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12. Wow. Yeah, people like me are just collateral damage?

Reply to maxrandb (Original post)

Sun Nov 9, 2025, 10:41 PM

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We're at a point of diminishing returns. It is what it is, and for a person like myself I need to just die quietly and respect that the Democratic Party I worked for, supported and voted for my entire life can't hold the line and fight for me.

Seriously? You think I cannot be mad at the Democrats for this? That's hilarious.

I'm literally sitting here planing to get as much press as I'm dying as I possibly can to make them see what they voted for.

I do not plan on going gently into this goodnight without making one hell of a scene. It's gonna be a pitiful and graphic mess, too.

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It's true that sometimes you reach the point of diminishing returns [View all] maxrandb Sunday OP

90 million who had something better to do on election day n/t Cheezoholic Sunday #1

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There was an unexplained shift in there leftstreet Sunday #4

Democrats put a huge spotlight on the issue. Voters will know who to blame when they can no longer afford coverage. tritsofme Sunday #5

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I don't necessarily disagree with you. Democratic leaders were forced into a shutdown that never truly made much sense tritsofme Sunday #10

It made some sense, I doubt the election a week ago would have turned out quite as well without it Amishman Monday #29

"Democrats shut down the government"? Nice try, Mr. Joined Today 19-poster. hatrack Sunday #18

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Not their first rodeo JoseBalow Monday #25

Maybe the Dems fought hard, but never anticipated maxrandb Monday #27

lol voters wont remember shit pimpbot Sunday #20

They are causing a real and tangible harm. tritsofme Sunday #22

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Cup o' Cope Ponietz Sunday #3

It's so predictable, though Gore1FL Sunday #6

It's not all or even most Democrats. Happy Hoosier Sunday #15

It feels like we were tricked though leftstreet Sunday #7

I am in a very comfy position also FHRRK Sunday #9

Well it is true as you say ... Nanjeanne Sunday #11

You seem to think Dems could win this fight maxrandb Monday #30

Oh well if Abagail Spanberger says it then of course Nanjeanne Monday #35

Wow. Yeah, people like me are just collateral damage? herding cats Sunday #12

Kicked and Recommended jfz9580m Sunday #13

Would you mind dying a bit more quietly? Happy Hoosier Sunday #16

I'm just beginning to realize my worth. herding cats Sunday #17

FWIW, the vast majority of Democrats opposed this. Happy Hoosier Sunday #19

No, you have every right to be angry. maxrandb Monday #32

So, what returns did we get? Happy Hoosier Sunday #14

We get to watch the blowback for voting for people to die? herding cats Sunday #21

What blowback? Their axing Roe V Wade didn't even make people wake up Amishman Monday #31

What we get is people not starving and losing their entire livelihood maxrandb Monday #33

Sure. Great. Happy Hoosier Monday #36

I'm not disheartened by the failure to protect the ACA, but by the strategic incompetence. RockRaven Monday #26

Stop orangecrush Monday #28

It WAS A REPUBLICAN SHUTDOWN and Emile Monday #34

That's true. Happy Hoosier Monday #37