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johnlucas

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26. We're closer than before, sure, but it's still a major problem

Mon Sep 3, 2012, 12:07 PM

Sep 2012

We really shouldn't be waiting for that extra 5%.
There shouldn't BE a Republican Party right now.
There shouldn't BE a Conservative Movement right now.

All the insanity I'm hearing from this Republican platform: rape is just a method of conception, Social Security & Medicare are "entitlements" instead of services we have paid into, stupidity on the gay marriage issue, more & more unfunded unfounded wars, tax cuts for the rich, no support for the poor, no abortion under ANY circumstances even incest, villainizing teachers' unions & unions in general, the birther nonsense.

How can any of this foolishness be taken seriously?
Why are we trying to make these viewpoints equal to sensible ones?
One person says balls are round.
The other person says balls are square.
Those viewpoints are not of equal weight. One is clearly & unmistakably wrong.

The fact that you have percentages that low shows that it is a problem.
The 5% should be the fools who buy into this insanity not the people we need to escape it.
The South has a problem.
Let me know when those numbers say 75% or greater.

Everyone from the South is not a problem but there IS a problem in the South.
And we know at the end of the day it all comes down to their irrational bigotry.
John Lucas

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Message to Llewlladdwr & all other Southerners: Perspective on the South bashing. [View all] johnlucas Sep 2012 OP

THANK YOU Skittles Sep 2012 #1

It's easy to lose perspective when you think you're being attacked johnlucas Sep 2012 #2

The problem is that SOUTHERNERS need to be doing the correcting... Fawke Em Sep 2012 #27

You SHOULD care. But take your anger out on the ones bringing The South down johnlucas Sep 2012 #36

Yes they do, but we both know they won't and we both know why. And until Y'all stop raising your Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #44

OK a million and one props to all the DUers in the red states K8-EEE Sep 2012 #3

We have the "John Birchers" out here (they quit calling themselves that, though) SoCalDem Sep 2012 #50

I grew up in Alabama Scootaloo Sep 2012 #4

it wasn't a long time ago when Texas WAS a blue state... rppper Sep 2012 #6

That was back when the racists had not yet fully left the Democratic Party. Odin2005 Sep 2012 #17

Thank you for this... BeeBee Sep 2012 #5

That's rightly so, johnlucas Jack Sprat Sep 2012 #7

1948 & 1964 is what changed johnlucas Sep 2012 #25

I do not even engage with them. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2012 #8

Hmm .. but what about my vote here in Georgia? YOHABLO Sep 2012 #9

Ah yes, that stupid argument. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #13

Can you respect that the South is my home? Llewlladdwr Sep 2012 #10

the MAJORITY of people in your "home" are racist pieces of shit scheming daemons Sep 2012 #21

No they're not. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #29

Radio is a BIG reason why it continues johnlucas Sep 2012 #46

I have said the same thing MuseRider Sep 2012 #47

Disagree. area51 Sep 2012 #11

Guilty. Hulk Sep 2012 #12

Locking. UnrepentantLiberal Sep 2012 #14

Unlocking thread. UnrepentantLiberal Sep 2012 #15

That Birtherism is concentrated in the South tells me everything... Odin2005 Sep 2012 #16

Riiight. Orly Taitz is CA. Trump's in New York. DirkGently Sep 2012 #18

Read my post about The Southern Strategy johnlucas Sep 2012 #45

Bingo TroglodyteScholar Sep 2012 #19

There is a flaw in your rationalization of South bashing aikoaiko Sep 2012 #20

That tactic is the calling card of crappy call-out rhetoric here. DirkGently Sep 2012 #24

A better way of direction. Jack Sprat Sep 2012 #55

We're closer than before, sure, but it's still a major problem johnlucas Sep 2012 #26

I whole-heartedly disagree. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #30

Let me know when it's 75% or more in any Northern state. dawg Sep 2012 #33

Well good point but here's a few that approach that number johnlucas Sep 2012 #41

It's wrong to single out any one region. dawg Sep 2012 #43

While recognizing that there are certainly progressive sufrommich Sep 2012 #22

Yes! There is a very good reason that "exceptional southerners" are considered to be...exceptional Tom Ripley Sep 2012 #32

That apparently took nearly 30 years to work. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #39

It goes back further than that, Fawke. Jack Sprat Sep 2012 #51

Here is a position with a longer history of the southern strategy Jack Sprat Sep 2012 #53

The basic problem with all of these threads is that the South is not monolithic. alarimer Sep 2012 #23

And never has been Adsos Letter Sep 2012 #28

True. So people should consider making an honest active commitment to "small" again. nt patrice Sep 2012 #34

And yet my relative moved to NC with her dark skinned cuban boyfriend and was accosted repeatedly. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #38

Love this!!! One thing: Changing the South "as a whole", if that's what we are waiting for before patrice Sep 2012 #31

Yes you must work within your circle of influence before anything else johnlucas Sep 2012 #57

It's all way overwhelming when you look at the whole thing. Need to start believing in small things patrice Sep 2012 #58

Oh, and one more thing...: Aristus Sep 2012 #35

We do call it out and make fun of it. Fawke Em Sep 2012 #40

Thank you. Keep up the good work. Aristus Sep 2012 #48

I respect that Fawke Em. Thank you johnlucas Sep 2012 #49

Beautifully put!! I'm on the West Coast and don't take insults about it personally. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #37

Gotta tell ya, a huge amount of the people in my part of the south originated in the NORTH. 1monster Sep 2012 #42

Sad. How is it not bigoted to bash an entire region? Skip Intro Sep 2012 #52

Why are you taking it personally? We're calling out the bigoted mentality not the region johnlucas Sep 2012 #59

Since our efforts were futile last night Jack Sprat Sep 2012 #54

I think I missed the importance of 1968 & RFK johnlucas Sep 2012 #60

Here's something about the North South conflict moving into the Civil war flamingdem Sep 2012 #56

Charlotte NC and Boston MA cwydro Sep 2012 #61