The GOP used to at least try to be a "big tent" institution. But they have thrown in their lot with white nationalists, and know they can only win now by playing dirty.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I recall during the Trump presidency that a black reporter interviewed a white supremacist man who said openly he would rather kill her as look at her. This seemed to be accepted and nobody did anything. OK, she got the story but I pity this man. How can he watch TV or movies of any kind? This limits his envolvement in the real world from the start. He then does not want to be like the rest of us because he can only hang out with racist troublemakers.
DenoPenno
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May 14, 2022
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That rings a bell. Well, maybe a gong. Foghorn?
I think it's the mentality that they simply need someone to look down on. If it wasn't "everyone else but them" then what? Would they go after hair color, eye color, body types, height, people smarter than them, dumber than them...
Diversity makes life far more interesting... How dull would life be in a world where everyone looked exactly the same and all were in love with the same person, never had a new thought or idea, came from the same place... Life would be pretty incestuous at that point.
Julie808
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May 14, 2022
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Yes it would be pretty boring. But I'm sure people would find something to fight about.
I don't understand why people are afraid of people who aren't like them.
HippieChick58
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May 14, 2022
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Right? It's not like any two people are alike. There are even differences between "identical" twins.
@Flyingsaucesir My uncle (USN) had been stationed in Japan during the Korean war. He brought home a bride. My grandmother used to tell me how the neighbors treated her when she stayed with my grandparents for a few months. I thought Aunt Umeko was fascinating, but fears from WWII were still rampant in the midlands. So I "know" people are afraid of things that are not usual, but damn, it's about time those people died off or got over it. This is the modern world and we're not cookie cutters.
@HippieChick58 I wonder in what century the first person to say "This is the modern world" lived. Not the 21st. Not the 20th. Not the 19th....
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