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Initech

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11. I personally think it was when conservatives escalated the culture war.

Reply to SiliconValley_Dem (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 16, 2020, 01:26 AM

Jul 2020

And that happened during his second term for sure. For the most part the Fox News led culture was widely considered a joke during the Bush years. During the Obama years everyone wanted them to take their whining and ranting seriously, and when people still didn't, that's when they became ungrateful brats.

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powerful SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #8

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Something went horribly, horribly wrong in the last 8 years to give us this nightmare. Initech Jul 2020 #4

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nope. it was happening when Bush was trying to reclassify fast food as manufacturing SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #10

I personally think it was when conservatives escalated the culture war. Initech Jul 2020 #11

I can vouch for the fact that their cultural wars were not seen as a joke during Bush SiliconValley_Dem Jul 2020 #13

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