General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Before any of us continue cheerleading threads citing RW propaganda crafted to divide, a reminder: [View all]Hekate
(100,133 posts)I watched Newt Gingrich turn the very word "liberal" into a dirty word, reminiscent of how the word "Jew" can be used as a dirty word. "Liberal" did not become an epithet overnight, but Gingrich taught the right wing how to do it and spread the practice throughout the media, and one fine day during the BushCheney administration I realized the work had been completed. I, who used to be proud to call myself a liberal, not defiant, not anything but just describing my end of the political spectrum, realized I no longer wanted to say it because the whole public perception had been changed.
I was an adult during the Nixon years, as well. Do I need to go into detail?
The point is -- I KNOW who the enemy is. I can smell them coming. I see how their propaganda gets picked up, used by the media, splashed into other sources, until it even seeps into DU.
So I say again: Hillary's worst enemy is the Right Wing in this country, and you have to ask yourself just why that would be.