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Very happy to be there. My list is over 50. You probably saved me the trouble of making it 51
Very happy to be there. My list is over 50. You probably saved me the trouble of making it 51You have just earned a rare honor. One of only three posters I have ever put on my 'list'. Goodbye
Someone as close minded as you apparently are isn't going to listen to reason anyway.In fairness all religious views are ignorant,
“Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them.”
― Barry Goldwater
Barry Goldwater isn't a politician one would ever associate with the word "winner".
Totally stupid. It should be flushed.Opinion
The GOP is no longer a party. It’s a movement to impose White Christian nationalism.
Because religion is often used by the right in this argument: it exists in various places of this forum.How is the GOP imposing White Christian nationalism by opposing life changing, medically unnecessary surgery on minors?
Jen Rubin. Pffft.Opinion
The GOP is no longer a party. It’s a movement to impose White Christian nationalism.
People might be confused about how a Republican Party that once worried about government overreach now seeks to control medical care for transgender children and retaliate against a corporation for objecting to a bill targeting LGBTQ students. And why is it that the most ambitious Republicans are spending more time battling nonexistent critical race theory in schools than on health care or inflation?
To explain this, one must acknowledge that the GOP is not a political party anymore. It is a movement dedicated to imposing White Christian nationalism.
The media blandly describes the GOP’s obsessions as “culture wars,” but that suggests there is another side seeking to impose its views on others. In reality, only one side is repudiating pluralistic democracy — White, Christian and mainly rural Americans who are becoming a minority group and want to maintain their political power.
The result is an alarming pattern: Any moment of social progress is soon followed by reactionary panic and claims of victimhood. It’s no mere coincidence that Donald Trump, the leader of the birther movement, succeeded the first African American president. Nor should the anti-critical-race-theory movement surprise anyone given the mass protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020. Understanding his phenomenon is crucial to preserving pluralistic democracy.
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Nobody's is doing that.Opposing teaching five year olds the finer points of anal sex isn't white nationalism. It's common sense.
Unfortunately, and very disappointingly, some of the GOP have doubled, and tripled, and....., down on their scare tactic electioneering. If you don't have enough true policies to get the needed votes you just tell everyone how scary bad the other guys are. Lying and massive hyperbole are just part of that game. It's a cheap way to get votes when you are too clueless to attract them through creating sensible policy to support your candidacy. .Nobody's is doing that.
It's an oughtright lie.
Not unhinged, an overreach. I have to believe that MTGreene and other extreme types are like pilot fish and remora, who attach themselves to a shark to nibble on scraps. If/when the GOP distances itself from Trump, these will fade in influence if not in headlines, and the party will likely get back to policy (other than tax cuts) that challenges democrats. Just wait, they may actually propose a platform at their 2024 convention. Unless of course Trump is the nominee. Then it may be as before, "Whatever Donald Wants."The opinion is unhinged? Why so?
Not unhinged, an overreach. I have to believe that MTGreene and other extreme types are like pilot fish and remora, who attach themselves to a shark to nibble on scraps. If/when the GOP distances itself from Trump, these will fade in influence if not in headlines, and the party will likely get back to policy (other than tax cuts) that challenges democrats. Just wait, they may actually propose a platform at their 2024 convention. Unless of course Trump is the nominee. Then it may be as before, "Whatever Donald Wants."
On the other hand, democrats will pay a price if they do not start addressing to economic and cultural needs of white Christians. Their perceived scorn for that sector of the population fueled Trump.
US Senator, nominee for president in an obvious lost cause, a person with the stones to tell Nixon it was time to go, early supporter of gay rights. I disagreed with him on just about everything, but he wasn't a loser.Barry Goldwater isn't a politician one would ever associate with the word "winner".
"Cultural" may not have been the best word, but by that I meant the put downs of working class whites in our culture as dimwitted Archie Bunker types, deplorables, residents of "flyover country," etc. Economic needs involve the problems created by the inevitable advance of globalism, with the flight of blue collar jobs overseas or to right-to-work states.What are the "economic and cultural needs of white Christians"?
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