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Originally Posted by ernie
Yes that's some disgusting stuff. I really hope someone publishes a weekly list of crimes committed by citizens in the same area as a response.
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I personally would love a list of crimes committed by supposed "law-abiding gun owners," though I'd imagine that list would be far longer.
Really, a record of crimes committed with legally owned weapons would be fascinating.
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
There's no way out. One side (the larger one) will not back down over civil liberties and progress. The other (the more armed one) will not back down over perceived loss of their "America"
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This is going to sound callous, but if we can keep all hell from breaking loose, eventually Trump and the GOP will lose their stranglehold because their voters are dying off the fastest. Younger generations are more diverse and more liberal, and eventually the old people propping up the GOP will be gone.
If we survive that long.
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Originally Posted by New Era
Does anyone know what the 'real' margin of victory was in this election? How many votes won Trump the election? That will tell you just how secure the Republicans are and just how 'out of touch' some people are. The number is minuscule in the big picture. In retrospect, this election result was a fluke. The number is very easy to swing the other way.
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I've been pushing this for a while now. Trump lost the popular vote by a large margin, and in the swing states he won, his margin of victory was around or below a percentage point. The GOP has things gerrymandered to make themselves look like big winners, when its mostly all about the right votes in the right places.