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gulliver

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12. Even Republicans don't want to live in Mayberry.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2017, 04:17 PM

Jan 2017

They just want to watch it on TV. There's nothing stopping Republicans from moving back to Mayberry now and simply forswearing all of the modern economic and social forces that make Mayberry impossible. Republicans, if they wanted to, could become the new Amish.

They don't want that. They like modern materialism as much as anyone. Maybe even more.

I will have to agree that the Andy Griffith show did demonstrate people generally behaving at their best, notwithstanding say Ernest T. Bass and maybe Otis.

Personally, I think we could have a happy modern society with less coarseness, contempt, despair, etc., without trying to get "back" to a place that never existed. Stopping the Drug War, for example, would eliminate a huge flow of toxins into our collective soul.

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How nostalgia for white Christian America drove so many Americans to vote for Trump [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2017 OP

Bullsh*t... 2naSalit Jan 2017 #1

+1 putitinD Jan 2017 #3

Yep HAB911 Jan 2017 #2

Well yeah it is a part of the whole story - I asked my elderly mom about why a good catholic Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2017 #4

I don't think she'll like the parades we'll have under Trump jmowreader Jan 2017 #8

It was all about trump's slogan. "Make America white . . . er, ah . . . great again" brush Jan 2017 #5

This. n/t Different Drummer Jan 2017 #9

If the mayor were honest, he would join the KKK. Dawson Leery Jan 2017 #6

God these people are stupid! Once again we get the "Christianity is under attack" bullshit! Initech Jan 2017 #7

2017. nt raccoon Jan 2017 #15

It's not that Trump himself exemplifies Christian values. Different Drummer Jan 2017 #10

Excellent article and should be required reading for all of those on DU who say Dems need to change! wcast Jan 2017 #11

I think black people think theyre owed something, JI7 Jan 2017 #22

Even Republicans don't want to live in Mayberry. gulliver Jan 2017 #12

That town was creepy in the 90's when Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #13

People justify their votes n2doc Jan 2017 #14

Know what? FUCK These People. FUCK THEM! Smug, closed-minded, self-righteous assholes. hatrack Jan 2017 #16

There were a lot of scary things in that article. Like this: Initech Jan 2017 #21

And here's where those white Christian Americas believe they are! Jacob Boehme Jan 2017 #17

Sometimes we use Christianity when its convenient for what we want, JI7 Jan 2017 #18

these people are racists . it's all complaints about black people JI7 Jan 2017 #19

the Andy Griffith part was interesting. he said the show was not JI7 Jan 2017 #20

If you watch the Andy Griffith show closely you will see that even TV Mayberry was a mean Raine Jan 2017 #23

easier to spread gossip in a small town than big city pstokely Jan 2017 #24