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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

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  2. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I am well aware of the Republican Party agenda. It benefits no one but themselves. As I said,
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    In other words, you cannot point to a single instance when republicans advocate for the benefit anyone but right wing religious extremists, big business and white upper class republicans. QED So...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    The short form: “All animals are equal. Some animals are more equal than others.” (George Orwell, Animal Farm). Not a surprise that you don’t understand that … right-wing doublethink has been...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I wasn’t referencing civil rights only, but Google voting rights, to start. Then move on to gay marriage (equal protection of the law), anything related to transgendered people (ditto, plus the...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    I’m referring primarily to their efforts to block civil rights, among other benefits, to others in general, not just
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    No question that democrats can be and are racists. See my edit, above. Interesting that you keep citing one of the main propositions of CRT to support your implication that democrats are just as...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Written in 1956 to appease the southern racists later claimed by the Republican Party. ETA: once again invoking CRT, I
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    A decision, I might add, that some thinkers believe was a primary trigger leading to the current polarization of our
  10. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    And promptly decided to claim the democrats’ southern majority by appealing to their
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    And yet, the civil rights legislation passed and has been a thorn in the side of right wing extremists ever since. Interesting, too, that you are willing to assert that the legislation was passed...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    The Republican Party sold out the “party of Lincoln” when they embraced the southern strategy, cozied up to right wing religious extremists and decided to pursue Carl Rove’s “permanent...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    That link was posted just after I challenged another user who insisted that he had no idea what I was talking about. I assumed that your post was intended to support her. Add to that the fact...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Google “Southern
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Pretending to be unaware of the Charlottesville riot while posting repeatedly in a thread on current events just doesn’t pass the smell test. Neither does your attempt to draw a false equivalence....
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    As I said -
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

    heron replied to Ado Annie's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    It’s not about discussion - it’s about trying (unsuccessfully) to pwn the libs. I read those quotes and I don’t think they mean what she thinks they
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    What you’re describing is not CRT. Sounds more like a kind of “beginner’s syndrome”. It’s not like white folks in America have been encouraged to actually think about racism. I’ve noticed...
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Unfortunately, many consider teaching the truth about slavery or the attempted genocide of the indigenous population as “teaching
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

    heron replied to Ado Annie's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Yes, she did. It seems she likes to ask the questions and answer none. Respond to that as you will. Meanwhile, it seems to me that prison, poverty, trauma and death count as punishment. What...
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    Roe v. Wade abandoned by Supreme Court

    heron replied to Ado Annie's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    You, madam, are our new Queen of the
  22. heron

    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Teaching awareness of different people and their different lives an historical experience is not CRT. Hopefully, your kids and their childrens’ teachers know
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    And online translators are yours … you just proved my
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Quod erat
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    What do you think about with current News and Opinions?

    heron replied to guest1163268's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    Since you seem fond of using terms you don’t understand, I’m not