Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: MSNBC Host/Guest Worry Campus Protests Could Spark "Ferocious" Backlash, New Reagan Era Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:30:41 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 06:30:42 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="545622967c631d88f79fa21cf97c4e8f"; logging-data="2499006"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19bePeHgswi1KE16IauLJOUh372IB+04Ik=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:93mR9wH2RXAqvJMIE/THcXAavVI= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 3243 suzeeq wrote: >On 5/5/2024 7:21 PM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >> BTR1701 wrote: >>> May 5, 2024 at 1:05:47 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>> The Horny Goat wrote: >>>>> Sun, 5 May 2024 04:13:55 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman : >> >>>>>>> That said, most Democrats would consider 2016-2020 to be a rather >>>>>>> darker time than the Reagan era. >> >>>>>> You're kidding, right? The parties realigned in the election of Reagan. >>>>>> Significant parts of the Democratic coalition went over to the >>>>>> Republican party to vote for Reagan. Large portions of the labor >>>>>> movement no longer voted Democratic, like Teamsters. >> >>>>> No actually I wasn't - I wasn't talking electorally - I was talking >>>>> with respect to society generally and where it was going. >> >>>> What else would the party its members care about? A large part of the >>>> electorate became Republican. That was quite a dark time for the >>>> remaining Democrats. >> >>>>> I was thinking about BLM and George Floyd - not "how many Democrats >>>>> can we get elected" but "this country is now more divided any time >>>>> since Viet Nam in the LBJ/Nixon era" >> >>>> Cynically, certain Democratic politicians thought that not making sure >>>> that basic law enforcement was being performed versus criminals who took >>>> advantage of George Floyd protestors to loot and commit vandalism and >>>> arson thought they were playing to their own base of voters and >>>> solidifying support. They didn't care about division but what they >>>> perceived as personal political advantage to them. >> >>>> Plenty of other Democrats were horrified at the societal breakdown. >> >>> Twenty years ago, who would have thought that by 2024 the following >statements >>> would be politically explosive: >> >>> "Violent criminals should be arrested and sent to prison." >> >>> and >> >>> "Men cannot give birth." >> >> Didn't you hear yesterday's advice on screening mammograms for trans men >> starting at age 40? >> >Men can get breast cancer too. I know. I've seen very special episodes of tv shows making this point. It's still a rare disease.