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In reply to the discussion: There's No One Left [View all]COL Mustard
(7,899 posts)7. I Came Of Age In The Mid 1970s
Where I lived then, one generally became a Republican. If you were a Democrat, you were soft on Communism, you were a welfare lover, you probably didnt believe in God, and all number of other bad things.
I left home a few years later, and have never looked back. Im the liberal in my family (not really, but its all a matter of degree), and I left the Republican Party years ago. In 2016, I tried to talk my Mother out of voting for T***p, unsuccessfully, because hes been sent by God.
It really makes me sad to think about how many people have bought into this line of bullshit, but theres no going back. Im dead to the GOP, and theyre dead to me.
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You're the first to get one of the references that made me choose my new name!
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