you blame Republicans. Because your goodness and best intent cannot be responsible. Democrat emotion at its height produces virtue signaling.
See, see how good I am, see how much I care?
This is exactly the book Atlas Shrugged. I’m in the final
chapters now. The book is literally unfolding what is happening now and describes ‘crazy libs’ of today only the book was written back in the 50s. It’s as if the current dem party read the book and said let’s do this! The collective mindset is what is so frightening. Logic and mindful thinking is thrown out the window. It’s all about equity and feelings. If your work has results, it’s only to give it all back to disburse to the ‘less fortunate’ because it’s the moral thing to do. I love how Reardon the hero of the story calls the dictators ‘looters’. They are not only looting his wealth but trying to loot his mind, his effort, his will to accomplish. The average middle class in the book have all given up bc they are told they don’t need to think. Who is Jon Gault? The book is truly incredible.
The book is an illustration of what happens when collectivist ideas are taken to their logical conclusion. We see the same thing today. This is what happens when leftists have the power to fully implement their ideas.
The problem is not simply getting rid of the crazy. The problem is that their philosophy will always lead to crazy. It is inevitable, given what they believe.
The book should be required reading for anyone allowed to vote…
Atlas Shrugged ... it's been so long since I read Ayn Rand's books. Thanks for reminding me. I'll have to read it again.
I’ve been wanting to read that. I’d always heard mockery and disgust for the book, but I live in an ultra liberal area, and now it seems like something I could learn from.
Atlas Shrugged is apt.
Even better read, The Master and Margareta".
Bulgatov too, saw things he couldn't believe.
The gentleman is currently in Washington....making plans for his big party.
Maybe if the media gave them some facts, their emotions might lead them to some good decisions. Not saying the media is at fault entirely. But the major stations reported the gang member who smuggles in other illegals and beats his wife a Maryland father. Sad.
Oh, but it is. This is textbook Mockingbird Media. Many of the tv stars the Dems follow are actually CIA assets. Even Hillary admitted as much. But you can't give data and truth to someone demoralized and hypnotized by the leftist lie factory.
And their supposed caring is BS. Hence the outrage at Martha's vineyard. Not in my backyard. Yes, let's allow the poor huddled masses in droves. But, make sure they're not in my house, except as maids or gardeners. Let all the dirty unwashed live together, not with their betters.
I'm not seeing much hope for saving the Left from its crazy contingent which seems to be getting crazier (e.g., assassinations are now a viable political strategy). The semi-sane members of the party are going to have to realize the party can't be saved and is in fact an existential threat to this country.
There are no ‘semi-sane’ members of The Party. If there are those who cling to that idea, they will soon be rutted out.
You couldn’t be half-Nazi - that was what ‘the night of the long knives’ was all about. These demi-fools will go the same way. Or, they will realize they are no longer Democrats at all and break free.
Yes I thought they had reached peak crazy, they are taking it to a whole new place now. They must have no idea at all how insane their obsessions are to normal people. Even an approval rating for the party at 25% or so doesn't seem to penetrate the bubble - or should we call it an iron dome?
Scott Adams has long asserted that 25% of the country is batshit crazy and are wrong on everything. It's almost guaranteed if you took a poll that asked if child sacrifice is OK, 25% would say, "Sure, why not?"
And when you look up things like, "What does it take for a person to have a MS13 tattoo?" You'll be so horrified that you won't sleep tonight. Sorry Dems, Your "maryland dad" has MS13 tats on his hands. He is one of them, and trust me, you never want to run into one of them. You may not live to tell the tale.
Living in the DC area, I see the descent into this behavior from most of my Democrat friends. Besides all the things you bring up,
Sasha, is “Trump is anti-science.” Any cuts to any government agency of any kind are unacceptable and a sign that he just wants to hurt people and have power. They really believe this. We cannot talk about current events together anymore. I would love to discuss things calmly, but they cannot, so when they start in I just don’t take the bait because I value their friendship. They gobble up Rachel Maddow, WAPO, and the NYT and repeat their party lines verbatim. It is all very sad for our country but also personally.
