Jesus Christ this thread. The arrogance, narcissism and general delusion of the majority of the posters in this thread (many of whom manage to be perfectly reasonable most of the time) is just... staggering. I mean, throwing around terms like 'morally indefensible', an 'ideology that is an affront to man and God' (paraphrasing), 'the neanderthal age', 'evil', 'morally depraved'. What planet are you living on? An election has come and gone and the Republican party have taken a narrow majority in the Senate. So what? The world still turns, the Sun still shines, the birds still sing. Instead you'd think that Sauron had been reunited with the One Ring, judging by the comments here.
This thread is basically just an excuse for a bunch of woebegone politics junkies to engage, with other woebegone politics junkies, in hyperbolic, hypocritical moralistic cant. That's the sickening thing here, not that a bunch of perfectly nice people have defeated a bunch of other perfectly nice people in an election that probably won't change a lot anyway (given the lack of a filibusterproof majority and the Presidential veto). Seriously, go to a mirror, slap yourselves repeatedly, then read a good book. You'll feel much better.
LOLWUT!? The GOP does not consist of "perfectly nice people", Cassius...I think that's what Nathan and I are trying to say here. It's surprising that you were the one to come up with the obligatory "moderate-hero-everyone-chill-post-election" soliloquy, but it doesn't mean I can't dissect it for the BS that it is.
-Trying to disenfranchise blacks is morally depraved and reprehensible
-Denying climate change because it is good for the profit margins of your donors is morally depraved and reprehensible
-Trying to repeal an act that has made healthcare affordable for millions is morally depraved and reprehensible
-Giving no ***** about the poor and homeless is morally depraved and reprehensible
-Keeping the minimum wage at levels where a 40 hour work week can't get you out of poverty is morally depraved and reprehensible
-Tricking people into voting for you by pretending to be on their side when it comes to religion is morally depraved and reprehensible
The GOP is
morally depraved and reprehensible.
