So you say you were “MAGA” “long before” DJ… There was no MAGA wing of the Republican party until DJ turned it into a buzzword, then took over almost the entire party to the point that many people who were lifelong Republican conservatives either left or have been driven out, while people like me, who used to have sympathy for and even held SOME conservative views have been so completely turned off by the new MAGA Republicans - people of your ilk - that many of us will likely never again vote for another Republican. If they can’t get their house in order, it’s time the party died a quick death and is replaced by one with more common sense.

It’s a sad thing to say about the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Eisenhower - great Republican Presidents. But when it’s at the point that you all today would refer to presidents like those three as RINOs and almost certainly vote for DJ over any one of them… It’s time.

One last thing: Democrats and Marxists are two different things, a fact you choose to ignore or deliberately not understand.

So you say you were “MAGA” “long before” DJ… There was no MAGA wing of the Republican party until DJ turned it into a buzzword, then took over almost the entire party to the point that many people who were lifelong Republican conservatives either left or have been driven out, while people like me, who used to have sympathy for and even held SOME conservative views have been so completely turned off by the new MAGA Republicans - people of your ilk - that many of us will likely never again vote for another Republican. If they can’t get their house in order, it’s time the party died a quick death and is replaced by one with more common sense.

It’s a sad thing to say about the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and Eisenhower - great Republican Presidents. But when it’s at the point that you all today would refer to presidents like those three as RINOs and almost certainly vote for DJ over any one of them… It’s time.

One last thing: Democrats and Marxists are two different things, a fact you choose to ignore or deliberately not understand.

Your personal opinion only.

I distinctly recall mentioning to you providing of facts is verboten, yet here you are, again, doing so. Something must be done about this habit of yours.

Ronald Reagan, the 1980 Republican presidential nominee, originated the slogan “Make America Great Again.” He and his running mate George H.W.Bush. WRONG AGAIN.

Only a brain-dead ignorant fool can overlook the horrible savage history of the Democrat Party beginning with Jackson's treatment of Indians, then slavery, reconstruction, the KKK, the fight against Civil Rights for Blacks, killing millions of American thru abortion, destroying the sanctity of life, the sanctity of marriage and family, the attacks against Christianity, the promotion of sexual perverts, the destruction of our schools and indoctrination our children. The sheer stupidity of not acknowledging you are a party of cultural Marxist is stunning.

Which statement do you believe is conjecture? What I said about Hitler is factual. It certainly is brief but it is still factual. The steps that Fat Donny the wannabe authoritarian has taken are the basic steps described in the assent of fascism. Here they are:
1) Play to people’s strongest fears, insecurities, and points of anger to win the election.

2) Normalize yourself through your press and public statements. Never mention plans for the future.

3) Appoint a trusted associate who is close to the vortex of power, but also outside of the traditional power structure.

4) Fascists typically re-make the party that brought them into power in their own image, re-fashioning it to fit in their own deeply unconventional and personal coalition of support.

5) Fascists almost always begin their tenure in office focused on infrastructure projects,

6) Fascists begin to develop and refine their cult of identity in anticipation of re-election

7) The big test for a fascist’s staying power is their first re-election. If they fail here it is back to ground zero.

8) Once re-elected, fascist leaders then begin more rapidly tightening their grip on the institutions of power and removing said institutions’ ability to check the leader. The judiciary is always target #1 followed by the media and the press.

9) Marginalize the voting power of groups aligned against you with rapid force: They can’t vote you out if they can’t vote.

10) Declare yourself father of the people. “I am your voice. I am your warrior. I am your justice. . . . and for those who have been wronged, I am your retribution”.


Which one is YOUR favorite?

I disagree.
It simply takes someone who
A) Reads the rules of a forum they decide to join ( before posting on it ).
B) Agrees to follow the rules
C) Is BRAVE enough to go against the crowd and actually provide the help asked for by Admin., whether or not they are disliked for it.

While I was not on OPP when this topic was posted back in 2017 by Admin (who had been on OPP 5 years at that point) it's pretty clear from the post that he/she needed help.
I'd be curious to know if the same person is still here 7 years after the following - which I took seriously - was posted:

Admin thread from 2017, no responses allowed:

"Well, this was a nice experiment, but it failed.

I thought that I would set up a political forum and allow as much freedom on it as possible. I thought that free exchange of ideas with minimal restrictions would result in exciting conversations.

Even though the forum rules have always stated that insults aren't allowed, I never really enforced those rules except for some extreme cases.

But it all turned into a giant pile of crap with some people seemingly competing on who can insult others the most.

Now, it's like a never-ending Jerry Springer show. Which gets boring after a while, not to mention repulsive. And I don't want a website like that.

I see way too many threads ruined by mudslinging and insults with little substance.

So I'm going to clean up OPP.

I realize that some people will leave. And that's OK.
If you don't agree with this, that's fine. Stay out of the way or leave. Either way is fine with me.

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If you do agree and want to see OPP cleaned up, so that you can actually have intelligent debate on this forum, then help me out and use Report Issue button when you come across anyone who isn't willing to communicate in a civilized manner. I'll try to pay more attention to what's being posted, but I can't see everything.
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I imagine it would take some time to establish the "new normal" of what's considered acceptable on this forum and until the general atmosphere of discussion here adjusts. During that time, I'll be deleting posts, suspending accounts, and permanently banning those who just refuse to stop insulting others. The reason I created this announcement is to have a place where I can refer people when I take administrative action.

As to what would be acceptable, well, it's hard to define, but here it is: if a reasonable person would be OK saying this in public, in the presence of their friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, and strangers, then it would probably be OK to post it here."

https://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-115672-1.html