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Steven Maurer

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8. We made racism and hatred deplorable...

Reply to speak easy (Original post)

Tue May 17, 2022, 06:22 AM

May 2022

...something that only evil people engaged in. From their evil point of view, being called evil is the worst thing, so of course they'll turn their hate of minorities and women and anyone who is not part of their in-group of WASP bigots, onto liberals in general.

That's how we got here.

Had Democrats just kept FDR's silent deal with the Dixiecrat/Devils, we would still have substantial majorities. But we didn't.

Thank goodness.

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They don't believe in anything. They just hate us. [View all] speak easy May 2022 OP

Reagan made greed and ignorance fashionable Skittles May 2022 #1

even Reagan would not have been 'rootin' for Putin'. speak easy May 2022 #2

maybe not, but he did America a LOT of harm Skittles May 2022 #3

Goldwater - Nixon - Reagan speak easy May 2022 #4

At least Goldwater knew about the fake christians CrackityJones75 May 2022 #9

Agree, he was sort of a tipping point Doc Sportello May 2022 #22

... and when Rush Limbaugh proved it was also profitable ... William Seger May 2022 #11

No morals or conscience, only winning. Power, using whatever gets them there. Started in the '70s. betsuni May 2022 #5

Turbo charged by Newt in 1994 speak easy May 2022 #6

Earlier rpannier May 2022 #7

We made racism and hatred deplorable... Steven Maurer May 2022 #8

Thanks for that... OneGrassRoot May 2022 #12

I agree. It's pathological... OneGrassRoot May 2022 #10

. . . and, as Carville has noted, a lot of voters don't like the Democratic Party 'brand'. empedocles May 2022 #14

Yes! OneGrassRoot May 2022 #15

Yes. Most of the other characters, in their own peculiar way, have some 'strength' empedocles May 2022 #16

The weak lib, emerged as the mainstay [Sheen got fired], for more series years. empedocles May 2022 #19

Solid analysis Doc Sportello May 2022 #23

I'd love to know who it was... OneGrassRoot May 2022 #25

Part of a whole strategy Doc Sportello May 2022 #26

I gotta say... OneGrassRoot May 2022 #27

Yeah he was kind of a quirky personality Doc Sportello May 2022 #28

How did we get here? 60 years of deliberate conservative investment in grievance JHB May 2022 #13

They hate themselves. They have to despise us because they NewHendoLib May 2022 #17

Thank Christ someone else gets it. Act_of_Reparation May 2022 #18

They want us dead. Kingofalldems May 2022 #20

All they need is hate. kentuck May 2022 #21

The only good thing is that in the long run it's self-destructive Doc Sportello May 2022 #24