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Maxheader

(4,370 posts)
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 12:39 PM Jul 2018

Already have it won..

Go to a few ag sites..since I was raised on a wheat farm in kansaas..
Its amazing, and I guess a result of all the b.s. the conservative
stations spew out..a.m. radio around here is pretty hardcore gop.

Anyway lately I've noticed threads asking where the democratic party will go.
What will liberals do once their party is eliminated from any prominence to
the public. Where will liberals go? These people sincerely believe that we are
done..has beens..dinosaurs..

Traditional progressive myself...and I have no problems getting primed for
battle, everyday..with those supporting the treachery in washington..24 - 7.
We all need to keep it in our thoughts...Because it is not an exaggeration to
say the right will continue to screw us over...on clean air, clean water..taxes,
and the economy..

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Already have it won.. (Original Post) Maxheader Jul 2018 OP
The right will continue to screw us over. elleng Jul 2018 #1
We will fight back. WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE. CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2018 #2
What a load of shit. Iliyah Jul 2018 #3
We have become so tribal lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #4
They tend to believe a lot of horseshit eleny Jul 2018 #5
President Lyndon B Johnson: "If you can convince the lowest white man RestoreAmerica2020 Jul 2018 #7
I had forgotten that last sentence - thx! eleny Jul 2018 #9
From a sign at one of the Madison protests several years ago: Atticus Jul 2018 #6
Projection shanti Jul 2018 #8

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,516 posts)
2. We will fight back. WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 12:46 PM
Jul 2018

These morons should have a look at California, where the Republican Party is waning.

lapfog_1

(29,189 posts)
4. We have become so tribal
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 12:52 PM
Jul 2018

that we only interact with like minded citizens.

They only listen to Faux... and rub shoulders with their fellow rural white ignorant compatriots (yes, that is a stereotype, but a valid one). We listen to CNN and MSNBC and rub shoulders with urban diverse educated compatriots.

Each side truly believes that they are in a majority... a vast majority.

In reality (and, for once, our side typically has a more reality based view of the world) the ratio is something like 60-40 or 58 - 42, with our side in the clear but not overwhelming majority. On certain subjects one can even see this majority decrease to near 50-50.

That they believe that they are not only a majority, but a huge majority of "real Americans" is actually good... leads them to a false sense of security. On our side, we have to be careful about thinking they won't show up because of that "false sense of security"... i.e. our fault is complacency and party or the purity of our ideology (infighting).



RestoreAmerica2020

(3,434 posts)
7. President Lyndon B Johnson: "If you can convince the lowest white man
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 01:16 PM
Jul 2018

....he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."



shanti

(21,675 posts)
8. Projection
Fri Jul 6, 2018, 01:19 PM
Jul 2018

We're not going anywhere, but their days are definitely numbered. These are the death throes.

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