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      Real patriots want to declare war on Mexico then you’re not a real patriot. We need more patriots in this country to make America great again. And we’ll make them pay for it! Mark my words Mexico will pay for the wall. Some of them are good people too but they will pay for the wall when we win the war. SAD but TRUE.

      /s

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      They’re dumber because lots of them want Trump, but I wouldn’t say this makes Americans as a whole dumber because very few of them support DeSantis. He’s just throwing random shit out there like this at this point.

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      Idk, I wouldn’t call the Russians dumb because they have a fascist leader, it happens to a lot of countries. We were dumb in thinking it couldn’t happen here.

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      We’re on the verge of seeing a presidential candidate, during a debate, shove his hand down the back of his pants, pull out a handful of crap, and throw it at his opponent on live television…and still manage to win the election somehow.

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      Fuck our actual shit world, I want the “makes sense” world.

      Those who are losing don’t think a pyric victory is all that bad. As the social war wins move more in one direction, I expect to see more bullshittery happen.

      The only thing we can do is fight for what’s right, and never stop doing that. Things will get better again, eventually. Or the dolphins and the cockroaches will look around at the charred landscape and wonder “WTF?”.

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      Goal post moving for his base. DeSantis “had to” take federal disaster relief money for the damage to his state caused by Hurricane Idiala(?) making him weak in their eyes(or so he believes). So now to appeal to/appease his sycophants he must promise the possibility of pain, poverty and destruction for those less fortunate.

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    That’s… that’s just great Ron. Hey, ya figure they might shoot back? With their army and navy that they definitely have? Dumb motherfucker.

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      Nearly all of my friends are Mexican citizens that moved to the States for work or folks that have family in Mexico. Why the fuck does DeSantis think like this? Hell even the conservative Latinos in the border states couldn’t support this nonsense right?

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    I don’t think the US would have had quite the spectacular 20th century it did, had it not had the very amicable Canada on one side and Mexico on the other. Not having to fight constant border squabbles was a big factor in making sure there was money for expansion, discovery – NASA, for example.

    Having friendly neighbors on all land sides is something many counties can only dream of and would give anything to have. Poland? Finland? South Korea? I’m sure there are more. And once the fighting starts, it can take decades – even longer – to come back to even a shaky peace. The Troubles, anyone? The Western Sahara conflict?

    It is truly hard to believe, even in this age of glorified ignorance, that anyone could be SO FUCKING STUPID as to seek office in order to destabilize his own country’s borders.

    But there it is: Ron DeSantis, the dumbest motherfucker ever to crawl out from under a rock. Congratulations, asshole. You seriously won the prize.

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      What, are you just leaving out the enormous costs of the Vietnam, Korean and Cold Wars? The Gulf War?

      America has hugely benefited from warfare.

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        Missing the point on purpose there to fit your agenda? OP is CLEARLY talking about nextdoor neighbors. When Vietnam moves continents, you let us know…

        Quick edit - I upvoted your comment on JAG at Gitmo and DeSantis being a black hole for ethics, so I"m genuinely wondering why you’re making the point about the Us and Wars.

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    It’s funky to imagine that a state that was once seen as “purple”, generally, would also elect someone was ragingly insane as DeSandurz.

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      You can thank gerrymandering and low voter turn out due to gerrymandering for that…

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        Also, so many old people too along with conservative organizations like Scientology and Disney.

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        How does gerrymandering play in to DeSantis election? Isn’t it popularity voting that decides Florida’s governor?

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          Gerrymandering leads to disenfranchisement, which leads to lower voter turnout by the opposition, which then leads to his election. You see a similar thing happen in Texas as well because people think “oh my vote doesn’t matter, why should i vote anyway?”

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    This is the guy who was the JAG at Gitmo during the torture debacle, right? Just checking.

    He is the antithesis of ethics.

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    But has the US ruled out using missiles on desantis

    Seriously though, look at the terror Ukraine has been able to accomplish inside Russia with a hell of a lot less than what Mexico has. You guys want missiles blowing shit up in San Antonio and phoenix?

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      The cartels have been VERY careful keeping their violence on the Mexican side of the border, and not kidnapping Americans (usually), because there’s no better way to get yourself connected to God’s wifi. A war would basically throw all that out the window. The border towns like San Antonio would erupt with the same sort of cartel violence you see already in Mexico. Families of soldiers in those areas would find themselves turning into targets.