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Niagara

(11,876 posts)
22. I see several contributing factors.
Tue Nov 7, 2023, 10:00 AM
Nov 2023

The first was already mentioned, we had a black man as President and the bigots lost their minds.


The second is there is a cult leader running his cult. I remember two different instances where what TFG said riled people up and there were people hell-bent that it was the absolute truth, even though it wasn't.

Early 2011, he falsely accused PBO of being born in Kenya and people believed him, and some still do.

Back in 2014, Ralph Wilson the owner of the Buffalo Bills died. There were two people seriously considering buying the team, John Francis Bongiovi Jr also known as Bon Jovi and TFG before he was the former guy. TFG enlisted a man named Michael Caputo (doubt he ever paid him) to convince the entire City of Buffalo that if Bon Jovi purchased the team, it would become a Canadian team. Bon Jovi said no that wasn't true, but the damage was already done and it was so bad that the Buffalo DJ's refused to play Bon Jovi songs. Again, people still believe to this day that Bon Jovi would have moved The Bills to Canada. In the end, Terry and Kim Pegula purchased The Bills.


It looks to me that we also have a programming problem with certain Media outlets. Unfortunately, I was subjected to Right Wing Hate Radio on station WBEN during two separate jobs that I had in the past. When people are generally subjected to this nonsense, they fall into being brainwashed and I continually zinged them out loud and during work hours when I subjected to this type of programming.

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Something I keep thinking about [View all] vercetti2021 Nov 2023 OP
I think it was having a Black President that broke them Nictuku Nov 2023 #1
But how is one so small that such a historic thing could break you? onecaliberal Nov 2023 #11
Because they're serious racists, such an event "shouldn't" have happened. ... electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #29
A black man was elected President. MOMFUDSKI Nov 2023 #2
I get this is likely a huge catalyst vercetti2021 Nov 2023 #4
It was an electoral college landslide, and the popular numbers were impressive but it was still Scrivener7 Nov 2023 #9
Ehh Polybius Nov 2023 #14
It wasn't a landslide Polybius Nov 2023 #15
It didn't inthewind21 Nov 2023 #30
If a black women gets elected maybe they'll go all mad and jump in the lake !! uponit7771 Nov 2023 #38
What is with it with DUers who seem incapable of writing a few paragraphs without using profanity? elocs Nov 2023 #3
Really? vercetti2021 Nov 2023 #5
That is one kick-ass fucking question you pose there, elocs! Scrivener7 Nov 2023 #6
Well la-dee-da nt Tree-Hugger Nov 2023 #7
What is it with DUers Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #13
There was profanity in the OP? Niagara Nov 2023 #19
+1 well said LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #21
Whew. Niagara Nov 2023 #23
Whewwww!! LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #24
Profanity is a legitimate tool when expressing a thought. LuckyCharms Nov 2023 #20
"sign of a limited vocabulary' - nope, exactly the opposite. TwilightZone Nov 2023 #26
Wht is it with DUers inthewind21 Nov 2023 #31
Well shit I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2023 #33
Social scientists have found that very few cachukis Nov 2023 #8
What about people I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2023 #34
You are in the 20% who have it together. cachukis Nov 2023 #37
That is a scary thought senseandsensibility Nov 2023 #10
Ypu missed one thing. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #12
I cannot understand how KentuckyWoman Nov 2023 #16
The 2012 election was all about the economy, "Romney's trickle-down economics on steroids betsuni Nov 2023 #17
Yes. Many rural whites do not know many Black people. raging moderate Nov 2023 #28
A county over from where I live I_UndergroundPanther Nov 2023 #35
That is quite good KentuckyWoman Nov 2023 #32
That is striking to think about, the contrast between those two. Xavier Breath Nov 2023 #27
Then you're forgetting the 2012 primary clown car... JHB Nov 2023 #36
Lots of bigots out there and Joinfortmill Nov 2023 #18
I see several contributing factors. Niagara Nov 2023 #22
Yeah they dislike black and brown people but, they hate Dems and Libs with every fiber of their being. Hotler Nov 2023 #25
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