Nailed it. When women and Black people knew their place, when people of alternate sexual orientations kept that shit in the closet, and when everyone attended a proper white Christian church on Sundays, those were the days.
That about sums it up. It's the world they remember from Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best. It's a fantasy America that many of them didn't live in then and don't now. The highest divorce rates, for example, are still in the red states, but I imagine they blame Democrats for that, too.
Their endgame is the mythical America Sharon describes: white, patriarchal, christianist/pseudo-Christian, straight, etc. etc. That it never existed is only important to people who value facts: they don't. Same end as Germany for so many not that long ago: a return to a past they wished existed. You're looking for rational behavior where it likely will never exist. I fervently wish it did.
It’s not a new thought but self-loathing has been consuming millions of Americans for some time. People who hate themselves tend to project that hatred towards other people, towards organizations, ideas and especially change. It’s no surprise that these people are attracted by a vessel for their hate. Trump hasn’t so much been a leader as he’s been a model of self-loathing denial and projection for the millions in the MAGA cult.
'zactly. And the widespread much trumpeted lack of understanding of what "infection" means.
I don't know if I've told you this before, if so, apologies: in 1998 I did a gig as a guest lecturer in a biology class where I learned that Republican undergraduates had evidently been deciding that infection was not longer a thing (so why public health? it's all just broken limbs and "bad lifestyles"), and that human beings were no longer evolving.
In the grand old game of politics, one can ask what do things like saving America and so on mean. They don’t mean diddly squat. There is no truth in electioneering. Maybe just a wee bit of truth on the democratic side but both sides throw everything including the kitchen sink to win votes. We have never adequately regulated issues surrounding the web. I can’t begin to figure that one out but I do know that while it may bring good minds together, it certainly is a force to bring bad hombres together, too.
I don't think they want greatness shared. I think they want it concentrated and presented to The Bestest Worthies. Who are themselves and select designees, and thus nearly entirely White men.
I was told years ago to make sure and ask what do you mean by that. It is a pretty important question when you need to clarify what you mean in a blanket statement. It always served me well
Nailed it. When women and Black people knew their place, when people of alternate sexual orientations kept that shit in the closet, and when everyone attended a proper white Christian church on Sundays, those were the days.
Those days didn’t even work for white make Christians. See: suicides. See: heart disease.
That about sums it up. It's the world they remember from Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best. It's a fantasy America that many of them didn't live in then and don't now. The highest divorce rates, for example, are still in the red states, but I imagine they blame Democrats for that, too.
It makes no sense. Can people really not separate reality from fiction?
They don't want to and refuse to.
But to what end? I know I sound like a broken reacord.
Their endgame is the mythical America Sharon describes: white, patriarchal, christianist/pseudo-Christian, straight, etc. etc. That it never existed is only important to people who value facts: they don't. Same end as Germany for so many not that long ago: a return to a past they wished existed. You're looking for rational behavior where it likely will never exist. I fervently wish it did.
It’s not a new thought but self-loathing has been consuming millions of Americans for some time. People who hate themselves tend to project that hatred towards other people, towards organizations, ideas and especially change. It’s no surprise that these people are attracted by a vessel for their hate. Trump hasn’t so much been a leader as he’s been a model of self-loathing denial and projection for the millions in the MAGA cult.
Good question. I would suppose another question is “When was America great for all Americans” .
Maybe they want to go back pre-germ-theory, too.
Well, considering the protests around COVID...
'zactly. And the widespread much trumpeted lack of understanding of what "infection" means.
I don't know if I've told you this before, if so, apologies: in 1998 I did a gig as a guest lecturer in a biology class where I learned that Republican undergraduates had evidently been deciding that infection was not longer a thing (so why public health? it's all just broken limbs and "bad lifestyles"), and that human beings were no longer evolving.
And they're definitely pro-unfree-labor.
In the grand old game of politics, one can ask what do things like saving America and so on mean. They don’t mean diddly squat. There is no truth in electioneering. Maybe just a wee bit of truth on the democratic side but both sides throw everything including the kitchen sink to win votes. We have never adequately regulated issues surrounding the web. I can’t begin to figure that one out but I do know that while it may bring good minds together, it certainly is a force to bring bad hombres together, too.
Who knows maybe the owl knows.
Translation of Republican platform: Keep America dominated by white males and only what they want.
I don't think they want greatness shared. I think they want it concentrated and presented to The Bestest Worthies. Who are themselves and select designees, and thus nearly entirely White men.
I was told years ago to make sure and ask what do you mean by that. It is a pretty important question when you need to clarify what you mean in a blanket statement. It always served me well