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Boomerproud

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11. The gist of the article sounds like a smack-down of Reaganism

Reply to PufPuf23 (Original post)

Sat Apr 16, 2016, 08:06 AM

Apr 2016

You know, the "the shining city on the hill" fantasy. Reagan either ignored problems (AIDS or any number of others) or blamed social problems on liberals. We live with that today, and the generation that grew up with him and after still embrace that philosophy.

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The unsanitized story of Jackie Robinson [View all] PufPuf23 Apr 2016 OP

the story also originated that--"see? America's innate goodness and leveling tendencies MisterP Apr 2016 #1

or the cost. Octafish Apr 2016 #5

Ah, Ken Burns did a new documentary, I see. malthaussen Apr 2016 #2

Monday and Tuesday night malaise Apr 2016 #3

I'm pretty happy with my own understanding of the story... malthaussen Apr 2016 #4

Campanella came across. .. kwassa Apr 2016 #6

Jackie Robinson broke the Major League baseball color barrier on April 15, 1947. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #7

47, not 57. malthaussen Apr 2016 #8

Fixed. It was a typo. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #9

Presumably, then, you were alive when they were in New York. malthaussen Apr 2016 #10

Alive when Giants were in New York but very young. PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #13

The gist of the article sounds like a smack-down of Reaganism Boomerproud Apr 2016 #11

Or, taking it back farther, a smack-down of consensus history... malthaussen Apr 2016 #15

You don't see this picture of him too often oberliner Apr 2016 #12

Aren't some of those looks from folks in the background precious? malthaussen Apr 2016 #14

Robinson endorsed and campaigned for Nixon in 1960 oberliner Apr 2016 #16

The fact that Larry Doby and Hank Thompson are all but forgotten ScreamingMeemie Apr 2016 #17

To say nothing of Willard Brown malthaussen Apr 2016 #19

International inspiration: Jackie Robinson's impact on Cuba PufPuf23 Apr 2016 #18