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Hestia

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87. Unfortunately, that entails having monsters of our own to know their game plan

Fri Mar 10, 2017, 06:03 PM

Mar 2017

We aren't born into the right families, where this stuff is parsed for generations. Nor did we graduate from the right schools or play with the right people's children.

We need to reach those who still have a conscious and bring them over to our side.

We know and hear about the celebratants but the real money is quiet and modest and doesn't get their names into the paper, by design.

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Basic high school civics lessons we knew in 1948. THIS WAS ON PAGE 1! [View all] Snarkoleptic Mar 2017 OP

Thank you! I shared. apcalc Mar 2017 #1

Me, too. nt duhneece Mar 2017 #24

as the saying goes... Javaman Mar 2017 #2

Your thread really applies to all those ignorant voters who liked trump because .... Jim Beard Mar 2017 #3

Amazing. CanSocDem Mar 2017 #4

That's it. Conservatives just don't get the idea of a social contract. Nitram Mar 2017 #5

Exactly shenmue Mar 2017 #9

Or they do, and just envision a very different kind of social contract. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #67

I think it's basic five-year-old. calimary Mar 2017 #81

My mother graduated from HS in 1948 BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #6

and therein lies the problem, sorta, that generation is dead or dying and there aren't the Hestia Mar 2017 #18

My mom used to warn us about "yellow journalism" BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #26

"...that has only gotten worse in the past 30 years." By DESIGN. calimary Mar 2017 #82

We need to utilize the same sort of thinking BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #84

We sure as hell do! calimary Mar 2017 #86

Unfortunately, that entails having monsters of our own to know their game plan Hestia Mar 2017 #87

You really want to know what the other side is doing? Here you go Hestia Mar 2017 #88

If FDR ran for office again he'd be called an ultra-liberal and marginalized by Repugs AND Dems Doremus Mar 2017 #32

I'm afraid that's not the problem at all, Hestia. My parents are of the generation before that and.. Nitram Mar 2017 #85

Those were the days DK504 Mar 2017 #39

The guy's a frickin' genius! knightmaar Mar 2017 #7

Great find NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #8

I heard they don't teach civics anymore. How long has that been going on? CrispyQ Mar 2017 #41

I don't remember any specific for Civics NewJeffCT Mar 2017 #45

Graduated in 1977, we had civics in 11th grade. haele Mar 2017 #64

LOL & two thumbsup for your last sentence! CrispyQ Mar 2017 #75

They stopped teaching civics during raygun's time in office not fooled Mar 2017 #58

EXACTLY cynical_idealist Mar 2017 #70

Never mind--image finally showed for me. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #10

Now we know why they don't teach Civics anymore. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #11

From what I heard jazzcat23 Mar 2017 #80

Who would have thought we'd now be fighting to reclaim all that? Paladin Mar 2017 #12

This started LONG before he came down the escalator Cosmocat Mar 2017 #17

Thank you - to paraphrase Billy Joel, "Trump didn't start the fire"... bullwinkle428 Mar 2017 #20

This should be photocopied and put in public places Maggiemayhem Mar 2017 #13

Yep....and the begining of the largest growth period of the middle class..... Bengus81 Mar 2017 #14

Well, if they are trying to drag us back to the 1920s & 1930s, they have to deal with all of Hestia Mar 2017 #22

My father was 24 and back from WW2 in 1948 BumRushDaShow Mar 2017 #31

I am what might be referred to as a "tail-end" baby boomer ymetca Mar 2017 #43

It's often said that the early '50s were years of prosperity discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #47

Yep and soon to be 33% for a top bracket..... Bengus81 Mar 2017 #57

I recommend sharing this image everywhere! Mr. Evil Mar 2017 #15

tldr: how to *really* make America great again forjusticethunders Mar 2017 #16

Trump is talking about a point farther back in history. world wide wally Mar 2017 #29

What on earth is tubercular milk? alarimer Mar 2017 #19

Yes, from unpasteurized milk. former9thward Mar 2017 #23

Right, the EPA just does superfluous things like requiring that our rivers don't catch on fire. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #38

A reply which has nothing to do with the thread. former9thward Mar 2017 #52

It responds to the tone of your post. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #54

Cows get tuberculosis from other animals, including cows. hunter Mar 2017 #61

Nope. former9thward Mar 2017 #71

Um, no. hunter Mar 2017 #72

I have not had any milk since I was about 10 and that was 50 years ago. former9thward Mar 2017 #78

This was a segment this week on Charlie Rose on civic education lunasun Mar 2017 #21

I'm struck by how savvy "Oppression by strong and shrewd" is as a turn of phrase ProfessorPlum Mar 2017 #25

Voter ID laws and "Right to Work" laws are prime examples. nt SunSeeker Mar 2017 #40

We were still being taught this in 1958-1966. raging moderate Mar 2017 #27

the current administration would keep that top category, except it would be for "direct oppression" anarch Mar 2017 #28

For fucks sake we are clearly at war with maniacs. BSdetect Mar 2017 #30

Thank you for posting this. Shared on FB. japple Mar 2017 #33

We need to teach this again! Lonestarblue Mar 2017 #34

Y'all are a bunch of Socialists.... LakeArenal Mar 2017 #35

They want to take us back to the 90s, Mendocino Mar 2017 #36

This is so perfect, just basic Civics Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #37

Left column is the wet-dream Republican Christmas list. VOX Mar 2017 #42

Reagan demonized government for enforcing the Civil Rights Act. SunSeeker Mar 2017 #44

Also shared to my Facebook page. LongTomH Mar 2017 #46

Baby boomer here... llmart Mar 2017 #48

Me too - Graduated class of '69 FakeNoose Mar 2017 #66

Govt done right is good. Beartracks Mar 2017 #49

Thomas Hobbes pointed that out 300 years earlier DavidDvorkin Mar 2017 #50

No one who took that class in 1948 would possibly vote for the GOP. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2017 #51

Well, there ya go. colorado_ufo Mar 2017 #53

It spells out the obvious: the right-wing is a threat to civilization. robertpaulsen Mar 2017 #55

Short Poster Nails It! burrowowl Mar 2017 #56

Thanks for the find rpannier Mar 2017 #59

thanks for the post Angry Dragon Mar 2017 #60

K&R BSdetect Mar 2017 #62

DURec leftstreet Mar 2017 #63

Looks like America is going to have to learn that lesson all over again. Crunchy Frog Mar 2017 #65

There is a 2016 Student version of this textbook Progressive dog Mar 2017 #68

Thank you! I shared this on twitter. lucca18 Mar 2017 #69

Kick.. coco22 Mar 2017 #73

I know a couple of so-called libertarians who STILL believe the left side is better DFW Mar 2017 #74

So good! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2017 #76

Post removed Post removed Mar 2017 #77

Wait until DeVos zentrum Mar 2017 #79

wow, thanks for this iluvtennis Mar 2017 #83