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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJoy Reid: Inaugural celebration was everything the GOP hates, and envies, about the left
https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/joy-reid-inauguration-program-was-the-answer-to-what-we-saw-on-january-6th-99767877960Joy nails it spot on in this one sentence: Democrats have CULTURE. The right want the culture more than the politics, but they don't have it.
Also love the fact she was BEAMING throughout the entire coverage yesterday i thought the woman was going to turn into a high wattage lightbulb
Really enjoyed MSNBC's coverage of the entire thing. Kudos to Rachel, Nicole & Joy - love watching all their shows
ananda
(28,859 posts)!!!
servermsh
(913 posts)It's also why Trump could only get C-list celebrities and worse to associate with him.
Swede
(33,236 posts)D-list is more like it.
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)about where's Chachi, Ted Nugent, Kid Rock?
bdamomma
(63,847 posts)a smile on her face all day, just had to smile with her!!
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)We arent consumed with hate for the Other.
Johnny2X2X
(19,061 posts)The whole day was glorious and a celebration of the country. I kept thinking about how much Cons would hate it though. A celebration of diversity and multiculturalism to reflect America is what they are against. The celebrity elites all showing out certainly irked them to no end.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)i saw postings of how they were betrayed. Apparently it was news to them these 2 have been liberals all their lives.
Wish Willie Nelson could have joined them but given his age i understand
Johnny2X2X
(19,061 posts)Their fans may think they do, but once you start traveling as a successful band, your world view will get changed pretty quickly. Being in a band that is getting started means engaging with venue owners and fans and promoting yourself. Not going to get very far by being a bigot. And then once you're a touring band you're seeing the whole country and then the whole world, you're getting exposed to great culture everywhere. Engaging with a diverse world in this way is going to snap you out of things pretty quickly.
Most of these country stars are probably pretty liberal, many just keep it to themselves, some probably pretend to be MAGATS.
DownriverDem
(6,228 posts)wouldn't have said he was probably the only repub to perform. I didn't need to hear that.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)catbyte
(34,377 posts)Maybe he was one way back when, but certainly not recently.
rurallib
(62,411 posts)like they do everything else in their lives, use it for their purposes and then dump it or sell it and make a profit.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)Last edited Thu Jan 21, 2021, 11:43 AM - Edit history (1)
Democrats understand the human condition and the FULL range of emotions (not just fear and disgust). We infuse this undertsanding into our values and party platform. Artists associate with that.
Republicans are the Borg. Devoid of ANYTHING!!
Duppers
(28,120 posts)Except they have their hate, which seems to be the motivating factor in their lives.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)virtually all ways, all that is right in America is really their culture. Democrats want free stuff and a socialist nanny state to take care of everyone and are intolerably smug and hypocritical in imagining that makes them superior. And here's everyone acting joyful as the nation circles the drain, big-name stars, fireworks and all. Helpless to stop it.
Btw, this is from the Public Religion Research Institute's annual survey, published last fall before the election. Yes, 81% of Pubs and half of indies believe the Democratic party has been taken over by socialists. Beyond stupid, but the fright is real.
Democrats made no distinction between the two questions: 71 percent answered Yes to both. Among Republicans, however, 49 percent believed it made the country better when all Americans spoke up and protested unfair governmental treatment, but just 24 percent believed it when Black Americans spoke up and protested. Among Republicans whose most trusted news source is Fox News, the gap was 47 percent Yes for all Americans, and a bare 10 percent for Blacks.
Indeed, 57 percent of Republicans believed that whites face a lot of discrimination, while just 52 percent believe that Blacks do. Among Democrats, 13 percent said whites encounter a lot of discrimination; 92 percent said Blacks do.
https://www.prri.org/research/amid-multiple-crises-trump-and-biden-supporters-see-different-realities-and-futures-for-the-nation/
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Democrats have the creative culture- writers, artists, poets, especially poets.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)It can be rowdy and noisy, but it sure is color filled.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)I missed so much yesterday between chores and changing channels. I would have hated missing Joy Reid's on point observations about culture.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)Botany
(70,501 posts)Jon King
(1,910 posts)Thats when they were on the football team or a cheerleader, could treat others like they owned the place, and its been all downhill since then. Boy are they angry life can't be like 10th grade was. Those dang nerds and immigrants they used to tease in school now run the world....with all that fancy education and stuff.
durablend
(7,460 posts)sdfernando
(4,935 posts)What an amazing smile she has!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)catbyte
(34,377 posts)the Senate and now we're all stuck with Marcia Blackburn.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)It's either Hobson's Choice, or Sophie's.
onetexan
(13,040 posts)replay much later if i'm up from midnight - 4am, in time to catch Way Too Early w/ Casey Hunt
BComplex
(8,049 posts)Democrats are the best of this world!
I totally agree with Joy.