Agree, the toughest is continually watching people you actually know personally, descend into the hateful, blind madness ....yet, I catch myself thinking, surely NOW they will wake up. Nope, they won't sadly. And they say the same about us. You are so wise not to discuss at all.....I've made the same promise to myself. No point arguing with people I can't take seriously.
Even worse when they openly accept what their ideas imply.
I had an ongoing discussion of ideas with my very liberal (no, I’m really a moderate!) SIL. We dug deeper and deeper into fundamentals. I finally asked her if she understood that to implement what she wanted would require forcing those who didn’t agree to act according to her ideas.
She gave it some thought, and agreed that would be necessary. But, she said, “how else can you get people to do what they are supposed to do?” When I suggested persuasion rather than force, she said that would take too long.
I ended the discussions after that.
Gee, isn't that what the Nazis did? Force people to go along with their insanity?
Yes. In fact, as a former Democrat, that is exactly what we hated and feared Republicans for--and yes, both sides have elements of that "if you don't do it of your own accord I will force you to comply for your own good and the good of society" (example: having lived through the whole Iraq War cheerleading I got the vast majority of abuse from right wingers for my opposition to it for those same reasons, because humanity is a real treat and this kind of mindset leaks everywhere).
Wasn't it Nietche who said not to stare too long into the abyss or the abyss will stare back? You become what you obsess over if you aren't very careful. And it seems every group ends up doing it at some point.
Many of the Trump supporters are people who were against the Afghan war and the Iraq war. We were usually the slightly left of center people who hated Bush for his warmongering and hated the extreme right for the same. We haven't moved anywhere on the scale. The scale moved to the Left of us. Most MAGA people I know despise Romney and his ilk. And you'll notice GW Bush is supporting the Left now. So ...
That is what is so interesting to me. Former Dems like me think the Dems went too far right, and Trumpers think the Repubs went too far left. Yet most of us seem to agree on a lot of the key issues--when i saw hardcore Trump districts in 2020 also voting yes on what could be called old school Bernie policy stripped of tribal identity, it suddenly made some sense. As such I don't even think right or left is valid metric anymore. It seems the right and left on the top have merged and the right and left on the bottom have merged, but we are still arguing across the fence about right and left and using examples of extremist commoners on the other side who remained insanely loyal to the top of their "side".
Let me tell you this, former Dems like me haven't moved one iota either. I think we are all part of a sane group that refused to follow their tribe into crazy town and I'm hoping we are just the first wave.
"A conservative is a liberal who has been mugged", is still a good saying. So true. Unfortunately the deeper you are into the Lib mindset, the more tragic and drastic your wake up call will be.
I commend your ability to tolerate! As someone who spent most of my adult life in Portland, most of my friends have broken up with me already 😆 and I’m not that sad about it, (well, some days I do grieve 😔) because I can’t really tolerate that level of crazy.
Just curious, if you can't talk about anything with these people, are they really friends? What do you talk about or do with them?
it is essentially as if someone you love, friend or family, has joined a cult. you can talk mutual acquaintances, old times, family issues etc you just can't get anywhere near their cult beliefs.
lately my newest strategy is to remind the hysterics (whether male or female) that the media crafts clickbait to monetize their fear and outrage and that all our devices are meant to turn us into lab rats hooked on dopamine hits of hatred, anger and panic. then i say i don't really follow the news much because of this.
as they can't argue with the first part (who can?), this usually works to both defuse their anger and maybe even briefly realize that they just might be being manipulated.
i wouldnt say it breaks the psychosis (nothing can) but it calms them down enough that they can become humans again for a bit.
That’s an interesting tactic. Will try to employ it.
Omg, the dopamine addiction thing! After 3 years or so of the covid hysteria and fascist overreacted, things had started settling down, most of the bigger atrocities had been axed, and I found myself frustratedly thumbing through my newsfeeds looking for "something good"...then I realized I was also doing it. I had gotten hooked on fear dopamine rushes, maybe not so much fearporn of the nanstream media variety since it was mostly fairly level headed substacks I had been following, but yes, scouring even fairly intelligent and reliable sources for news on vax mandates etc had gotten me hooked on that dopamine rush!
