Bears repeating. Snowflakes over in the Trump camp cried and received a safe space during the election season. Therefore they could avoid mean people who rightfully questioned Trump's psychological fitness to be POTUS. All good I guess, in that way they could live in their realm of denial.
Sigh...
"Snowflakes over in the Trump camp cried and received a safe space during the election season."
Not true, no matter how many times it is said here. I know that to be true because I am the first person to bring up having a Trump Caucus Group here, "I" was the person that asked Mystery if we could have one - everyone who was a Mod at the time knows that is true. It wasn't one of the owners, it was little old me.
Not so much to have a "safe space" - more like to have a "club" of Trump supporters. We were excited about our candidate and wanted a place where we could enjoy the camaraderie of meeting with like-minded people. The reason I asked for it to be a place where Trump Negativity wasn't allowed, was because there was so much Trump negativity flowing through the site that we wanted a positive place to enjoy.
Mystery was reluctant, the other owner Tracy - was not involved much in the site - so I don't remember her even being there when it was discussed. She was a Trump supporter, so she was supportive of the idea. I told Mystery that it wouldn't be a bother or more work for her - once she set it up - that I would mod it so that it would be a Trump positive area.
To be fair to everyone - Mystery set up a category so that anyone that wanted to - could set up a Caucus for their candidate of choice.
The same rules that our Caucus had. I remember a Ted Cruz Caucus and one for one of the other candidates......but neither of them took off or lasted for long. Our Caucus fared better - although at first - I was busy deleting Sinkspur's and a few others constant attempts to post negative posts and images there, knowing it was against our little Caucus club rules. Kind of like the school bully that throws rocks and otherwise tries to sabotage some kid's club meeting in their treehouse or something......don't know why people are like that, but some are. "Juvenile" in my book.
I mean, no one was restricted anywhere at TBR to say whatever they wanted about Donald Trump and post all of the negative images they wanted. Our Caucus wasn't even splashed all over the front page - if I recall - you kind of had to look for it, in some category up-page. We were not in anyone's face. You didn't have to go there if you didn't like it.
But it bothered a lot of people, the name-calling began ...."snowflakes", etc. All we were doing was minding our own business and lovin' some Trump, just wanted to have our club meeting in peace. As far as us going on the main site and criticizing other candidates and their supporters.......sure we did - that is what everyone did. If you wanted a place where your candidate was nurtured and protected - Mystery set one up for you - where we weren't allowed to go and trash your clubhouse either. Yes, there were incidents of encroachment on both sides and they were quickly taken care of by the Caucus' Mods. Such is human nature.
Somewhere along the way, Mystery thought I needed some help - and I did. One person couldn't watch the place all of the time, so she asked RiV to be a Mod too. I was very happy for the help and I want to express my appreciation to RiV again for being such a great member of our team. I stayed with the Caucus until Trump's victory and I savored that victory, as any of us would. I am still a Trump supporter, I believe he loves this country and he won the election in the only way that I think was possible - considering the cheating and media manipulation that was going on. Trump ran a Reality Show campaign to win in a country that has become a big Reality Show. You've got to speak to the electorate in the language they understand. Constitutional treatises are fine for a somewhat small segment of the voters - but the majority's eyes will glaze over. It just is what it is. Like it or not, Trump connected with people and he was duly elected. Thank God.
I don't know why the Trump Caucus bothers some people here - so much that is it still being brought up. I don't know why the birth status of Ted Cruz is being revived here again.......
Aren't there more important matters going on in the world to discuss for pages and pages on end?
I don't post much here or anywhere else anymore. So many articles I see discussed are what I catalog as "fake" news. Un-named sources and "close" friends are not verifiable sources, so until I see some other verification on these articles - I'm not going to waste what's left of my precious life debating them. Some people just like to "debate" endlessly, I'm not one of them. I used to love the feeling of camaraderie that I felt here before the 2016 election - not blaming this site specifically - Trump is a polarizing figure, he has changed the political landscape - maybe forever.
But, I'm 61 years old and many times I find myself thanking God that I got to grow up when I did.....the Golden Age of Childhood, the rise of America as the world's superpower and a force for good, the Internet, the Fall of the Berlin Wall - and so many amazing things. I truly feel sorry for those Millennials and Snowflakes that don't even know what they don't know. But, I see so much darkness now.....I won't be around to see what it will be like in 30 years to see where this is going and Biblically speaking, I'm not even sure if God fearing people will be around.
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@corbe mentioned that we Trumpers have other pro-Trump sites to frequent - but we come here to sow discord. (Clearing throat) We were here before Trump was even a blip on the radar. For many of us - TBR was our home page on the Internet. We are members. We know that we are not liked, and frankly - there are those here I do not like. We still have the right to post here until the owner sees fit to say otherwise, just the same as with everyone else.
I too, would like to see more civility here and everywhere else, problem seems to be that we inhabit an uncivil society where these types of exchanges are the norm anymore. Makes this old woman sad to see. I love my country and I am willing to work with anyone that can save her from the certain death she is facing today. Trump makes me wince often, I don't understand why he says some things - but it usually ends up OK. He is wily, but he is not stupid - he is still new to the political swamp - so he is making his way through it in his way. I'm a pragmatic type in my old age, so I'm willing to give him a chance. Most of the other players in this theatre are swamp inhabitants - so hiring Trump for the job is a Hail Mary pass for America. I'm a conservative, and I'm grabbing that big branch with all of my might - to keep from falling down the rest of cliff to certain death.
