I see a lot of long faces here. We won the culture war. The GOP is not ten feet tall...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

How do we know we won the culture war? Because the Deplorables can only discuss their homophobic, xenophobic, racist, misogynistic. et cetera bullshit online. If they do it in real life they're shunned and will likely lose their jobs unless they work at Goober's filling station. Check that. Goober had a good heart. He could never be a Deplorable.

We brought the homophobic bigots in North Carolina to their knees with our boycotts. Many states caved without a fight. The dollar talks...

Let SCOTUS play their reactionary games. I want to see which businesses discriminate against anybody. We will use the dollar and the boycott to bring them to their knees.

[Squinch]

1. DSB, I do love you.

[unblock]

2. i agree. just the same, i'm putting paper and tape over my webcam.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. You mean the tiny little lens people use to skype?

[unblock]

6. yes, you'll see one long face fewer!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I thought you were suggesting the Deplorables can use it to spy on us.

[mac56]

11. I'm putting it in my microwave.

[unblock]

20. haha!

[ProfessorGAC]

33. There's Already One There

I know. I put it there. I'm watching you!

[mac56]

34. Hey Prof!

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Looking Right At Ya!

[barbtries]

4. yes.

i'm so tired. already. but you are right. the power, the real power, is with the people. RESIST.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Money is power too.

Look at all the business North Carolina lost because of their inane bathroom law. Indiana caved without a fight.

[barbtries]

8. Indiana took the lesson

NC was too stupid for. Here in NC, where i live, the republicans are every bit as cruel, vile, and disgusting as any in DC. they will ruin the state if we can't stop them, either this year or next.
the good news is that more people are active than ever. i am more active than ever, and i am not alone. the catalyst for this is trump, and the clear damage the republicans are heaping on the common american.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. Even Michael Jordan who is a god in North Carolina, albeit an apolitical one...

Even Michael Jordan who is a god in North Carolina, albeit an apolitical one, criticized the law.


And even Burr voted to repeal "don't ask , don't tell." The winds are shifting.

[YOHABLO]

38. We have to get enough people on-board believing ..otherwise money rules the day.

[VOX]

10. Just depleted right now. I'll recharge.

Still getting over a looooong, lingering case of bronchitis, no doubt made worse by all the stressing about the reactionary coup and all the utter insanity.

I'll be back to fighting shape in a few days.

[msongs]

12. gaybashers won in NC thanks to cooper. nt

[LiberalLovinLug]

13. We are the majority

3 million more in the popular vote
but more than that, more people live in big cities than the country side by a big margin. And also it is shown that cities house a larger percent of more liberal people than not. (they are exposed to more cultures, races, attitudes which has a dampening effect on xenophobia). Sadly many of that liberal majority do not vote. But they will still side with civil rights for minorities and other liberal positions if pinned down.
So in reality the vast majority has already moved on from gay marriage, pot legalization, for examples, and would side with Democrats more if, once again, pinned down. The problem of course during election time is getting enough of them to the polling station.

[byronius]

14. Another point -- localities that accept barbaro-culture practices suffer tremendously for it.

There are no Red State paradises. Polluted, ugly, violent, high cancer rates, high alcoholism, low tourism -- who wants to base a tech business in a state that teaches the bible in public schools? No one. Everyone of worth flees. Everyone who stays, decays.

The all-knowing liberal consumer will probably right most corporate wrongs over time -- I think that's true. Liberals are smarter and more information-based, harder to fool -- 'greenwashing' is more difficult than ever, with the entire internet watching.

Great post.

[Blue_true]

15. I have some faith that Kennedy and Roberts may start

swinging more liberal on critical rulings. especially Kennedy. Even as things have stood for years, Kennedy and O'Connor before him are the reasons why Roe v Wade has not been totally gutted.m, we got zero help in that regard from the purist who marginally align with us.

[randome]

16. Here, here!

Absolutely true!

[Initech]

17. I wouldn't say the war is over. I would say many hard fought battles have been won.

And we destroyed them. Bigotry can only get you so far.

[Warren DeMontague]

18. Gay people can legally smoke weed at their weddings in 8 states.

And then stream gay porn for free during their honeymoons.

Most of us are here in the 21st Century, but for the control freaks and uptight finger wagger crowd, it must be very traumatic.

[GulfCoast66]

19. The most consequential win is health care

Long term I mean. Even if this congress managed to gut health care the majority of Americans and even many Trump supporters see health care as a right.

