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Thread #162189   Message #3858945
Posted By: Joe Offer
05-Jun-17 - 12:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: Where's the Outrage?
Subject: RE: BS: Where's the Outrage?
I think we need to find a way to tone down the discussion in all nations.
First of all, please let it be known that my two sons are quite reasonable. I raised 'em on rock 'n' roll, and they came out good. It's my nephews on my ex-wife's side that grew up to be Trump supporters, and may god (or the deity of your choice) have mercy on their souls.
But yes, there are people on the conservative side who are not enslaved by right-wing extremism or the Tea Party or Trump or UKIP, and we need to hear their concerns. It seems to me that Theresa May might be far more reasonable than some here give her credit for. My understanding is that she opposed Brexit, and yet she is tasked with carrying it out. If that's the case, she may be Britain's last, best hope. The UK needs to conduct the mandated exit gracefully, especially to preserve employment opportunities for Britons who work on the Continent. In the U.S., John McCain and Susan Collins and Lindsay Graham and Nebraska U.S. Senator Ben Sasse are Republicans who have consistently opposed Trump, and we need to look to them as potential allies - Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell will certainly be Republican allies with good international credentials. There are lots of people who could join together to form a New Center, and I think there's great value in shifting power to the center and away from the extremes.
Right now, lunacy is in power. We can't survive this unless we bring things back to the center.
-Joe Offer-