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Chainfire

(17,308 posts)
43. If you are mean and hateful, you often get what you want.
Sat Feb 20, 2021, 09:59 AM
Feb 2021

I noticed something interesting about one of the last batches of Capitol terrorist that the FBI announced. All of them were between the age of 50 and 65 with the average probably around 55. Is it significant? I don't know. Maybe by the age of 50, you finally come to the conclusion that you are never going to amount to anything, so you are willing to join violent cults to punish other people for your failings. It is the progressive's fault, it is the Black's fault, it is the Hispanic's fault, it is the government's fault.

The Republican Messaging Machine DanieRains Feb 2021 #1
Suspect the biggest catalyst was just that, libertarian messaging Hortensis Feb 2021 #2
libertarians like Koch ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2021 #30
Racism+the legend of rugged individualism+hate radio+the prosperity gospel. Zoonart Feb 2021 #36
VERY interesting. Thanks, Hermit. Reminds me of Koch saying, Hortensis Feb 2021 #42
From a DA Levy poem davekriss Feb 2021 #54
Far from the whole truth, but too often too true nevertheless. Hortensis Feb 2021 #56
"Evil Geniuses," expands on this story. cachukis Feb 2021 #47
RUSH LIMBAUGH! n/t TexasBushwhacker Feb 2021 #7
Yep. 30+ years of it since The Fairness Doctrine was axed. Lucinda Feb 2021 #52
Yes, saw it happen to relatives. betsuni Feb 2021 #69
I see it BeerBarrelPolka Feb 2021 #3
I hate republicans.... diverdownjt Feb 2021 #40
Meanness is catching, and it's hardly just Americans. Authoritarianism Hortensis Feb 2021 #4
Reagan made greed and stupidity fashionable Skittles Feb 2021 #5
Conservative leaders KNOW that fear makes people more conservative. Hortensis Feb 2021 #9
Absolutely agree Chicagogrl1 Feb 2021 #27
And very popular OldBaldy1701E Feb 2021 #31
+1000 llmart Feb 2021 #68
That's the ME generation wildman76 Feb 2021 #6
Capitalism. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #8
Why did meanness take over and destroy almost all socialist states? Hortensis Feb 2021 #12
How can people be so heartless? How can people be so cruel raccoon Feb 2021 #10
. Klaralven Feb 2021 #13
Nobody sings it like the incomparable Cheryl Barnes... smirkymonkey Feb 2021 #15
I always loved this version. Arkansas Granny Feb 2021 #16
Weird. I've been kept awake thinking about hierarchy, patriarchy, a new form of governing, chowder66 Feb 2021 #11
I hope you were able to sleep peacefully... OneGrassRoot Feb 2021 #20
This is the conundrum I fight with all the time. llmart Feb 2021 #65
Finally got to sleep around 4:30 am. Could use a few more hours chowder66 Feb 2021 #71
Is that the "Miniaturist" on PBS? llmart Feb 2021 #66
It is. I wasn't aware it was a book though. chowder66 Feb 2021 #67
It was on the NY Times bestseller list. llmart Feb 2021 #70
I might just have to do the reverse! : ) chowder66 Feb 2021 #72
Native Americans, blacks and others have been asking that for a few hundred years now. Kaleva Feb 2021 #14
This cagefreesoylentgreen Feb 2021 #53
Prosperity religion phandancer917 Feb 2021 #17
That certainly plays a part Hekate Feb 2021 #75
It originated somewhere East of Eden Martin Eden Feb 2021 #18
Putin. pwb Feb 2021 #19
When Regan legitimized greed for the sake of greed and invited the religious right... danclinger1000 Feb 2021 #21
Yes, BUT..BUT.....Please look at this post...Social Security, Welfare, Charities of all kinds... Stuart G Feb 2021 #22
Charles Darwin and William Graham Sumner bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #23
Don't forget ...Bill Gates and Warren Buffet ....have given away ...billions of dollars... Stuart G Feb 2021 #25
That's not the roots of greed, those are unexpected outcomes. bucolic_frolic Feb 2021 #35
Greed is indeed Greed...but about KINDNESS.... Stuart G Feb 2021 #37
Disenchanted hippies as a start i.e. boomers JT45242 Feb 2021 #24
As a boomer/hippie edhopper Feb 2021 #49
If you were born in the 70s then you are Generation X. dawg Feb 2021 #59
I think it's the result of Dorian Gray Feb 2021 #26
How many...is ......................' SO MANY?"..from ORIGINAL POST.. Stuart G Feb 2021 #28
Republican/Nazis represent the worst of humanity. It's a reason this country dies. johnthewoodworker Feb 2021 #29
The U.S.A. DIES?..... ..This new guy who is President..cares about people. Haven't you noticed? Stuart G Feb 2021 #32
Because the Christianity they are taught on Sunday and in the home maxrandb Feb 2021 #33
It began in the Reagan years. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Feb 2021 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author GoCubsGo Feb 2021 #39
It did NOT begin in the Reagan Years..The RICH HAVE ALWAYS BEEN RICH... Stuart G Feb 2021 #41
They paid taxes. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #44
White supremacy plus capitalism. It's been with us since the beginning. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #38
If you are mean and hateful, you often get what you want. Chainfire Feb 2021 #43
Raygun was the King of this. kairos12 Feb 2021 #45
Racism and selfishness are cornerstones of the repug party. nt Hotler Feb 2021 #46
It's the pandemic. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2021 #48
How the Irish Became White Beringia Feb 2021 #50
By keeping the majority of working people edhopper Feb 2021 #51
They were raised that way. Kid Berwyn Feb 2021 #55
A ME Rica. sarcasmo Feb 2021 #57
Rush Fucking Limbaugh. Paladin Feb 2021 #58
It's been that way for a very long time. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #60
Ronald Reagan and "rugged individualism" bluecollar2 Feb 2021 #61
November, 1980. roamer65 Feb 2021 #62
It's nuanced, but I think a major factor is that it is so easy to lose everything and ... dawg Feb 2021 #63
Selfishness is built in to human nature. NameAlreadyTaken Feb 2021 #64
Ask the slave owners. moondust Feb 2021 #73
On the other hand, Americans can be extraordinarily generous and quick to volunteer betsuni Feb 2021 #74
Why are so many Americans opening their wallets for Texas? AOC set up an Act Blue account.... Hekate Feb 2021 #76
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