That is why they cannot reach a deal yet. If the republicans follow the 30 craziest members from super safe districts they will get killed in the future.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. Public resistance & persistence paying off. Nunes & Sessions recused, Flynn resigned, AHCA crumbled.

[Honeycombe8]

24. Nunes recused? I haven't read the news today yet. He recused himself? nt

[NastyRiffraff]

22. And the threat of boycotts work!

Companies pulling advertising from The O'Reilly Factor now numbers over 50

I won't be using Angie's List anymore and I wrote and told them why.

[samnsara]

23. brilliant move the dems made to force the GOP ...

..into the nuclear option. Now in 2018 when we win back the house and senate and 2 or more SCOTUS seats need to be filled.. we wont be the bad guys!

[Fast Walker 52]

26. I like how you think!

[YOHABLO]

39. Oh man I hope it plays out this way. Our country is going down fast.

[Fast Walker 52]

25. Thank you! That was a breath of much needed fresh air!

[Alice11111]

27. Thanks...we can use some good news!

[Langkous]

28. Direct TV/AT&T

Chatted with them today,
demanding a package that doesn't include FOX
because it is divisive
and I don't want it in my programming
Told them I'm researching options so
If they value my business
They'll find a way to remove it from basic programming
AND
they can use my comments for training purposes
Smiles Everyone
Resist

[Duppers]

29. BRAVO!

I've talked with our Cox provider reps many times about having to pay for religious channels - no offense to anyone here but they are offensive to this atheist. Wonder how religious folks would like having to pay for four channels of "atheist network" programming?!

Got nowhere with Cox. Next time I complain, I'll add Fox FakeNews to my list. Reps always told me if I want such & such channels, I must take the damn religious programming too.

[YOHABLO]

40. You are absolutely right. Why should we have to pay Pat Robertson.. that old fool.

And then there's that nut job Swaggert .. I say that it is Unconstitutional and goes against the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment. Make people pay for it if they want to watch it. It is also ironic that the very people that send money into those shows to support them, are usually poor, and have many problems and issues, mostly financial stress. These Ministries are blood sucking demons.

[DownriverDem]

30. We won nothing!

The Supreme Court will now be able to destroy all I care about. We won nothing. And those who didn't take the election of 2016 seriously are now going to find out what Bernie, Warren, Obama and Hillary were warning us about.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

32. The Supreme Court will do what the Supreme Court does.

We won the culture war. Deplorables can "hate on" Muslims, glbtq people, blacks, hispanics, Jews et cetera , but the moment they do it in public they are chased from the public square and lose their jobs.

[randome]

31. Wait. You can see us? HOW THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THAT??

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Everything is a satellite to some other thing.[/center][/font][hr]

[progressoid]

35. As long as we don't consider more abortion restrictions, looser gun laws, etc.

[AndyTiedye]

37. We are a Heartbeat Away From Losing the Culture War Forever

If they get to replace Ginsberg with another wingnut, it is all over.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

41. I dissent

We can bring a state or corporation who discriminates to its knees , even red ones.

Look at freaking Arkansas and Indiana. It doesn't get much redder, and even they were deterred from passing anti gay laws because they don't want to be boycotted.

That was the whole point of my thread. No matter what SCOTUS does there are a majority of Americans who oppose discrimination against anyone, some of whom will use their economic power to punish those who do, a minority of Deplorables notwithstanding.


That doesn't mean Deplorables can't express their hate on the "internets" and such. They just can't put it into law.

[ecstatic]

42. I don't know about that

There appears to be a resurgence of very vocal, in-your-face-type deplorables who are emboldened by trump. Personally speaking, the deplorable aspect of Trump's victory is what hurt the most.

But at the end of the day, I really don't care what they say or think.

If I have a long face right now, it's because we have a mentally unstable madman calling the shots (literally) and making us all less safe. It's because the elected GOP is ready to overturn everything I care about. I want the ACA to remain in place and improve. I want my rights (including reproductive rights) to be protected and preserved under the law. And I should have equal and fair access to EVERYTHING that anyone else has access to--quality education, home mortgage, jobs, etc.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

43. You think a Deplorable can show up to work at say, Wal-Mart, and start making bigoted or racist...

You think a Deplorable can show up to work at say, Wal-Mart, and start making bigoted or racist comments and not lose his or her job.

Ultimately for laws to work they have to represent the values of the culture.

We have freaking marriage equality in America. There are many so called progressive countries who don't.