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markbark

(1,587 posts) Mon Jun 12, 2023, 03:25 PM Jun 2023

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LBJ Had it right over 60 years ago [View all]

Trans folks only make up about 1.6% of the population.
Why is the GOP invested in creating so many anti-trans/LGBTQ+ laws?

LBJ had it pegged over sixty years ago: "If you can convince the lowest white man 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."

Replace "Colored" with "LGBTQ+" and/or "Drag Queen" and you've got the MAGA crowd in a nutshell.

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LBJ Had it right over 60 years ago [View all] markbark Jun 2023 OP

Spot on! anciano Jun 2023 #1

Pretty much. It's a lot harder to get away with really obvious racial bigotry any more; Ocelot II Jun 2023 #2

Nail, meet hammer. ShazzieB Jun 2023 #6

Bingo. I really think the main underlying cause of transphobia is misogyny. Ocelot II Jun 2023 #7

I read the the BIBLE and it tells us multigraincracker Jun 2023 #3

Been a repub standard since the Nixon Southern Strategy... Wounded Bear Jun 2023 #4

Yes, absolutely. "Someone to look down on" -- and may I add "someone vulnerable" Hekate Jun 2023 #5

I've often used that LBJ quote Duppers Jun 2023 #8

the GOoPers need war, or some issue to scare/inflame thier base to vote for them, cause gosh darnit pansypoo53219 Jun 2023 #9

I am above them vercetti2021 Jun 2023 #10

Not replace drmeow Jun 2023 #11

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