General Discussion

coalition_unwilling

(14,180 posts)

32. Sorry I came across as so harsh. (Late at night on a very

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 12:09 PM

Dec 2012

trying day.) I think what we are witnessing now in many sectors of American society is the apotheosis of Reaganism. It may be a bit of dirty pool 'blaming' someone who is not around to defend him- or herself. However, that said, history is all about assessing cause and effect and yesterdays shootings are an effect that can be traced to the cuts to mental health services (and de-warehousing of the mentally ill) that Reagan instituted.

Let's put the question another way: is there any other president you can think of who deserves more blame than Reagan?

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

36 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Why do I keep coming back to Reagan? [View all] Flagrante Dec 2012 OP

blaming Reagan for this is quite a stretch quinnox Dec 2012 #1

I disagree Flagrante Dec 2012 #3

Which is rather Ironic since PatrynXX Dec 2012 #10

I agree in a way. He created the 'FU I got mine' mind-state which allows Govt services to be slashed JaneyVee Dec 2012 #25

Others see it too ... eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Dec 2012 #8

Reagan was dead years before this kid was born quinnox Dec 2012 #9

FAIL! Lanza was 20. Reagan died in 2004. You do the coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #13

ok, I was wrong about that quinnox Dec 2012 #15

Sorry I came across as so harsh. (Late at night on a very coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #32

You're a Reagan fan??? loudsue Dec 2012 #14

I grew up under Ronald Reagan quinnox Dec 2012 #17

Can't find a link to the strip, truebluegreen Dec 2012 #30

It is indisputable that Reagan cut funding for public coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #12

Actually, no. BlueToTheBone Dec 2012 #31

Reagan was a disaster daleo Dec 2012 #2

because he made greed and idiocy fashionable Skittles Dec 2012 #5

Worst president ever. Initech Dec 2012 #6

No, that infamy belongs to George W. ... TahitiNut Dec 2012 #19

Depends on your criteria. Without reagan, there probably wouldn't have been a bush. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #22

We wouldn't have had George W. if Reagan wasn't elected. Initech Dec 2012 #33

Reagan deserves a lot of blame for a lot of things. stevenleser Dec 2012 #7

Reagan said that the 9 most frightening words in the English language are... world wide wally Dec 2012 #11

wrong pansypoo53219 Dec 2012 #16

I Agree - Reagan Is At The Root Of Many Of America's Present Ills cantbeserious Dec 2012 #18

Many of America's ills and problem today originated with that POS Resonance_Chamber Dec 2012 #20

He gave people permission to be as ugly as they wanted to be. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #21

This is why I hate Ronald Reagan. Chan790 Dec 2012 #24

Maybe it was just that I was so young, but I swear that the whole feel of the nation Egalitarian Thug Dec 2012 #26

As an above post said, Reagan....... socialist_n_TN Dec 2012 #34

I blame Raygun aka saint ronnie aka reagan kydo Dec 2012 #23

Today's GOPers have taken Reaganism to ridiculous extremes. reformist2 Dec 2012 #27

Reagan and the assault on anti-trust laws Brainstormy Dec 2012 #28

Because Reagan, and the Reagan era, began the process that set the social evolution of this country Zorra Dec 2012 #29

And yet, the deification process for the Gipper nears indepat Dec 2012 #35

In his defense democrattotheend Dec 2012 #36