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  1. 1. Who would you vote if Congress was PR.

    • Republican Party
    • Democratic Party
    • Never-Trump Republicans
    • Libertarian Party
    • Green Party
    • Constitution Party
    • Alliance Party
    • Working Families Party
    • Party for Socialism and Liberation
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    • Legal Marijuana Now Party
    • Peace and Freedom Party
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    • American Solidarity Party
    • Prohibition Party
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    • Socialist Workers Party
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    • Unity Party
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    • Workers World Party
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    • Socialist Equality Party
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Just now, Cenzonico said:

You know its good when Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Ghandi, and Barack Obama all said it.

Such a dynamic trio I must say... 

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Just now, Patine said:

I have never been cited or punished for what I've said online (unless annoyed, and often petulant, moderators with real biases and chips on their shoulder count), even without a VPN, I'm not in danger of losing my job on the accusation ALONE of hate speech or sexual misconduct because labour union and workers' rights laws have MEANING here, we have terrorist actions and insurgencies far more rarely than the U.S., statistically (and never an all-out civil war or putsch attempt in our history), I'm personally more annoyed much of the time by corporate action (especially their ceaseless and intrusive advertising), I feel FAR safer walking the streets of Edmonton than most Americans in a city of similar size (1 million or so) report feeling, and I DON'T have to carry a gun to feel secure, Canadian news media is held to a somewhat higher standard of actually reporting the NEWS than in the U.S., having Medicare a social safety network is much more of a form of freedom than tyranny for those really need it and and Canada's wars abroad (always supporting U.S. effort or UN peacekeeping) doesn't tend to have the social blowback back home they do in the U.S. So, I must ask, where is the unimaginable oppression you said we must under, above?

I think you're taking what I said several hours ago seriously. 

I mean I included this

😛 

At the end of it... but ok. 

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Just now, Patine said:

 

 

You must all be proud of yourselves and the Primary school-level so-called joke it took all three of you to hash out and endorse. Oh, the glowing future you must have... 🙄

I'm sure all of our futures are much greater than those who fear credit cards and are too scared to get one 😄 

I mean, I'll admit, when I was a kid I asked my parents to lend me their money to buy a game or something... but I pay all of my expenses now. C'mon man

I've done very well for myself thank you very much. 

And I have utmost confidence in the two gentlemen you ridiculed to have bright futures. 

Quit the gloom and doom shit old man. 

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2 minutes ago, Patine said:

Have your opinions - EVOLVED - that quickly? 🤨

No, it was a joke. I was ridiculing your previous statements with a facetious remark. 

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6 minutes ago, Patine said:

and I DON'T have to carry a gun to feel secure

Neither do most Americans, but do what most non-Americans do and completely misconstrue American gun rights. A large majority of those of us who own guns own them for self-defense in case of an armed robbery, and those of us who do choose to carry in public DONT do so because we feel particularly unsafe, but as a just-in-case measure. Most American cities are far safer than you imagine. Just because we have rights does not mean we are unsafe, for we don’t submit to the authoritarian ideologies which would lead us to believe so.

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1 minute ago, Patine said:

It's not really so much them in and of themselves. The future in general - and not just of the U.S., but the world - is not looking friendly and bright. I REALLY wish it realistically looked otherwise. But every single sociologist, analyst, economist, statistician, and other expert in the social sciences NOT on the payroll of a propagandist and socio-political agenda-driven think tank or foundation also sees a bleak and dark future nowadays, though the reasons and details tend to differ. As I say, I REALLY wish it looked otherwise. But this grim forecast is CERTAINLY not the fault of anyone, here.

I understand where you're coming from, as I have seen a decay concerning society itself. I mean, I'm from rural South Carolina for God's sake.

However, every member I've met on this forum gives me hope for a better future. Even if I disagree with them, everyone here is a smart individual.

I don't care what you say about me, but don't you dare use your old man, "Glory Days" talk to ridicule the future of others.

I genuinely don't believe you care, because you say things impulsively, with your talk of the better times, and then back track when you realize of your wrongdoing.

Quit being pessimistic, and offer some encouraging words to others. I may not be the best example of this as I'm often too much of a "realist," to other people as one might say. But I hate that I have to talk like this to someone over the internet as it is a rare occasion. 

With that said, I've said enough for the night. 

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2 minutes ago, Patine said:

 

 

You must all be proud of yourselves and the Primary school-level so-called joke it took all three of you to hash out and endorse. Oh, the glowing future you must have... 🙄

Nothing inherently wrong with having a shit/weird sense of humor. Sure some of the stuff I laugh at is really dumb/risque. So? I ain't the one with the complex, so just take the bashing else where. 

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