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Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
72. Maybe socially, but not economically. They're reversing the middle class gains of the 20th century.
Fri Jun 22, 2012, 01:30 PM
Jun 2012
Like the man who fell into the pit band at the play.... it's just a stage they are going through, 2on2u Jun 2012 #1
death rattle, cornered animal, last gasp desperation - they are soon to become irrelevant - extinct. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #2
Yes, they are doomed to extinction. Speck Tater Jun 2012 #7
Sadly I agree so much with you, that given the current course RKP5637 Jun 2012 #12
More like mass hypnosis - see: Germany, 1939. Zalatix Jun 2012 #33
From a time and place that never existed but only in their minds. RegieRocker Jun 2012 #3
I think this has been going on since the days of protests against the VN war and women southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #4
good point. DesertFlower Jun 2012 #8
Am 64 and my dad wouldn't let me out on the streets, LOL. I respected my dad yet southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #23
I'm 64 and when I got home I joined in madokie Jun 2012 #38
I've been hoping they would all die off since the 50's and they are RKP5637 Jun 2012 #13
Well I grew up in that generation however I got to travel the world and that opens your southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #18
Oh, I wasn't talking about the protesters, I was with them. I'm speaking of RKP5637 Jun 2012 #27
I agree. Primary on that list was Cheney, Romney. What kills me is Romney actually southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #45
I'd been prisoner number whatever if someone actually spit on me madokie Jun 2012 #39
I totally agree with you. Our congress and senate let these Vet's down. southernyankeebelle Jun 2012 #44
Fear It comes from the fear of losing control of their lives. The only problem is that they don't upaloopa Jun 2012 #5
RW teabaggers/Republicans maryellen99 Jun 2012 #37
"Fear that they will become the minority and will get the same treatment they now give minorities" Canuckistanian Jun 2012 #46
+1,000,000! So they go out and buy up all their guns, fearful that we Knee-Grows are out Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #52
I also wonder if there isn't a little sub-conscious guilt about all that sub-conscious racism, too. lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #64
The Republicans have jumped off a cliff into an abyss of radical insanity. MrScorpio Jun 2012 #6
Yep, they just absolutely hate the black men in office. It's sooo sad RKP5637 Jun 2012 #28
I think Newt Gingrich deserves the most credit for the current level of vitriol. Laurian Jun 2012 #9
The Reaganites were pretty bad too.... YoungDemCA Jun 2012 #11
Yep, I think it was pretty much a packaged deal, they played off RKP5637 Jun 2012 #14
Gingrich and Limbaugh have credit for the current weaponized vitriol JHB Jun 2012 #43
'They' is made up of many 'thems,' elleng Jun 2012 #10
Writhing as the white majority has slipped into a large minority. Stinky The Clown Jun 2012 #15
yep grasswire Jun 2012 #17
This really made a rightwing acquaintance mad when I said: OKNancy Jun 2012 #16
Maybe socially, but not economically. They're reversing the middle class gains of the 20th century. Arugula Latte Jun 2012 #72
I actually have an honest answer for you: A very close friend has helped me figure it out: lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #19
Thanks for your answer YoungDemCA Jun 2012 #35
Yes, you're right. Some people learn to be better from difficult situations. lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #61
I have a slightly shorter version of it from my own experience, but a similar take: hatrack Jun 2012 #47
May be....but that's true of me too, and I'm about the most bleeding heart liberal you could raccoon Jun 2012 #53
Yes: Our fathers inveset us with identity: So these emotionally bankrupt zanies lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #63
that's kinda hard to follow hfojvt Jun 2012 #65
Fear of change. Fear of the unknown. Odin2005 Jun 2012 #20
Yes, condemn those silly aboriginees who believe in their invisible lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #67
Where does all their hate come from? clang1 Jun 2012 #21
Overpopulation tabasco Jun 2012 #22
Self-loathing for the pissants. GeorgeGist Jun 2012 #24
It is all about selfishness, plain and simple. n/t Hotler Jun 2012 #25
Yep, that's pretty much the foundation of it all. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #29
They are behaving like infants who should be reigned in "gimmee gimmee more more mine mine mine" Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #66
Fear. The Doctor. Jun 2012 #26
I often wonder, do you think it's conditioned or inherited? n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #30
Both YoungDemCA Jun 2012 #31
And then when mixed with hatred and Hate-Radio, it's a pretty lethal combination. n/t RKP5637 Jun 2012 #42
The reactive part of the brain YoungDemCA Jun 2012 #32
Very true. The Doctor. Jun 2012 #40
Reagan and baby Bush are toughs with swagger. McGovern and Kerry are wimps with medals. ieoeja Jun 2012 #49
Excellent Post...ON the Mark WiffenPoof Jun 2012 #34
I think they all scored low on the TMI index, causing them to lash their hate at others. Initech Jun 2012 #36
"The winds of change are blowin...America is back!" lindysalsagal Jun 2012 #74
Hater gonna hate. SmileyRose Jun 2012 #41
It's rooted in their fear. JNelson6563 Jun 2012 #48
All about Death Shagman Jun 2012 #50
You have to disrupt the infrastructure that spreads the lies- the corporate media Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #69
Everything is about race, even when it's not supposed to be. Republicans have ran Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2012 #51
I think it comes from believing that they are superior to everyone else. And jillan Jun 2012 #54
Tribal identity. They define themselves by what we oppose. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2012 #55
Fear stoked by a constant drumbeat against the "other" hifiguy Jun 2012 #56
I think that they are busy making a last-ditch effort to "bake" their ideology into the cake Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2012 #57
Smell the fear. Fear makes people act badly. The richest men are often compensating for deep seated McCamy Taylor Jun 2012 #58
1) Billionaires' insatiable greed;2) RW mouthpieces stoke fear & anger... VOX Jun 2012 #59
I sure know where mine is coming from. MrSlayer Jun 2012 #60
God is Love Ghost of Huey Long Jun 2012 #62
It's a tool n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #68
Ya Got Me RobinA Jun 2012 #70
FEAR for themselves, who see "the other" as threatening to life... polichick Jun 2012 #71
Yes n/t clang1 Jun 2012 #73
What's really unforgivable ailsagirl Jun 2012 #75
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