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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am so fucking sick and tired of the words "Liberty"," Freedom", and "Patriot" being
hi-jacked by the republican party and used strictly to advance their right wing anti-middle class political agenda.......... How the hell did the democrats allow this to happen?................................... During the past 70 years did republicans sacrifice more blood and guts than did the democrats?
Are you going to also tell me that Jimmy Carter's wise decision not to bomb the hell out Iran and possibly start a major world wide event was the beginning of this shit?
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I am so fucking sick and tired of the words "Liberty"," Freedom", and "Patriot" being (Original Post)
busterbrown
Nov 2012
OP
It's a lot older than Carter and the hostae crisis. The Koch brothers had a lot to do with it.
freshwest
Nov 2012
#1
Roosevelt and Truman lead the nation to victory. Quickly forgotten? Thanks for reminding me
busterbrown
Nov 2012
#4
freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. It's a lot older than Carter and the hostae crisis. The Koch brothers had a lot to do with it.
Jim Warren
(2,736 posts)2. >
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson 1775
Samuel Johnson 1775
oldhippydude
(2,514 posts)3. its been going on at least back to the Mc Carthy era...
the John Birch socioty co-opted those terms... most of us who grew up in the 60's, came to accept that many of those buzzwords, were simple propoganda phrases..
for the right wingers it goes back at least to the immediate post ww2 era
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)4. Roosevelt and Truman lead the nation to victory. Quickly forgotten? Thanks for reminding me
Teachers, Hollywood, Intellectuals all democrats and therefore all communists.
What a dumb country to fall for dumb shit like that!