I had to start reminding myself that finding nothing "good" to read was a good thing, that everything that had held my interest in recent years was terrible and terrifying news, and that maybe I need to start shutting off my tablet on a slow news day and being grateful that it's slow. Or at least switch to a fun game, anything but obsessing over finding an outrage to read about.
It’s a really good question. One that I wrestle with. We as a group have been through a lot with each other. Ww’ve been friends for decades When Obama and Biden were in office there were no problems of course. Part of me wants to scream “wake up” and break the friendship. But I won’t do that. That’s no better than the Dems.
Yes. I have learned to keep my mouth shut and value my friends and colleagues. It is sooooo hard.
I live in the blue hell of Southern California and I’m surrounded by leftists most days, at least we can gather together here! 😀
Hi Shannon.... yes! It's crazy here in Southern California. And I teach writing, mostly to women. They're particularly left. Before I understood how mad it is out here I told three people I'd voted for Trump. I lost so many clients. Now I won't talk politics. And if someone wants to express their political views, I ask them to use them in a story. LOL. I fight for their right to say what they say, but at the same time, I'm so sick of their lack of common sense. It's hard.
I'm so curious about the thinking process of these sorts of people. Do they look around them and think their state is being governed well? Do they look at the streets of L.A. and San Francisco and think that's okay? Or do they blame Republicans for it? Do they like paying high taxes? Maybe they're in complete denial.
And they call us a cult.
Their latest fear-filled belief: Vance killed the Pope. Pope Francis, the Democrat's compassionate progressive ratification in the realm of God, was somehow struck down by MAGA Vance who visited with the Pope only hours before he died. Today they are petrified that MAGA has taken over the selection of the next Pope.
We should float the idea of the Vatican becoming our 53rd state.
The money would sure come in handy...
No. You think they can't get crazier and they do.
Hadn't heard that one but the only leftist garbage I see is quoted on the normal news sites I do read. And why should a band of atheists care about the Pope?
I wonder how long before I hear my TDS mom breathlessly telling me this totally evidenced fact that she saw with her own eyes how dare you question me i know what I saw and heard....
Probably as long as Trump no longer has BDS. In Trump 2.0’s first 100 days he has mentioned either Biden, the Biden family, or the former president’s administration in conversation or on social media 580 times since taking office, a rate of six times a day.
All Biden did during his term was rail against Trump and "extreme MAGA Republicans."
It's cute you think BDS is a thing.
When it's still 6 times a day on average in public when you're president for 100 consecutive days, what else are ya gonna call it?!
Thank you so much! This post was filled with a depth of insight into the narratives and memes that have dominated western culture for so long. Despite the precarious situation in America, I encourage every American of good will towards his fellow man to consider that in the rest of the western world (Australia, Canada, UK, Europe) the insane Marxist/Jacobin ideologues are still in control of our politicians, our universities and our MSM. Even though an increasing proportion of our populations are struggling with cognitive dissonance alerting them to the fact that something is seriously wrong, they are unable to join the dots.
Sasha's posts actually join the dots better than just about anything else I read in my sub stack posts each day. In my opinion they are more on the cutting edge of truth than just about anything else I read each day.
Thank God for you Sasha and for Donald Trump, Tulsi, Robert Kennedy, Vance, Kristi and everyone in the new administration.
What makes me kind of laugh is all these "enlightened, free thinking" women who clearly don't think for themselves and deploy womanish tactics to keep others in line: emotional manipulation, throw temper tantrums, moodiness, mean girl behavior... It's irony at its height.
100 years ago, GK Chesterton wrote: "Ten thousand women marched through the streets shouting, 'We will not be dictated to,' and went off and became stenographers."
Clearly not much changes over time, LOL
My mother-in-law told me I was a hypocrite because I am against abortion, but OK with the death penalty for convicted killers. She could not understand the difference. God help us.
You should have pointed out the hypocrisy that most people who are against the death penalty are for abortion.
"To undo the crazy, to find their way back to sanity, they would have to admit everything they thought was real wasn’t. They would have to recognize that they were caught up in a mass delusion. But we know they won’t. Cory Booker had to amplify the crazy. AOC takes a bath in it. David Hogg shouts it from the rooftops. The crazy, like the cream, will rise to the top."
