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calimary

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28. I bailed on Thom Hartmann in 2016.
Fri Apr 9, 2021, 12:28 PM
Apr 2021

Still staunch Hillary supporter here and I did NOT enjoy having a-certain-other-candidate-who-wasn’t-Hillary jammed down my throat as relentlessly as I felt Thom Hartmann was trying to do. So I stopped listening to him.

But reading his essays and analysis now is good, and thought-provoking. He makes some very valid points here about the GOP and its dreams of white supremacy.

But then again, that’s really about all they have left. The societal mixing, merging, moving and relocation, intermarriage, and everything else that happens in a living, breathing, NON-static environment - all of those dynamics are horrifying to the white community that basically got used to unchallenged dominance and doesn’t want to have to share power.

Well, shit! There’s this thing called evolution. Things EVOLVE! NOTHING stays the same. Things CHANGE! And with changing times, you have to be able to adapt. And you have to be WILLING to acknowledge that changing reality. And adapt. And as the dinosaurs found out long ago, it’s “Adapt, or Die.”

And seems to me, the problem for the GOP is - they want EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY ELSE to adapt - to THEIR wishes and THEIR idea of the social construct while they stay static and don’t have to change or adapt. And they don’t seem interested in even acknowledging a need to evolve and adapt.

But they’re on the wrong side of evolution dynamics. And that will inevitably align their future with that of the dinosaurs.

Nature is a hard task-master. And it’s always in motion, evolving and changing. But the GOP
likes it like they think they remember it. And they don’t want to have to change, much less relinquish their perception of their “divine right to be dominant.” “WE like it this way. This is the way it SHOULD be. We don’t want to change. And we shouldn’t have to. YOU change to suit how WE want it to be.”

And that ain’t the way it works! Nature doesn’t follow mankind’s dictates. Sorry, GOP. It’s the OTHER WAY AROUND.

Adapt or die.

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THIS. k&r n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2021 #1
And this is why it's futile to fight racism on the ground that soldierant Apr 2021 #36
I've finally come to the same conclusion... OneGrassRoot Apr 2021 #43
And there are always timid bystanders soldierant Apr 2021 #46
I always took "conservative" to mean regressive, negative, retardant underpants Apr 2021 #2
conserving their unearned privilege over others jmbar2 Apr 2021 #4
AND their ill-gotten gains. dchill Apr 2021 #8
You're not alone. They're the people walking with their faces turned backwards. rickyhall Apr 2021 #10
me too HUAJIAO Apr 2021 #12
I never did believe Buckley was anything but a racist arras PortTack Apr 2021 #3
And a pompous bloviator. wnylib Apr 2021 #26
Another parallel between Europe of the 1930's and the US now... Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #5
Fictional Senator Bulworth running for re-election interview. dugog55 Apr 2021 #6
Never seen this movie jmbar2 Apr 2021 #11
Ooh yeah IronLionZion Apr 2021 #13
I loved that movie! Haggard Celine Apr 2021 #24
It would seem the RePutinicans have a template - Germany in the 1930's. NoMoreRepugs Apr 2021 #7
I love Thom Hartmann Glaisne Apr 2021 #9
Always? TimeToGo Apr 2021 #16
I bailed on Thom Hartmann in 2016. calimary Apr 2021 #28
Yes. And now it's at a boiling point Roc2020 Apr 2021 #14
The conservatives that I know are referring to this as "The Great Reset". Initech Apr 2021 #15
Why are white Republicans are afraid of becoming a minority? CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #17
and to understand llashram Apr 2021 #18
The overarching issue here is appalling, and offers a pretty bleak alternate future. BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #19
Where are few flag-smashing, super soldiers when you need them? Aviation Pro Apr 2021 #20
Reagan embraced racism when he kicked off .. Botany Apr 2021 #21
Funny that I read this thread title just after seeing the headline Sogo Apr 2021 #22
I will never understand why being white makes one superior. Biophilic Apr 2021 #23
Kick dalton99a Apr 2021 #25
Thanks,Thom Mr. Scorpio Apr 2021 #27
Instead of Great Replacement. Its actually the next Great White Hope. LiberalLovinLug Apr 2021 #29
White conservative. The most chickenshit people out there. CrackityJones75 Apr 2021 #30
If people like MTG, Trump and Brian Kemp are models of whitness NEOBuckeye Apr 2021 #31
THIS. I've always said whites have used 'conservatism' as cover for their racist fear. It's why ancianita Apr 2021 #32
In my way of thinking "conservative" equals "libertarian" FakeNoose Apr 2021 #33
It's what's driving far-right politics in many countries with eroding white majorities. peppertree Apr 2021 #34
'The first generation of majority non-white Americans is already born and entering school. elleng Apr 2021 #35
They'll take civil war vercetti2021 Apr 2021 #37
I'm afraid you're right, vercetti2021. elleng Apr 2021 #39
I'm decent vercetti2021 Apr 2021 #40
Decent is pretty good, these days. elleng Apr 2021 #41
Lord knows I'm trying vercetti2021 Apr 2021 #42
This is so exhausting. Boomerproud Apr 2021 #38
There never was a conservative, virtuous Republican Party to go back to. Edwcraig Apr 2021 #44
Old news. I've been hearing Pat Buchanan harping on this white minority fear Submariner Apr 2021 #45
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