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JustAnotherGen

(37,744 posts)
21. DU Isn't Social Media
Tue Dec 26, 2023, 09:51 AM
Dec 2023

I read for years before signing up to post in 2007.

I don't see right wing talking points here.

The Democratic Party does not require we all think alike. But - the base - black women of which I represent- are fed up with the "I won't vote unless . . ." mentality.

Too many stand on the shoulders of our giants and fail to realize what a spit in the face it is to our Aunts and Grandmother's who could not vote.

We are also target number one in a second Trump Presidency. Its been done to us before - extra judicial killings, domestic terrorism, forced sterilization (as late as the 1980's).

Spit in my face - and I'll harden my heart. We had to wait 227 years to be considered human, and another 100 to receive full right of citizenship (VRA and CRA) - it would really help if Americans who support Gazans could consider what their Non Vote will inflict on Black Americans . .. And Indigenous Americans . .. And Latino Americans.

I know I know I know - our lives mattering is soooooo 2020. Its not the sparkling shiny object amongst well meaning white progressives and their new allies - the 3.5 Million "Political Force" of the 1st generation and recent new American Muslims.

However - that mentality? belief? Its as much of an existential threat to me and my innocent great nieces and nephews in America - as the Maga members are.

If that's a right wing talking point - so be it.

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Hey Tom of Temecula...are you in CA? There's a town called Temecula in CA that spouse served at a base there in SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #1
Camp Pendleton is 3o miles from here Tom of Temecula Dec 2023 #8
Thanks and you got this right, that CA is colonizing other states and bringing the blue into these areas. SWBTATTReg Dec 2023 #9
You as well! Tom of Temecula Dec 2023 #10
WooHoo, us! quaint Dec 2023 #2
Come to think of it... Think. Again. Dec 2023 #3
Please reconsider senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #11
You think the poster's accusations are true.. that Cha Dec 2023 #26
I may or not agree with everything this poster says senseandsensibility Dec 2023 #33
Well I've had different experiences and I think Cha Dec 2023 #34
I really do not want you MuseRider Dec 2023 #16
DU Isn't Social Media JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #21
Rec Mahalo, Gen.. That's right. there are No "RW Talking points" Cha Dec 2023 #25
+++ JohnSJ Dec 2023 #30
So well said, JAG mcar Dec 2023 #36
Hear, hear. yardwork Dec 2023 #37
+1 betsuni Dec 2023 #40
To borrow a phrase from the mid 90's Behind the Aegis Dec 2023 #38
I don't doubt it JustAnotherGen Dec 2023 #43
Beautiful. betsuni Dec 2023 #39
Many thanks for this post Hekate Dec 2023 #44
Everything you said, right here. sheshe2 Dec 2023 #46
There are no "RW talking Points" here.. the juries and MIRT Cha Dec 2023 #28
I appreciate the work that MIRT and the jury system does in policing right wing talking points LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2023 #31
Yes We Do! TY LMPV! Cha Dec 2023 #32
"DU is right wing pushback"? What are you talking about? JohnSJ Dec 2023 #29
... mcar Dec 2023 #35
"constant right-wing pushback and word games" CONSTANT betsuni Dec 2023 #42
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i gave up meta along time ago and just gave up yt. . since found some plaaces to replace that . also i get to sit in my AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #6
Yeah, I have big big trouble making corrections to typos in my phone on DU- the text window jumps below the phone's edge NBachers Dec 2023 #14
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Same here. I was pretty much AWOL while my home was remodeled. (It took 8 months) LeftInTX Dec 2023 #27
People have made their connections and are enjoying them in real life. bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #5
Absolutely! jimfields33 Dec 2023 #7
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I mostly post on IG and Reddit maryellen99 Dec 2023 #15
Social Media mamajudi Dec 2023 #17
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yeah, but ... Tom of Temecula Dec 2023 #24
Happy holidays of your choice, Tom. DU will keep the lights on! Hekate Dec 2023 #18
Thanks, and yeah. DU is great. Tom of Temecula Dec 2023 #41
I feel this. I'm not seeing much from my connections on SM and sybylla Dec 2023 #19
Guess I fit in to that class. I check them, but I have never been much of a poster... Wounded Bear Dec 2023 #23
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