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electric_blue68

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10. The problem with red state secession...
Thu Dec 10, 2020, 03:33 AM
Dec 2020

Last edited Thu Dec 10, 2020, 05:41 PM - Edit history (1)

is that there are liberals and progressives living there even if they're the minority. Sure a fair amount of them couldn't afford to move, and maybe they wouldn't want to for various reasons.

Then esp The South where there still many African-Americans living there that I wouldn't want them to suffer- the many who couldn't afford to leave be pushed back under the thumb of more racism.

It's more true than not that your average liberals and conservatives got along somewhat ok - before Limbaugh, more NYC locally Bob Grant etc started spewing their hatreds.

Although after Goldwater's trouncing the seriously political Republicans esp the conservative ones started to plan their eventual efforts of routing us Democrats, Liberals, esp at first by filling up Local, and State political positions, then going Federal.

🤔 There's got to be articles or if not a book or two on the rise of hate talk radio.

You mean he's not dead yet? lpbk2713 Dec 2020 #1
omg - you are sooooo right. Ugh! electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #7
He looks like he has one foot in the grave ironflange Dec 2020 #31
Fine with me the blue states make all the money marlakay Dec 2020 #2
You said it exactly right. It's because of him and his ilk we are where we are at. chowder66 Dec 2020 #3
Ronald Reagan gave rise to right wing radio radicalism calguy Dec 2020 #19
Yes, I remember. Morton Downey, Jr was on the airwaves when I was younger and Limbaugh chowder66 Dec 2020 #25
The Fairness Doctrine was important, but not the key to what we have today. Caliman73 Dec 2020 #32
Yeah, maybe it will be solved when treestar Dec 2020 #29
But you won't be around... orwell Dec 2020 #4
I hate to agree but I think he is right. SoFlaBro Dec 2020 #5
For decades now, I've never seen a bigger bunch of drama queens than Progressive Jones Dec 2020 #6
Heard that & posted how he "lamented" the country's "partisanship" (snort) ! UTUSN Dec 2020 #8
Agree that Limbargh was the power but Newt... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #34
Grinch got the -crat thing from LUNTZ. Limbo harped on Scorched from his Day 1 in 1988 UTUSN Dec 2020 #36
Oh, Luntz (I know who that is), OK. Limblarg... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #37
Fuck that guy. Can't he just die now? TeamPooka Dec 2020 #9
The problem with red state secession... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #10
Also... UncleTomsEvilBrother Dec 2020 #15
Heh electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #33
Rushbo cannot even peacefully coexist with women. He is on wife number four and they don't even live keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #11
Unfortunately, we still couldn't let the south go. This time, Hortensis Dec 2020 #12
have you ever seen 5 conservatives onethatcares Dec 2020 #13
Hmm, interesting. I've paid attention to what... electric_blue68 Dec 2020 #35
So Rush is saying he's achieved his life's goal. eShirl Dec 2020 #14
Ironically, advanced technology has pushed us closer to tyranny Buckeyeblue Dec 2020 #16
Thanks to traitors like you, ru$h spanone Dec 2020 #17
He means "liberals and kooks" tavernier Dec 2020 #18
Didn't you tell us you're dying malaise Dec 2020 #20
Hell yeah! Let the fascist states secede, and good riddance. Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #21
Repugs are always murder mouthing threats of civil war. Mc Mike Dec 2020 #22
You will not live to find out if you're right, Rush. MineralMan Dec 2020 #23
Jesus Christ, when is he going to drop dead? SMC22307 Dec 2020 #24
Much to Putin's delight, eh Rush? Divide and conquer is their plan. Greybnk48 Dec 2020 #26
Honestly Raftergirl Dec 2020 #27
There's the fucking door, ass hat. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2020 #28
Well Rush will be seceding from the U.S. soon. Baitball Blogger Dec 2020 #30
oh limpballs demtenjeep Dec 2020 #38
What will those Red States do Mz Pip Dec 2020 #39
The red states leech off the blue states. Initech Dec 2020 #40
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