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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: MSNBC Host/Guest Worry Campus Protests Could Spark "Ferocious" Backlash, New Reagan Era
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 02:21:07 -0000 (UTC)
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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?