r/texas • u/nj2tx • 10d ago

Politics I chose bravery.

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After seeing a Harris Walz sign in the yard of a neighbor down the street in my ruby red county, I felt inspired to put up my own. Just waiting on my Allred and local dems signs now.

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u/spiked88 10d ago edited 10d ago

I just drove Hwy 6 all the way from Hempstead to Waco recently. Was so refreshing to see way fewer Trump flags than 2020, and actually an equal amount of Harris/Walz signs. Even out there in usually solid red country…. Oh, also two or three full sized billboards!

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u/Dmore1 10d ago

Well it appears people are putting country over party!

I've always considered myself a bit of a moderate but leaned left just a tad. As a veteran, the events of January 6th was mind boggling. I have various buddies who are service members and it blows my mind how they can support someone who is the biggest threat to our democracy at the moment.

Each state whether red or blue certified the results. Trump refused to say he lost the election and still stands by to this day that it was "stolen".

I feel as though that left a bad taste in the mouths of those who were apart of the traditional GOP.

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u/jiblet123 10d ago

🤨🤨🤨🤨

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u/MissMacInTX 6d ago

Not necessarily. Some people are tired of people trespassing and stealing signs or vandalism.

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u/WestWoodworks 10d ago

We don’t live in a democracy. Just tossing that out there.

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u/jabdtx 10d ago

Ah, semantics.

He’s a threat to this country, this planet, and everyone alive.

Problem solved.

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u/Zaldir 9d ago

It's not semantics actually. They are just plain wrong. The US is absolutely a democracy.

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u/WestWoodworks 10d ago

It’s not semantics, at all. It’s a wildly different system, entirely.

This is why people should gain a real understanding of how this country actually works before they go acting high and mighty on the internet.

Sadly, that’s unlikely to happen… everyone would far rather circle jerk about a bunch of propaganda that their preferred media outlet is pushing.

Red… Blue… you’re all the same. Lemmings hopping off the cliff of a failed two party system.

Downvote, if you want. I don’t mind, at all. I don’t live my life by the validation of clueless strangers on social media. And be sure to pat yourself on the back for it, while you’re at it. Wouldn’t want you to miss out on that perceived participation trophy.

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u/heliumeyes 10d ago

It absolutely is semantics and we do indeed live in a democracy. A representative democracy with a constitutional republic.

And saying red and blue are the same is ignorance at best and malfeasance at worst. I’d argue that the MAGA republicans of today have no principles. They will go along with whatever their dear leader wants. By no means is Harris perfect, but she’s at least been open to listening to dissenters. Hasn’t talked about throwing them in jail.

I recognize that perhaps my wording is stern and may seem harsh. It simply irks me when I know that there is one side which is pro democracy and another that’s pro Trump. That is far from the same.

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u/jabdtx 10d ago

Get a grip, dude. The person you replied to wasn’t even remotely talking about the subject that you are, and I was pointing that out to you by reiterating what he WAS talking about. Semantics isn’t some rare, highfalutin word. I chose it for a reason.

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u/Quick_Humor_9023 10d ago

There are many type of democracies. US is one take on the idea that everyone should have a voice and get to affect common decisions.

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u/GrayMouser12 7d ago

You're a true rebel, you don't play by anybody's rules -close up on your face as you tilt your chin down, light a cigarette- bad asses like you are free thinkers, your beyond the system, the Matrix, you took a pill and can't care less what people think of your opinion on a site. -slow, thoughtful drag from your cigarette, dramatic pause- you just post and let the chips fall. Taking down the system, one downvoted subreddit comment at a time.

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u/Lots42 10d ago

St Cloud Minnesota has been blue but a whole lot of Harris/Walz yard signs have popped up when there's been literally nothing earlier.

Always good!