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OriginalGeek

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34. The scariest thing is I almost didn't escape and figure out how despicable they were.
Fri Dec 3, 2021, 11:07 AM
Dec 2021

Thankfully I had sane grandparents who got to me enough over the years to plant seeds of goodness that the fundies would have stamped out hard if they had known they were there.

But at the time I was just a kid getting a long road trip with my friends and adults who were supposed to be people who were guiding me to adulthood. We weren't allowed any outside secular influences and the bubble we lived in told us we were superior humans as white, straight male christians and when everyone around you, even the straight, white girls, fed into that it was hard to look too far out of the bubble to find reality.

A whole lot of white men in that article hibbing Dec 2021 #1
Yep. Thank you. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #2
Yeah. And what does THAT tell you? calimary Dec 2021 #29
Important and little known history jmbar2 Dec 2021 #3
You're most welcome. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #6
And Paul Weyrich and fellow Bircher Joe Coors (the money) founded Heritage Foundation which became ShazamIam Dec 2021 #4
+1 BeckyDem Dec 2021 #9
A vehicle to power. Similar to the politicalization of masks and vaccines. Marcuse Dec 2021 #5
Thanks. I use this as a handout in a Lifelong Learning class on the Seventies. hedda_foil Dec 2021 #7
You are awesome, hedda. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #8
Wow! Thanks, BeckyDem. hedda_foil Dec 2021 #10
Power-hungry idiots and fools, using false idols to corral the gullible. It worked. lindysalsagal Dec 2021 #11
Yes, they've created a storm of sorts and when we add gerrymandering, Citizens United to the mix... BeckyDem Dec 2021 #13
K&R ck4829 Dec 2021 #12
Quite thorough recounting, although I will disagree on a minor point... JHB Dec 2021 #14
Point taken, thank you. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #15
There are two religious rights: evangelical/fundamentalist and catholic Klaralven Dec 2021 #16
Sort of. To be REALLY clear: It is white patriarchy. TygrBright Dec 2021 #17
Thank you for this post. +1! BeckyDem Dec 2021 #18
Great find! Even Saint Reagan signed the country's most liberal abortion bill in 1967 Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2021 #19
I visited the campus of Bob Jones in my senior year OriginalGeek Dec 2021 #21
A cousin was a BJU student. Proud to say that I was not allowed on campus because of my long hair. spike jones Dec 2021 #26
lol yeah that was a big no-no OriginalGeek Dec 2021 #32
I got kicked off the Clemson football team in 1965 for long hair. spike jones Dec 2021 #37
I appreciate you sharing that. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #27
The scariest thing is I almost didn't escape and figure out how despicable they were. OriginalGeek Dec 2021 #34
Rational thinking and love is what they gave you, omg..you really were very fortunate BeckyDem Dec 2021 #35
Yes, exactly. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #23
Reagan rode that bandwagon into the White House FakeNoose Dec 2021 #20
All of it steered by a long running conspiracy of rich white men who also fought against unions. Ford_Prefect Dec 2021 #22
Yep..the biggest threat to white supremacy was integration not abortion mountain grammy Dec 2021 #24
K&R - nt PunkinPi Dec 2021 #25
Jerry Falwell's Thomas Road Baptist Church was started so "the good white people" wouldn't have ... Botany Dec 2021 #28
White privilege. dupagelib Dec 2021 #30
I'm afraid so. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #31
An excellent find. Thank you. niyad Dec 2021 #33
As always, you are most welcome. BeckyDem Dec 2021 #36
Ronald RayGun, a hardened racist, stayed with the "against integration" for the religious right into uponit7771 Dec 2021 #38
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