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In reply to the discussion: I just had a conversation with a right-winger at acupuncture. [View all]calimary
(81,261 posts)Thats the only way I can figure this out in any way that makes sense, at least to me. I think people like the one you describe just want that hazy misty memory of an America where white men were all that mattered.
Women did not matter, at all, except as decorative arm candy in public; the steno pool at work; and at home - maids behind the vacuum cleaner in the living room and at the hot stove in the kitchen; and then willing compliant whores in the bedroom after which they then become THINGS: containers and incubators. And thats just for the little woman contingent.
As for blacks, the comfort level undoubtedly would be doormen, waiters, and shoeshine men. And Latinos? Hah! Who cares? Besides, the JOBS are all there for them - in the orchards and strawberry and vegetable fields. So what do THOSE people have to complain about anyway, eh?
All demographic groups except for white males are to be occasionally seen and perpetually not heard. And thats for the male demographic in each. Women in either demographic? No need even to consider those women. They dont even matter at all.
Im sorry to burst their bubble. But whether they like it or not, whether they accept it or not, this is NOT 1949. Thats LONG GONE. They can yearn for it really really hard, and pretend all they want. But there is no Wayback machine no matter how badly you want one or how loudly or aggressively you demand it. Those proverbial good old days are OVER. And GONE. Like that old Army uniform from decades ago that doesnt fit anymore.
I think THATS what they dont like, most.