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Using the phrase "The Big Lie" is minimizing the seriousness of the times. (Original Post) kentuck May 2021 OP
They have been living the "Big Lie" for decades. It's the basis of their whole existence underpants May 2021 #1
I agree with you OLDMDDEM May 2021 #2
Agree. Sounds like a Seinfeld episode. Plus, there have been many, many significant lies nt wiggs May 2021 #3

underpants

(182,811 posts)
1. They have been living the "Big Lie" for decades. It's the basis of their whole existence
Wed May 12, 2021, 09:30 AM
May 2021

From Atwater’s identity politics “God Guns and Gays” to Laffer’s “Trickle Down” to Falwell’s “Moral Majority” they’ve living behind a wall of smoke to obscure their core interest which is to defend racists and polluters. That’s it. Going back to Dixiecrats and Reagan in Philadelphia Mississippi to snowballs in the Senate that’s what they’ve always been about.

BTW - Reverend Moon was key to Atwater, Falwell, and the establishment of right wing media.

OLDMDDEM

(1,575 posts)
2. I agree with you
Wed May 12, 2021, 09:48 AM
May 2021

The ending is in the future. Nearly 500 insurrectionists have been indicted and arrested. These are the thugs of the attempted coup. The political leaders SHOULD be next. Will it happen? We shall see. If not thru DOJ, then thru the ballot box. I'm optimistic that the insurrectionists day will come and that many political planners of this will be out of politics within the next few years.

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