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Subject: Re: MSNBC Host/Guest Worry Campus Protests Could Spark "Ferocious"
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Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 20:55:33 -0700
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On 5/5/2024 7:21 PM, Adam H. Kerman 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?
> 
Men can get breast cancer too.