• @NineMileTower
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    -115 hours ago

    Be prepared for the doomers to tell you why you are wrong. God speed, brother.

    • Björn Tantau
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      3115 hours ago

      Well, by now the Supreme Court has been supplanted and intent to overthrow democracy has been shown. That’s a big difference to last time. So it’s not exactly the same situation.

      But we’ll see how robust American democracy is.

      • snooggums
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        814 hours ago

        Yeah, forcing Trump onto the ballot despite the insurrection because congress hadn’t passed a law to enforce the constitution and then making the president a fucking king are a huge difference from 2016. Not to mention Trump appointed jusges throwing out his cases and his 34 felonies not being a sign that he should 't be elected again after his disastrous first term.

        Yeah, this is way worse and the only hope is Republican infighting keeping the worst from happening again.

      • tate
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        414 hours ago

        The saying is really about asking god to remove obstacles from your path and facilitate faster travel. A little like “goodbye” is a very shortened “may god be with you.”

        • @bassomitron
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          414 hours ago

          TIL the etymology of goodbye is a contraction of “god be with you.”

          • @NineMileTower
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            513 hours ago

            Which is why I always just say, “Later, butt sniffers.”

          • tate
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            314 hours ago

            Kinda makes “bye bye” seem a little weird, eh?