I think a red tide could be comin'.

[LuFins Dad]

2022 was supposed to be a red wave. While it was disappointing that we didn’t see it, remember that waves are what we see on the surface. A tide is movement underneath, and I think we are already experiencing the beginnings of the red tide starting at the local level.

Loudoun County has already changed 2 of their more problematic board members. We’ve seen similar all over the country… The next two elections can see a complete overhaul of politics at the local level. Our liberal DA Buta Biberaj will also be thrown out soon. That momentum should also carry over to County Commissioners and other local elections. It will also likely carry over to the state level. I believe our local state legislator will pay a price for opposing Sophie’s Law and other regulations to protect parental rights…

Now I still think the county will lean D for US Senate, House, etc… but the numbers will be cut yet again…

[Copper]

It is a mess in the Gulf right now.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2023-03-08/red-tide-at-clearwater-beach-dunedin-causeway

[Mik]

I think we are seeing a rejection of all things extreme and harmful, be they right or left. Real problems with extreme abortion bans are starting to show up and I think they will be dealt with. Hopefully we come to an unhappy middle ground. I think there is a thirst for ethical competence in our government.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

I think we are seeing a rejection of all things extreme and harmful, be they right or left. Real problems with extreme abortion bans are starting to show up and I think they will be dealt with. Hopefully we come to an unhappy middle ground. I think there is a thirst for ethical competence in our government.

We've had a phase of this sort of stuff, with both sides really digging in their heels, and I think the left have been worse.

It would be really nice if we could just have normal shit for a while. There has to be a place where neither AOC nor DJT are seen as a leading light of movement.

[LuFins Dad]

@Doctor-Phibes said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

@Mik said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

I think we are seeing a rejection of all things extreme and harmful, be they right or left. Real problems with extreme abortion bans are starting to show up and I think they will be dealt with. Hopefully we come to an unhappy middle ground. I think there is a thirst for ethical competence in our government.

We've had a phase of this sort of stuff, with both sides really digging in their heels, and I think the left have been worse.

It would be really nice if we could just have normal shit for a while. There has to be a place where neither AOC nor DJT are seen as a leading light of movement.

I really do think that MJT is far more of an outlier than AOC.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Copper said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

It is a mess in the Gulf right now.

https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/environment/2023-03-08/red-tide-at-clearwater-beach-dunedin-causeway

My parents say they can notice it at their house, and they're 2 miles in.

[Copper]

My sister is spending a couple months in Florida with the intention of looking for a retirement place on the Gulf Coast.

She got a good look, and smell, at the red tide this year and said forget it.

[Doctor Phibes]

@LuFins-Dad said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

@Doctor-Phibes said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

@Mik said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

I think we are seeing a rejection of all things extreme and harmful, be they right or left. Real problems with extreme abortion bans are starting to show up and I think they will be dealt with. Hopefully we come to an unhappy middle ground. I think there is a thirst for ethical competence in our government.

We've had a phase of this sort of stuff, with both sides really digging in their heels, and I think the left have been worse.

It would be really nice if we could just have normal shit for a while. There has to be a place where neither AOC nor DJT are seen as a leading light of movement.

I really do think that MJT is far more of an outlier than AOC.

I didn’t say MJT I said DJT

[jon-nyc]

Hard to say, we all thought that last year. So much can happen. Also there’s a good chance the GOP could overplay its hand on abortion bills. Or put Trump on top of the ticket and cost votes downballot too.

[Doctor Phibes]

I think there's a real danger of overestimating the importance of this sort of thing. There are always reactions to what's gone before - both Trump and Biden were elected on this type of reaction, and I suspect neither of them will serve second terms. Also, if Obama was eligible to have run in 2016 or 2020, I'm pretty sure he'd have won either election.

[Mik]

It's hard to imagine the two parties will offer us up the same two candidates again. Maybe the Libertarians or the Greens or whoever will win because no one else shows up to vote.

[Jolly]

@Mik said in I think a red tide could be comin'.:

It's hard to imagine the two parties will offer us up the same two candidates again. Maybe the Libertarians or the Greens or whoever will win because no one else shows up to vote.

I'll have what he's having...