So, that's the crux of things going forward, Sasha. 25 years ago, I recognized the start of the insanity. I was talking to my wife and I said, "There's going to be a civil war unless the Democrats can accept reality." She was horrified. Nobody was talking about a civil war back then. And yet, here we are. This is the moment. Basically, the crazy left is demanding that the whole of society accept their craziness. It's the "2+2=5" moment from Orwell's 1984. If society goes along with them and accepts that "2+2=5," then all is lost and we slide into totalitarianism. But if we push back and insist that "2+2=4," then we're going to have a fight. If enough of the left ends up abandoning the crazies, perhaps that's a short fight and they are just snuffed out and the major societal institutions side with sanity and being crazy becomes unfashionable. You see people like Bill Maher at that point right now, where they are recognizing that some Democrats have gone insane, and he wants no part of it. Trump is pushing hard to rid the institutions of the craziness. He's pushing it out of government forcefully, and putting pressure on non-governmental institutions like the universities via indirect pressure. If he fails, then the odds of a civil war go up considerably.
So, that's the moment we're in, right now. Is it "2+2=5," as the crazies want us to accept, or does society respond forcefully that "2+2=4" and we marginalize the crazy and deescalate?
And yet, half the country is willing to vote for this. A far smaller number is sufficient to make the country ungovernable. And someday the inmates will rule the asylum again. Now is the time to move on the National Divorce. That is the proper solution to being married to a crazy person.
Yes it always comes down to this: the people vote them in, and are then are given license to be their worst (authentic?) selves. And what's maddening is that there are, what, at least 7, 8 states in the US where residents legal and otherwise can live their happy happy joy joy Marxist lives without ever lifting a finger: California, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Illinois, Vermont, Maryland..... But without the labor and funding of the 43 red states they can't pay for their utopias or practice their despotism.
Count Colorado into that group. It has gone down hill, okay, it fell off a cliff in the last couple of years. Colorado is one of the states where the Democrat Secretary of State decided not to put the Republican nominee on the ballot. It took a SCOTUS decision to **MAKE** her do it.
More complicated. The right unit of analysis is county, not state. Majority of GDP is in those metro counties but it got there via exploitation of the rest. What would the economic of metro DC be without the extorted taxes and if they had to pay rates set by us for electricity.
So, you wonder why it is mysteriously half. The 19th amendment...even though you have many lib men, the theory is that men and women marry or partner, and life influence can flow in either direction.
You make a good point. We used to have landslides back in the 70s, 80s and even 90s. Now, that never happens. Everything is razor thin margins. Or is it? Is it really just kept close because it’s enough to win without being obvious that it’s manipulated?
Great article. When we say educated women it is with tongue in cheek. These women were the first wave of those that went to college to seek their MRS degree age 60+. So, not "well" educated, but educated nonetheless--enough to be insane. And insane enough not to have received their MRS, hysteria is the only term suitable. You won't find surgeons and rocket scientists among this group...only depressed washouts who likely held government jobs.
Mass formation psychoses is a great term. I remember from the pandemic days magnified heavily by a nervous tick for health concerns. Where the medical community wishes you to be concerned so they can make money, these people take it up as a religion, a unifier. This is the group we are dealing with, still fighting long COVID, wearing masks, protecting MS13 gang members, trans men...you are out grocery shopping with them. Scary.
Women 60+ are approximately half the entire baby boom. I went to some fancy schools, and I regret to say that I agree with you about MRS degrees and cranky female public sector employees. I’ve lost a number of old “friends” to differences of so-called ideology, but really for many of these women, ideology is subsidiary to signaling as “the good woman”.
Think it is women 65+, younger boomers are really Generation Jones, not boomers-we missed Vietnam, summer of love, civil right protests, and disco(lol).
Oh yes. A fellow California woman who is sane. There have been times over the last five years I've second-guessed the government giving women the right to vote in the last century. (I never thought I'd be writing those words.) Thank you, Sasha, for writing this post. I feel less alone.