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In reply to the discussion: When and how did you figure out that American Conservatism was a scam? [View all]rickford66
(5,614 posts)68. When I learned to think.
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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
#135