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seabeyond

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10. thinking beyond our basic instincts and trying to be better, more informed and enlightened people
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 07:23 AM
Apr 2012

me me me. i had forgotten about that. but i was in the time where i saw us trying to be our better self. and that is the time i am focused on, what happened. you are right about reagan me me me. i had forgotten. maybe the escalation of divorces, i think possibly too strong of a push of girl power where it was leaving the men behind, but i had forgotten about reagan. that is an important time. we saw so much of it. maybe just the pendulum swing back to a more controlling repressed environment that history tends to. but it sure gave way to the christian coalition. there was something in our society that allowed that ugly head to rise.

whatever feels the perfect storm of extremism. throwing in the internet and the inundation of porn helping to feed the disrespect over all of women. the ability for rude and ugly behavior without having to look in a persons eyes, the allowance of racism, homophobia and sexist to unite to reinforce their behavior. this seems to be feeding out to our society now our politicians and talk show mouths feel the right to say whatever that a decade ago they could never have gotten away with.

the "liten up" mentality

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