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VickiSmith

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30. TN

Sun Sep 19, 2021, 12:56 PM

Sep 2021

I am surrounded by these people. They have always been here but were ashamed before the past few years. Now they know they are the majority in this area. I wanted a Biden bumper sticker but knew what would happen tp my car. Scary times.

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2008 I laughed when a friend said "you know he's not American". [View all] KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 OP

Yes, such types have always been with us PatSeg Sep 2021 #1

I always knew people like that but was blindsided by how many there actually were. Girard442 Sep 2021 #2

Social media has made it worse. CrispyQ Sep 2021 #9

I totally agree with you. nancy1942 Sep 2021 #15

I second your agreement. llmart Sep 2021 #32

For sure. Probably one if the worst inventions. jimfields33 Sep 2021 #18

I disliked Twitter from the start. Prof. Toru Tanaka Sep 2021 #23

Sharing photos and videos of animals. niyad Sep 2021 #31

Oh yes. There have been some great ones! CrispyQ Sep 2021 #42

WOW! I missed that one wnylib Sep 2021 #44

Introducing... CrispyQ Sep 2021 #54

Thanks. After my post I did a search wnylib Sep 2021 #58

Yeah, she's pretty awesome! -nt CrispyQ Sep 2021 #59

Believe it or not, social media includes DU IronLionZion Sep 2021 #49

To DUs credit, Latest Breaking at least has some rules before posting as "news." CrispyQ Sep 2021 #53

I don't mess with NextDoor.com IronLionZion Sep 2021 #57

The other party apparently knew and went all in on it to win IronLionZion Sep 2021 #48

Yes all of this has been a long time coming. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #3

They're not going away. But their bad decision-making is putting them in danger Baitball Blogger Sep 2021 #4

We have to out-vote them while we still can... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #5

And TFG just let 'em out of the closet to run free. And run amok. calimary Sep 2021 #6

Yes, who was it that pushed birtherism? Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #25

He gave them permission to completely abandon what turned out to be a very thin veneer of civility. deurbano Sep 2021 #33

When you laughed in her face in 2008, what did she do? irisblue Sep 2021 #7

I was in her home. KentuckyWoman Sep 2021 #12

Now, you see the void between me and trumpers.... LakeArenal Sep 2021 #8

If we don't figure out how to stop letting them dictate their crazy to everyone, we are sunk. malaise Sep 2021 #10

That explains my ingrown toenail... RainCaster Sep 2021 #11

My sciatica probably derives from my vaccine. Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #56

Yup Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #13

once-dear friends told me that, too mainer Sep 2021 #14

Having a Father who once said that to me, let me tell you: maxsolomon Sep 2021 #20

Yes, these people have always been among us... Silent3 Sep 2021 #16

"If Kennedy is elected, the Pope will move to Washington" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #17

They said the same about Al Smith. In 1864, McClellan's people tried to convince voters AZLD4Candidate Sep 2021 #21

I heard it as "the pope will run the country". That was a minister in a church. demigoddess Sep 2021 #35

"the pope will run the country" left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #37

I noticed a lot of these conspiratorial nutjobs popped out after the Waco raid. Crowman2009 Sep 2021 #19

My std response to people saying born in Kenya, not an American..... KS Toronado Sep 2021 #22

People will go to great lengths, incredible lengths, to support what they already believe. paleotn Sep 2021 #24

I actually think its the opposite, they do not have strong beliefs about much. Jon King Sep 2021 #27

My 58 year old cousin is the same way. Woodwizard Sep 2021 #26

Same here, found out friends of 45 years are long gone into the abyss. Jon King Sep 2021 #28

Those people certainly enjoy outsized influence and over-representation in America. n/t Beartracks Sep 2021 #29

TN VickiSmith Sep 2021 #30

Welcome to DU, VickiSmith! Lars39 Sep 2021 #40

media needs to stop giving them air. barbtries Sep 2021 #34

YES. But ALL media would have to. calimary Sep 2021 #36

there's always been somewhere for them to go. barbtries Sep 2021 #38

Been saying it for years now.... Hulk Sep 2021 #39

My reply: "No, you do not know what I know. You also don't know what I do not know."...... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2021 #41

Obama's date of birth is another thing to consider FakeNoose Sep 2021 #43

It doen't matter when Hawaii became a state. ShazzieB Sep 2021 #52

John McCain was not born in a State. raging moderate Sep 2021 #55

RightWing media acts like all this crap is credible and newsworthy SouthernDem4ever Sep 2021 #45

They are a perverse, ugly, cynical, adversarial lot who abrades all they contact bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #46

The belief that non-whites aren't American is racist IronLionZion Sep 2021 #47

The other day, I was in a meeting at work with five other people Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2021 #60

Most of my career I've been the only one from the US IronLionZion Sep 2021 #61

Cornpone Zone Logic. It'll never change. Period! czarjak Sep 2021 #50

I have a theory about birtherism. ShazzieB Sep 2021 #51