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PatSeg

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11. Very well said

Reply to PCIntern (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 09:59 AM

15 hrs ago

Whenever I hear a politician say, "This is not who we are", I have an immediate reaction, "Yes, it is". And I know that they know it as well.

I love your references to 1950s television. Just because the good guys always won in the end, viewers still thrived on the crime and violence.

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Wake the hell up... [View all] PCIntern 17 hrs ago OP

rec for the billy mumy reference rampartd 17 hrs ago #1

Yep. calimary 17 hrs ago #2

You are so right. FalloutShelter 17 hrs ago #3

Excellent point... PCIntern 17 hrs ago #4

We are sharing a brain, John. FalloutShelter 17 hrs ago #5

If it's like some people here.... durablend 16 hrs ago #7

Always nice to hear from you, S. PCIntern 15 hrs ago #14

Will do. FalloutShelter 15 hrs ago #16

Everybody breaks and bends laws. OC375 17 hrs ago #6

It's driving me mad purr-rat beauty 16 hrs ago #8

So often I have commented that what we are experiencing with Trump and his cohorts is surreal. Bumbles 16 hrs ago #9

More coma than nightmare,IMHO. BattleRow 14 hrs ago #19

Hear, hear! ZDU 16 hrs ago #10

Very well said PatSeg 15 hrs ago #11

And then...and then we had the rise of the antihero PCIntern 15 hrs ago #13

Oh yes! PatSeg 15 hrs ago #17

Acquiescent accomplices. BattleRow 14 hrs ago #22

"They will never get rid of Roe v Wade, they won't dare touch the Voting Rights Act, people are not going to vote dalton99a 15 hrs ago #12

It is a disease and it has infected so many. twodogsbarking 15 hrs ago #15

Righteously right-on piece! Just Jerome 15 hrs ago #18

I just saw your reply... Pluvious 14 hrs ago #24

How much cruelty, violence, and murder did children see on TV? Martin Eden 14 hrs ago #20

I have a very specialized education: I went to Catholic schools, taught by nuns FakeNoose 14 hrs ago #21

Correction on writer of the story... Pluvious 14 hrs ago #23

Rod Serling wrote the teleplay. PCIntern 13 hrs ago #25

And the SF mags are now gone orthoclad 3 hrs ago #29

I agree. I was born in 1947. OLDMDDEM 13 hrs ago #26

We ARE living in the Twilight Zone. usonian 13 hrs ago #27

Creatures of the id orthoclad 4 hrs ago #28