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In reply to the discussion: 5 Things Red State Liberals Want Blue State Liberals To Know [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)The Parties followed suit. The idea that a particular political party OWNS a whole state is a new one. How new? Before 2000 Republicans were represented as "blue" and Dems as "red" by the media. The traditional colors are blue for the right and red for the left. They never explained why they switched it in the 2000 election.
It is INFURIATING to an old time political type like me to hear some idiot chickenhawk racist Republican claiming the red represents the blood THEY shed in defense of "freedom". I guess that would be the "freedom" to pile in the old '50s convertible wearing letterman jackets to go beat up "queers" or the "freedom" to lynch black people for getting "uppity". The same idiots who talk "police state" but cheer to vids of cops beating up Occupy Wall Street. The ones who say, "All they understand is violence" and claim diplomacy is "weak" proving that's all THEY understand is violence. It's ALSO all they will settle for because they feel a need to HURT someone, especially if that someone dared to question their unquestioned authority.