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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 04:30:41 -0000 (UTC)
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suzeeq  <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>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.

I know. I've seen very special episodes of tv shows making this point.
It's still a rare disease.