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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-14-05 08:22 AM
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6. They want to return to the '50s. White, Patriarchal, and "safe".
A sort of Mayberry USA with a "Father Knows Best" ideal. Dad with his briefcase, Mom in the kitchen, and really nice kids named Buffy, Timmy, and Scooter who wanna be just like Mom & Dad.

They have a Mexican gardner named Pancho who talks funny, a bossy black maid named Jemima who just loves her White Folks, a new Buick, and a white house with a picket fence.

There's no crime (except for funny old Hank the town drunk). Mom bakes cookies and her greatest ambition in life is to own a new refrigerator. Dad allows himself to be manipulated into buying a new refrigerator by mom and allows Buffy to date that boy who combs his hair funny, Timmy gets to drive the car but dents the fender, and Scooter gets to join the Boy Scouts. But, real life tragedy ensues, when the refrigerator light doesn't work, that bad boy tries to kiss Buffy, and Timmy's attempts to cover up the dent fail. But, Dad sorts it all out with help from cute Scooter who has embraced Tradional Family Values from the Boy Scouts.

Just talk to any rightwinger and question them about what they want and you'll hear echoes of the above.

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