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Torchlight

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6. Conservatives are playing Peak Paradox this week

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Wed Jan 28, 2026, 11:29 AM

12 hrs ago

On one hand, they've been raised by bumper stickers, "God and Country" "Family Values" "Small Government" "Come take 'em!"

And now they give fealty to the one person actively taking all of that away from them. The idiots among them will point at both sides to better rationalize the irrational.

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The Zeitgeist Shifts [View all] babylonsister 14 hrs ago OP

Even if you don't give a damn about your minority neighbors, do you want your community under siege? tulipsandroses 14 hrs ago #1

I feel bad for all the people who have been abused by this group of monsters Endlessmike56 12 hrs ago #2

"a panicked, out of control agent" Cirsium 12 hrs ago #3

And it was premeditated. flashman13 12 hrs ago #7

Angry. YodaMom2 11 hrs ago #8

Loss of "faith" in govt is killing both parties leftstreet 12 hrs ago #4

I fear that too many people just assume that all migrants are in the US illegally. Lonestarblue 12 hrs ago #5

Conservatives are playing Peak Paradox this week Torchlight 12 hrs ago #6

Clapping and jumping like a touchdown has been scored after witnessing/participating pat_k 11 hrs ago #9