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JMCKUSICK

(4,818 posts)
31. It's always been there.
Thu Jul 3, 2025, 10:15 AM
Jul 2025

The civil rights bill is 60 years old now?
That gives us 190 years roughly of ingrained and almost literally inbred racism.
The Tea Party movement had more than their share of racists and nationalists that came out of the woodwork when President Obama was elected and especially, when he was reelected.
The finishing touch is the literal permission that president Trump has given to all of them to have at it as it were.

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The dominance of RW media get the red out Jul 2025 #1
Since right wing radio took over. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2025 #2
Bingo GaYellowDawg Jul 2025 #24
They have won the long game. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2025 #69
I know. GaYellowDawg Jul 2025 #70
Newtie began calling Dems enemies LSparkle Jul 2025 #57
Yes we have become a nation of cruel sadists. Irish_Dem Jul 2025 #3
The internet kozar Jul 2025 #4
My elderly mother understood it this way 10 years ago Captain Zero Jul 2025 #5
During President Obama J-9 Jul 2025 #52
Well, surely putting twenty people to death because some teenage girl called them witches is a good starting point. Aristus Jul 2025 #6
+1000 Just_Vote_Dem Jul 2025 #10
Or "The 1619 Project" A HERETIC I AM Jul 2025 #28
I will check out "The 1619 Project", thanks for that n/t Just_Vote_Dem Jul 2025 #30
It is extraordinarily well written A HERETIC I AM Jul 2025 #34
Unfortunately 3auld6phart Jul 2025 #7
Don't forget the Spanish, who basically did mwmisses4289 Jul 2025 #62
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2025 #8
What flavour pizza do you like? niyad Jul 2025 #11
Right from the beginning, including slavery and slaughter of natives lostnfound Jul 2025 #9
I think the cruel streak has always been here genxlib Jul 2025 #12
We have always been this cruel. kentuck Jul 2025 #13
Always. Ask NAs, ask AAs. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #17
I told my DH, years ago Bettie Jul 2025 #14
Yes, the very reason unions were demonized and demoralized mountain grammy Jul 2025 #22
Far too many people are now Bettie Jul 2025 #27
Have a great day mountain grammy Jul 2025 #65
1776...or earlier, really... Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #15
May 14th, 1607 when colonists landed at Jamestown. Ray Bruns Jul 2025 #41
Reagan (nt) Heidi Jul 2025 #16
I agree. MLWR Jul 2025 #61
But "Just say NO" to self-medication after you've had all Heidi Jul 2025 #64
All of a sudden Sadism has become an American value to... S/V Loner Jul 2025 #18
We, as a collection of human beings, are no better than any other collection Ocelot II Jul 2025 #19
Excellent essay, and spot-on! Martin Eden Jul 2025 #66
When Obama won in 2008. ... aggiesal Jul 2025 #20
Do you know why MAGATs LOVE Donald Trump? Martin Eden Jul 2025 #21
They see some of themselves in him. Also, the rest is what they want to be. Oneironaut Jul 2025 #35
"structured in classes" reminds me of a quote by LBJ: Martin Eden Jul 2025 #49
Trump's campaign and presidencies brought out the worst in people IronLionZion Jul 2025 #23
The Original Sin was that Europeans stole this land from the rightful inhabitants Wicked Blue Jul 2025 #25
The prosperity of the US that grew so exponentially in the early years Ocelot II Jul 2025 #39
Trump, Rebl2 Jul 2025 #26
Actually 3auld6phart Jul 2025 #56
Absolutely! Rebl2 Jul 2025 #72
Rush Limbaugh planted the seeds..it is now in full bloom ashredux Jul 2025 #29
It's always been there. JMCKUSICK Jul 2025 #31
It's racism. LuvLoogie Jul 2025 #32
I remember the GOP guy who pulled the pony tail of the female protester at the 2004 Rethug Convention. John1956PA Jul 2025 #33
I have theories about the evolution of the human brain... CaptainTruth Jul 2025 #36
I think it started to get bad with Tree Lady Jul 2025 #37
I think it started with Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich, surfered Jul 2025 #38
When haven't we been this cruel? BlueTsunami2018 Jul 2025 #40
When NAZIs were welcomed to America via the post-World War II Ratlines. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #42
May 14th, 1607 when colonists landed at Jamestown. Ray Bruns Jul 2025 #43
Humanity has always had streaks of cruelty EdmondDantes_ Jul 2025 #44
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. Voltaire Ping Tung Jul 2025 #45
I don't think this is the entire answer, evemac Jul 2025 #46
It's always been there orangecrush Jul 2025 #47
This country has always been cruel SocialDemocrat61 Jul 2025 #48
Maybe all the women who were burned as witches can answer that. GoCubsGo Jul 2025 #50
You and I are of like minds. The cruelty is nothing new, just reported better with our new technology Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #54
A big % of Americans have ALWAYS been cruel. RW media fed that tendency to cruelty. More media exposed that cruelty Attilatheblond Jul 2025 #51
We've been that way Mblaze Jul 2025 #53
I understand and agree, but that is not the question Eliot Rosewater Jul 2025 #55
Growing up in SC, I was astonished by enigmania Jul 2025 #58
It was always cruel Kali999 Jul 2025 #59
1619 When the country was intialy settled AStern Jul 2025 #60
True.. the people who came here came because of inequality and cruelty and brought it with them. Srkdqltr Jul 2025 #67
Democrats want to do things... 3catwoman3 Jul 2025 #63
Resources and expectations Marthe48 Jul 2025 #68
It's in the original DNA SineQuaNon001 Jul 2025 #71
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