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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?