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Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 04:13:34 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: MSNBC Host/Guest Worry Campus Protests Could Spark "Ferocious" Backlash, New Reagan Era Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <v13afm$m5op$3@dont-email.me> <vuof3j5f2ra0i2ldneekvfocft7imio17k@4ax.com> <v18oqr$21ll0$1@dont-email.me> <uIKcnQRtjbmml6X7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <v19eqj$2anci$2@dont-email.me> <atropos-361D4E.20193505052024@news.giganews.com> Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky <gmsingh@email.com> In-Reply-To: <atropos-361D4E.20193505052024@news.giganews.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 53 Path: ...!news.misty.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 07 May 2024 09:13:34 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3019 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17cd2a007e526ff3$75689$3202175$c4d58e68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 3415 On 5/5/24 10:19 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article <v19eqj$2anci$2@dont-email.me>, > "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: > >> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote: >>> May 5, 2024 at 1:05:47 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >>>> The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote: >>>>> Sun, 5 May 2024 04:13:55 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>: >> >>>>>>> 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? > > You just say these things to trigger me, don't you? Are you two gay?