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In reply to the discussion: When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]onethatcares
(16,517 posts)18. I was way to young to vote
in 64, but I remember that after JFK was killed and the Civil Rights movement became the enemy de jour, the teevee had pictures of people being beaten and firehosed, along with dogs being sicced on them and I thought "there is no reason for this". At that time I refused to accept their terms of service and became a liberal then.
Wow, what a long strange trip it's been.
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When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]
MatthewG.
Nov 2018
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I was in elementary school. In the SF Bay Area. When AIDS was really new and scary.
RockRaven
Nov 2018
#4
I think it was when I read Al Franken's book, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot.
Crunchy Frog
Nov 2018
#7
Despite its comedic format, it had a lot of information that was new to me.
Crunchy Frog
Nov 2018
#24
While I have always been liberal, while in my early 20's I listened to Rush Limbaugh.
wcast
Nov 2018
#10
Was raised catholic and really believed in the catholic teachings on social justice
rurallib
Nov 2018
#40
Sounds like your upbringing helped you be a better and more perceptive person!
MatthewG.
Nov 2018
#43
1979 when reagan's voodoo ekonomikkks came out. + i was not of voting age.
pansypoo53219
Nov 2018
#83
**** Thirteen years old!!!!**** To this day I ask why the rich would care about middle class
uponit7771
Nov 2018
#99
That was the era where any sentient moderate should have realized the GOP jumped the shark.
MatthewG.
Nov 2018
#108
Fall, 1964. I was 15. A high-school buddy talked me into going to a Goldwater rally in L.A.
VOX
Nov 2018
#110
You got inoculated early! Glad you took the right message from the experience.
MatthewG.
Nov 2018
#114
decades ago. conservatives claim to want smaller gov, gov out our lives unless it suits them
Demovictory9
Nov 2018
#111
"Conservatism" is THE scam! They are RIGHT WING CORPORATE RADICALS. Piss On Them!
LBM20
Nov 2018
#117
Yeah, I think Limbaugh did more to destroy American politics than any other living person.
MatthewG.
Nov 2018
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