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Libbey Dem's avatar

Mark Cuban can kick rocks! He has been posting some fucked up shit like welcoming "intelligent" conversations with MAGA instead of blocking them. AND he suggested that they were "Republicans". Sorry Cubes, the party of Lincoln was killed by the Mango Mussolini and MAGA has taken over.

No monetization on BlueSky. I like that no one has a blue check and I hope that they never let that happen on there.

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Robertp123's avatar

I don't agree that Mark's ideas like "welcoming "intelligent" conversations with MAGA instead of blocking them" is effed up. If a conversation turns to threats, or violence or is buried under a mountain of misinformation, yes, that is a conversation-ender. Otherwise you risk being simply a contrarian, and that is also a conversation-ender, Conversation is the only way to learn.

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MrsCQ's avatar

Why not start having conversations with fellow Democrats first? We have so many differing opinions in our party. That is our blessing and our downfall. Republicans tend to vote for whomever their party nominates. Democrats do not. Let's heal our own Party first. No? I am not interested in trying to understand or come together with racists. I am SO over hearing from "real" Americans or the forgotten "working class" which really means white working class or Americans who hang out in diners waiting to be interviewed by Fox News.

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Suzanne's avatar

Thank you. And I’m tired of hand-wringing over what we did wrong! Nothing! We told the truth. Should we have lied? Run non-stop hate commercials during football games? Written our own Project 2025? Threatened every liberal in the nation? Men fearing/hating/disrespecting women is why we lost. Tell it like it is. Who is sane washing now?

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MrsCQ's avatar

Exactly! I would add racism also was a strong contributor. Do people who interview the Trump voter expect them to say, yes, I just don't like Black people, especially really smart, well educated Black Women? Spot on the sane washing. It is so frustrating.

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SeekingReason's avatar

The excuse of “forgotten” poor hurt feelings of the Fascist-Felon-Rapist cult needs to be eliminated. On the first round of trump, MAYBE they were protest votes for those reasons. By now trump has shown himself to be a deadly Sedition inciter, he IS a 34-count convicted Felon & Rapist, he has given information to dangerous foreign enemies. He never won the popular vote with Hillary or Biden, but now miraculously, with Muskrat money, wins the popular vote and all swing states.

I am more angry with Democrats not challenging the election than I am with MAGA at the moment! Do something for the Dem base for ONCE!!!

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MrsCQ's avatar

Exactly. I don't know about "stolen" but Trump was sure helped in nefarious ways. Voter Suppression. Bomb threats. Few voting machines in, gee, surprise, high Dem voting areas, etc. Also the MSM is nothing more than a right wing propaganda machine. I think they succeeded in depressing our side as well. MSM and Trump voters love Trump whether they admit it or not. I know. Next up, real American voters in the midwest at diners interviewed giving their reasons why they voted for Trump and why they feel forgotten. Oh yeah bathrooms! I am sick of their "hurt" feelings. I wish the Dem Party would start focusing on healing our Party and stop kissing the MSM's collective ass. And yes, I know there are some good journalists out there but for the most part, they are very few and don't have the machine behind them.

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WJB Motown's avatar

Welcoming intellegent conversations with Maga....are you fc@king kidding me????

Same bull s7it as sending abortion rights to the states.........anti-vaxeer moron for department of health......38% of cabinet choices sex offenders.........barff bag please over here!.

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Johanna Park's avatar

Respectfully, being atheist had nothing to do with her being shallow and having no empathy or critical thinking skills. Just as being religious has nothing to do with whether someone is shallow and has no empathy or critical thinking skills. Having an intelligent conversation with any adult in the United States right now is challenging. People have been groomed to have short attention spans, are unable to manage uncertainty or discomfort well, and have been bombarded with misinformation for decades. As a mental health therapist I spend a lot of time teaching critical thinking and and managing emotions skills.

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Sheila S's avatar

I wish I had help with emotional skills because I’m not managing that well right now 🥴

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Johanna Park's avatar

I completely understand. I have lots of coping skills and found my own therapist since trump got re-elected. After 10 years of Americans falling for a narcissistic billionaire’s whiny victim persona - I think everyone is struggling with staying sane. 🌺

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MrsCQ's avatar

I go from shock, depression, anger, bitterness and then start all over again. I understand.

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Hannah B's avatar

Billionaires don't learn, because they don't have to. No matter what happens here, they are perfectly safe in their little bubbles and can afford the delusion of "dialogue" with fascists, that everyone else's rights are up for discussion because their own are quite secure. He's as deluded and self-absorbed as the rest of them, he just hides it better.

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Robertp123's avatar

Mark wasn't always a billionaire. Give him credit for starting a conversation. He seems genuine to me.

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Hannah B's avatar

Money changes people. Unless they started out with a lot of money, in which case they just become more of who they are (example A - Trump), making that much money tends to make people arrogant and think they now have the right to determine things for others. By all means, continue your admiration for him, but don't be surprised when he reveals himself to be just as arrogant and out-of-touch as people like Zuckerberg and Bezos, while telling himself and others he really cares about "little people".

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Sheila S's avatar

He actually campaigned for VP Harris.. didn’t see Zuckerberg or coward Bezos doing that.

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MrsCQ's avatar

He may or may not be genuine here. It doesn't mean he is right here. He is coming from his own place of privilege and experience - whether or not he wasn't always a billionaire.

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SeekingReason's avatar

He spoke against trump publicly & frequently…it’s a good start. But we must move with caution about who controls what and how much.

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MrsCQ's avatar

So did Mika and Joe.

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Angus McGill's avatar

Agree. Billionaire is floating his idea for a business model to see if there is a market there. If not then walk.

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Angus McGill's avatar

Party of Lincoln was killed by Reagan and Neocons, IMHO.

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Lynn's avatar

It’s difficult to have an “Intelligent” conversation when the maga are so woefully uninformed.

One friend had no idea Obamacare, upon which he depends, was the ACA. Another seemed to think that America was a deterrent to Putin. Not without NATO it isn’t. Another had no idea what the department of education actually does. Another doesn’t believe in climate change, so why stay in the Paris treaty.

I fucking give up. You can’t have a conversation with a rock.

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MrsCQ's avatar

I have known people who want to do away with Obamacare but want to keep the ACA. Seriously. Also, someone who is MAGA but says he is not. Calls himself a conservative that votes for Trump not bc he is MAGA but bc he is a conservative, blah blah blah got laid off. Guess what? He wanted to get on Obamacare (not knowing it is the ACA) but also wanted to get rid of Obamacare until he tried to get on - my head hurt listening to him.

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Betty Coleman's avatar

This post made me laugh out loud Cindy🙏🏿😄👌! Before I left X I would read Mark’s post. What I recognized about Mark -he operates in a SCRIPTURE Mindset. Not Religious but SCRIPTURE (The WORD). Anyway….we have to have discourse and listen. I believe also we need to listen and hear and not be so quick to “have an opinion “.

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