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So many? I’ve never seen one of those flags in person.

That is really a YUUGE problem. Not government debt, not intervention in Iraq based on lies, not race- and gender based discrimination aka affirmative action...

Also, I do not see so-called progressives complaining about thousands of Mexican flags in Cinco de Mayo celebrations in South of the US. There were quite a few wars with Mexico, no?

I see it as an act of rebellion against authoritarians like the ones who dominate the Left. It’s a way to tell the Man to fuck off and die because you ain’t gonna care what he says.

Check your privilege, you sneering elitist!

There’s a reason the rebellious youth of today are wearing “Trump” clothing. Lost track of how many high school boys I’ve seen sporting a hat or socks or a shirt with the MAGA or Trump logo. It’s cool to rebelliously support the President. Probably pisses off their parents too!

Hahahahahjahahah!
What a stupid article!
The Left is really reaching now!
Probably still smarting from all the racists and anti-semites they’ve had exposed lately.
Bbbbbbut Republicans have old inappropriate books!

Another Democrat:

JFK also:

zzyzzx says

JFK also:

Fake News. You forgot that Orange Man created Confederate flag, Nazi Party, and slavery. He also forced Kennedy to hold Confederate flag.

Elgatouno says

Yes pretty much all of it

Faker than Jussie Smolett's Hate Crime?

Lynyrd Skynyrd troupe ...

www.youtube.com/embed/y4C9Uhi8qnc

Elgato don’t forget your hammer and sickle today.

Ooohhhh Liberal stick their foot in their own mouth Bite 'em in the Ass!

As a Southerner that heard the mantra the South Will Rise Again, growing up in South Carolina during the Reagan years.

It was Democrats that wore those hats.

In fact! It was Carter's Presidency that gave rise to that Mantra.

"Many" is a lie.

Wrong: in addition to GOP and stupid racist donkeys we have Greenies and Commies. That makes it a 4-party system. So your wish is granted. Happy now?

Well, Democrats are currently splintering into the normal pandering DNC (Killary, Kamala, etc), and the Islamo-Socialist wing of the DNC (Occasional Cortex, Sanders, Omar, etc).

If we moved to a Ranked Voting system, 3rd parties would have a fighting chance.

I'd also be for using Ranked Voting combined with a popular vote BUT ONLY if the voter fraud could be stopped. Popular vote right now would be a disaster because of vote-harvesting areas of some states.

Goran_K says

Well, Democrats are currently splintering into the normal pandering DNC (Killary, Kamala, etc), and the Islamo-Socialist wing of the DNC (Occasional Cortex, Sanders, Omar, etc).

So maybe 3 major parties?

Republican
Democratic
Democrat-Socialists

HeadSet says

Goran_K says

Well, Democrats are currently splintering into the normal pandering DNC (Killary, Kamala, etc), and the Islamo-Socialist wing of the DNC (Occasional Cortex, Sanders, Omar, etc).

So maybe 3 major parties?

Republican
Democratic
Democrat-Socialists

No matter how the parties are named or created - the shit eventually (and rather quickly) settles into effectively two-party system.

Europe uses 5 to 12 parties to make sure the Establishment wins.

All you need is the other 4 parties to be beholden to the Establishment then that one pesky party trying to do the People's will, is guaranteed to never win elections.

Democrats love the sound of extra parties now, but I had to fist fight a table full of Liberals during the 2008 election, when I told them I voted for Nader.

Yeah, left are famous for hating and burning the books:

Hugolas_Madurez says

Yeah, left are famous for hating and burning the books:

Yup. Collectivism will always result in book burning, and eventually people burning. Today this is embodied by the intersectionalist left, as well as the extreme right.

The problem is intersectionality is being pushed as moral righteousness (think 1930's weimar germany).

Whereas the right has no issue whatsoever in drawing a circle around right wing collectivists and saying GTFO to those assholes. The left cant seem to get enough of their own toxicity. This is why the KKK has a few thousand members whereas antifa has a few thousand chapters and potentially millions if active supporters. It's absolutely gross.

Individualism is the answer, but the left will call you nazi (again think 1930's weimar germany out of control righteousness).

A 3 party system. Let's get away from 2.

Then you support Howard Shultz 2020 running as an independent?

APOCALYPSEFUCKisShostikovitch says

Yams N' Guns

Is this the name of the party?

HeadSet says

Then you support Howard Shultz 2020 running as an independent?

Ahahahaha!
Way to troll him!

We need to go to a 1 party system.

epitaph says

We need to go to a 1 party system.

Already there - DemoPublican. This party supports wide open borders and huge oppressive government. Trump came in and annexed the Republican wing of the Demopublican party and is trying to make changes such as shrinking government and closing the free flow of illegals.

Looks like Republicans were for immigration before they were against it.

Republicans and Democrats have always been for unfettered illegal immigration. Votes and cheap labor. Trump is the only President in years that actually wants to stop it.

And by the way, that quote was from Robert E Lee, a Democrat who led a war against the Republicans who wanted to end slavery.

epitaph says

We need to go to a 1 party system.

We already have it in CA.

Hugolas_Madurez says

epitaph says

We need to go to a 1 party system.

We already have it in CA.

We already have it in the USA.

Think Harlem Globetrotters vs Washington Generals... it just looks like there's two teams (when it's just entertainment for the masses).

We don't need more parties as much as we need more politicians who actually understand the Constitution. As it is, half the DNC doesn't even think the Constitution is a valid document anymore.

SunnyvaleCA says

If we moved to a Ranked Voting system, 3rd parties would have a fighting chance.

I'd also be for using Ranked Voting combined with a popular vote BUT ONLY if the voter fraud could be stopped. Popular vote right now would be a disaster because of vote-harvesting areas of some states.

Jill Stein (Green Party nominee) campaigned on ranked choice voting, i.e. 1st and 2nd choice. She reasoned that would allow people to vote their hopes instead of merely their fears. 2016 showed the need: each major party nominated a candidate with majority disapproval, and campaigned largely on demonizing the other party's nominee. Ranking two choices would be ideal. Ranking 3 or more can lead to theoretical problems that mathematicians can argue against, and logistical complications. Ranking two is easy and reliable, and would incentivize all parties towards candidates and policies that are at least tolerable to more voters.

We have already an unlimited number of parties.

As for the popular vote, the main issue with NPVIC is that it has no defense against fraud. Fraud can result from ballot stuffing, or the easily hacked paperless ballot machines that control already more than 20% of votes. Those proprietary, paperless machines have no accountability at all: it is clear they can be hacked, and there is no way to know if they were or not.

I want a new party. I call it the "You've Gotta Be Shitting Me" party.

MrMagic says

Hugolas_Madurez says

epitaph says

We need to go to a 1 party system.

We already have it in CA.

We already have it in the USA.

I disagree. If this was the case and two parties were just "two sides of the same coin", why won't they "maintain the appearances" in CA?

Just too early to tell and all predictions are absurd at this point. Schulz is suffering another case of 'billionaire manifest destiny' to use his money to trumpet. I would say, 'move along here, nothing to see yet'.

Kamala or Warren neck and neck with Trump? Booosheeeyat!

They probably will run him in swing and red states because they think he can take conservative votes.