Tobias Funke seems to be angry.

This country will never heal as long as we have people like this on both sides. I saw @oldfella1962 share the same sentiment the other day.

If it wasn't clear to you by this point, one of those "sides" is fascism. How do you expect a country to heal with out-of-the-closet fascists working to undermine the country? They won't just magically go away, as Europe learned in the 1930s and 1940s. This has been a plan decades in the making, Trump is only the symptom. Calling for blood is hyperbole, but something still needs to be done to root it out.

Yes because all Republicans are fascists.

Every single Republican that voted for Trump and his enablers this year voted to support fascism, yes. What do you call someone that supports fascism?

That's not what I said, though it is becoming increasingly true as conservatives leave the Republican party.

He said 'Y=X', not 'Y=|X|'.
There is a difference.

I never said I wanted blood, but I will admit healing is not on the immediate horizon. Even if it's Joe's dream it sure isn't Kamaltoe's dream, so it's a moot point anyway.

Maybe some people see the fascism as coming from a different side - ever consider that? Maybe that side needs to be rooted out. Just sayin'

AWESOME opinion! That and a couple of bucks will get you a cup of coffee.

I notice you didn't say I'm wrong.

Do the math.

That position is not based in reality, and is in fact another symptom of the fascist tactics we've seen on display (for several decades, but especially in the past decade).

My calculations determined that you're in denial about American fascism and you have been for years.

yes... but those folks also call that different side "communists" as if the two are somehow interchangeable.

the bottom line is whether or not you think Bezos actually earns a billion dollars a week while people work 60+ hours a week for him yet still need food stamps to survive.

Speak softly, pump iron, and wait for someone to invent a functional clue bat.

paranoid and hyperbolic much?

Only a sith deals in absolutes.

I love the fact that Bezos's ex is donating her divorce settlement to worthy causes. "Take THAT, you greedy fucker!"

Also, hold me to this: I don't usually make New Year's resolutions, so I'm not sure if that's what this is, but by this time next year I intend to [try to] wean off Amazon, though it's so cool to send gifts that will actually be delivered on time. But my goal includes taking all of my books that are available on Kindle to other venues.

Unless, of course, Bezos is struck by lightning on the road to Tarsus and sells all[some] that he has and gives to [the poor]his employees.

Go after him first, then nag at me. Amazon has made me a whopping >$100 in royalties for 2020.

<thunderous applause>

So @oldfella1962 is a Sith? You'll have to help me out here... I'm the only s/f fan in the universe who has never seen a Star Wars film all the way through. (My daughter and I are still at odds about that.)

Obi-Wan tells Anakin that "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", and uses that as his identification that Anakin had actually turned to the Dark Side.

Ironic, because "only the Sith deal in absolutes"...is an absolute.

No, it’s the notion that all republicans are fascists because they backed Trump. It’s not that simple.

Vice President Nigger is too hard to type out?

Answer my question, then.

What do you call them?

No, no. All opinions are equal, and facts don't matter. And don't you dare suggest otherwise.

I call them Republicans. I don’t consider them fascists though. You labeling them fascists doesn’t make it so.

You don't consider someone that supports fascism to be a fascist?

not all republicans are fascists, but you can be damned sure that american fascists voted republican

Disagree. @oldfella1962 already pointed this out, but fascism swings both ways.