# How do we fix this? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2019, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594 "2019-10-28T14:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/41 "2019-10-29T22:25:16Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Meanwhile, looks like we’re getting pretty perilously close to Charles Sumner and Preston Brooks time. > > [https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/vindman-testimony-whistleblower-identity/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/29/politics/vindman-testimony-whistleblower-identity/index.html) > > Won’t be long before reps start coming to blows. Legalize duels. After a few killings, we’ll se a lot more courtesy and we’ll also see who REALLY believes in what they say (and if they have the stones to back it up). ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/42 "2019-10-29T22:28:04Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Legalize duels. After a few killings, we’ll se a lot more courtesy and we’ll also see who REALLY believes in what they say (and if they have the stones to back it up). Yeah right, like the snowflakes would show up. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/43 "2019-10-29T22:33:54Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Yeah right, like the snowflakes would show up. It would be interesting to see which side would shit themselves and run away, and which side would be chasing them. Remember, a lot of those Dems are former military, while a lot of those Repub “hawks” were Viet Nam draft dodgers and had urrrrrr durrrr bone spurs or other excuses. ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/44 "2019-10-31T04:39:42Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > Start winning elections ? If I’m not mistaken, and I may well be, **Oakminster** identifies as a Republican, or conservative. (My apologies to Oakminster if I’m wrong on that.) What elections are you suggesting he should win, and in what way? Or, y’know, rather than just play like the current situation is the Democrats’ fault for losing to Trump, maybe provide either some constructive suggestions on the fighting of such “wilful dumbassery” as is being pitted, or offer some expression of commiseration. Or heck, even a reasoned rebuttal. Otherwise it kinda’ looks like you’re just here to drink Liberal Tears and goad people. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/45 "2019-10-31T16:34:57Z")
> [@Not\_Carlson](#): > > If I’m not mistaken, and I may well be, **Oakminster** identifies as a Republican, or conservative. (My apologies to Oakminster if I’m wrong on that.) > > . Definitely not a Republican. I stopped identifying that way when Bush the Younger took us into an unnecessary war. Conservative? By the standards of this board, yes, I’m pretty conservative. In reality, I’m a moderate with libertarian tendencies. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/46 "2019-11-01T18:19:29Z")
I can’t find the thread, but LAZombie was very excited a coupla months ago about some new evidence that the WTC was brought down by explosives, not jets crashing into them. Just to give an idea of the kind of intellect we’re dealing with. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594/47 "2019-11-01T18:43:06Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Substitute America for Australia, and it’s identical to what is happening here downunder. Scomo (our PM, Scott Morrison) has borrowed the Trump and Repub play book, and using toxic politics to scare the population into a position of fear and loathing of anyone ‘different’. It’s scary and it’s nauseating, but I don’t see the opposition party getting a foothold in govt any time soon. It’s happening all over the world. In the western world, to name a few, there is Hungary (Orban), the UK (Johnson and Brexit), and in others where those forces are gaining power but have not yet succeeded like in Germany, France, and Canada as shown by their recent election. Of course since this seems to be a fundamental flaw of (some) humans which does not discriminate by race, it’s found in lots of other countries around the world as well. Off the top of my head there’s India, Brazil, the Philippines, Turkey, and of course the twin pillars that foment this in the rest of the world, Russia and China. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-fix-this/842594.md?page=2)