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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I'm curious how would you have prepared your children for the nuclear carnage of the Truman era?

...The witch hunts of the Eisenhower era? 
...The brutal and multiple assassinations of elected leaders and the threat of nuclear apocalypse in the Kennedy era? 
...The bloody quagmire of the LBJ era? 
...The undermining of public trust in the Nixon era? 
...The utter malaise of the Carter era? 
...The pure greed of the Reagan era?

I could go on.

What is it exactly that you expect from this imperfect country, and what exactly makes you special in this particular period of American upheaval? Nothing. raise your kids accordingly, and with a strong compass, and life will go on.[/quote]

If you don't see the unique threat Trump poses to the American way of life you are beyond help. [/quote]

FDR put people in internment camps and Truman killed 200,000 civilians with a nuclear bomb. What were you taught in school? You are historically illiterate, have no context of how bad it was in the past, lack coping skills, and are completely unhinged.[/quote]

Both Truman and FDR's actions against Japan and Japanese Americans were in response to an act of war committed by Japan. You can disagree with the necessity of these actions in hindsight but the American people in the 1940s had a valid reason to fear the Japanese and a valid reason for why the war in the Pacific needed to be ended (Japan refused to give up and the only alternative to the A-bombs was putting American troops on the ground on Japanese soil which would have led to as many deaths as the bombs caused).

I don't view Trump as a specific threat to the American people but his arrogance and lack of integrity makes him a very poor leader and it's human nature for people to be uncomfortable when their leader is a very poor leader. What happened between the US and Japan 80 years ago does not relate whatsoever.[/quote]

And THIS is a perfectly reasonable answer. You think he is a poor leader, a bad person, but not a threat to the American people. And that's OK! I think that's all many folks on this thread are pointing out. Disliking a president, thinking they are bad at their job and working towards electing a new one is a normal response towards a disappointing outcome. "Preparing for the coming storm," trying to secure passports, hide money, rethink having a family, etc. is an abnormal, chicken little response. Figure out why you lost, what you misread about the governing majority and how you can convince people that your side is righteous. And hot tip for some other posters on here, it's not writing off everyone who isn't as tuned up as you as a "deranged MAGA moron."[/quote]

Go ahead and have lots and lots and lots and lots of babies if you choose.    There is nothing wrong with someone taking a cold hard look at.......climate change, economic decline, country starting to resemble an oligarchy,  lack of affordable housing,  lack of good health insurance and healthcare options for your family,  lack of respect for health and science, lack of respect for women, decline of basic  rights for women,  increasing dangers from pregnancy, and on and on and on...and deciding you know what I don't know that I'm going to have a child right now.  This is not a country that is serious about doing anything about any of these issues.[/quote]

I hear you, the world is a dangerous place, and all of the issues you lay out save for the end of Roe (which really just depends on the state you live in) were issues before Trump, and they will be issues after him. I take issue with folks saying they have made the decision to not have babies after witnessing the last two weeks. I mean. go ahead, don't bring kids into an uncertain world, but to explicitly blame Trump for that decision is absurd. [/quote]

Scroll up and read the words of one of his nominees. White men are the only competant leaders? F bringing a kid into a place woth leaders like that. [/quote]

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