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She didn't say "You can't be civil with Republicans". Even Clinton's time in the Senate was a period during which some amount of civility was possible between parties.
She said "You can't be civil with a group that has made it their top goal to eliminate your way of life from existence", and that is not a political statement.
No matter who you are, or who the fuck you think you are, Clinton's statement should hold true -- civility, when in the presence of an earnest aim to destroy whole peoples, means nothing.
Comment by GOPisbraindead at 10/10/2018 at 17:48 UTC
32 upvotes, 1 direct replies
There was nothing to be gained by being civil with the slave owners in the South, nothing to be gained by being civil with the Nazis, nothing to be gained by being civil with the Soviets during the Cold War, nothing to be gained by being civil with ISIS, and nothing to be gained by being civil with Trump and the Republicans attacks on our democracy.
Comment by Vigolo216 at 10/10/2018 at 19:43 UTC
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They were having a field day with this yesterday on FOX because their newest fad is “the angry mob that is the left wants to destroy you”. After all, fear of the “other” is all they got and those white trash hicks at Trump rallies love their priviledged outrage. I don’t care, we tried doing this the right way and it didn’t work, Hillary is right, you cannot play fair with an opponent that doesn’t play fair. It’s true that an angry left out to change their precious way of life will drive Republicans to vote but tolerating their despicable actions just so they don’t get riled up is not an option. We have the numbers, we can vote these fuckers out, I dont care how offended they get about that.
Comment by [deleted] at 10/10/2018 at 20:24 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
"You can't be civil with a group that has made it their top goal to eliminate your way of life from existence"
So... Republicans?
Comment by casino_r0yale at 10/10/2018 at 20:54 UTC
5 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They never fail to maliciously misquote this woman.
Comment by ThreadbareHalo at 10/10/2018 at 20:48 UTC
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I'm not surprised it's misquoted. This is the same paper that posted the president's op-ed and an op-ed saying violent protests are the natural result of democracy and its good we're a republic and not a democracy to stop protests. I used to be agnostic about usatoday but it looks to be going off the deep end