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g5w  ·  1188 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Memo from the Joint Chiefs of Staff

I am not trying to be a Trump apologist by any means. There is a lot to worry about with his supporters, regardless of what he does now. The GOP establishment has jumped the shark and should be abolished.

When I initially read the memo, I started getting visions of the military getting involved in determining the winner of elections and spoke hastily. necroptosis corrected me and I do appreciate that.

As for kleinbl00 's response, I am not ready to burn it all down as a response. He is right to be angry about things like Michael Flynn; I am too. He is right to point out the hatred Trump's supports have been spewing and the horrible actions some of them have taken. Our government should seek out everyone that engaged in treason/insurrection, and those that attack private citizens or public officials to the same ends. Violence should not be used in the political process.

He is right to point out the hypocrisy and double-standards of the police and the systemic racism in our country. The government needs to root out those that oppress others based on race/creed/color/gender/etc. We the people need to vote into office politicians that will pursue these corrections. I believe the only way to make that happen is to get the majority of voters to vote that way. And how do we do that?

Where I disagree with kleinbl00 is here. It sounds as though he is ready to condemn all conservatives. It sounds like he has determined that there is no redeeming them and that they should be disenfranchised and treated with complete contempt. I believe that if we treat them as any enemy, we will just reinforce their view that we are their enemy and that we should be fought with violence.

In the end, we both want to fix our nation, and for racism and bigotry to be eliminated. We differ on the how.