Sunshine@piefed.caM to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 1 month agoDonald Trump says transgender people will "end" if GOP keeps Congress in midtermswww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square76linkfedilinkarrow-up1336arrow-down17 cross-posted to: politics[email protected]
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minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 month agoYou can connect those dots back a little further, if you try. “Okay smart guy, so Nixon?” Yes, but… “Ah, you’re about to mention the southern strategy.” Which happened because? “Alright, but it’s pretty tenuous to attribute the modern rise of fascism to failed reconstruction!” I wasn’t. I was going to attribute it to the existence of slavery in America. The seeds of this destruction were already planted at the beginning. (Sorry for this writing style, it started as a joke and I couldn’t make it properly funny while also making my point.)
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoAdd in the north being settled by a mix of Christian fundamentalists and tax cheats, and you get whatever we’re calling this now.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 month agoAmericans ruined the country.
minus-squareSharkticon@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoHey remember Murdoch’s Australian. That hillbilly Island deserves a little bit of the blame.
minus-squareWasabiWabbit@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s like the English and the Scot’s. Or the Irish and the Scot’s. Or Scot and other Scot’s. They ruined Scotland!!!
minus-squareFE80linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoThe consequences of Fox News have been known for decades, still, nothing changes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfoxed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brainwashing_of_My_Dad
FOX News ruined the country.
You can connect those dots back a little further, if you try.
“Okay smart guy, so Nixon?”
Yes, but…
“Ah, you’re about to mention the southern strategy.”
Which happened because?
“Alright, but it’s pretty tenuous to attribute the modern rise of fascism to failed reconstruction!”
I wasn’t. I was going to attribute it to the existence of slavery in America. The seeds of this destruction were already planted at the beginning.
(Sorry for this writing style, it started as a joke and I couldn’t make it properly funny while also making my point.)
Add in the north being settled by a mix of Christian fundamentalists and tax cheats, and you get whatever we’re calling this now.
Americans ruined the country.
Hey remember Murdoch’s Australian. That hillbilly Island deserves a little bit of the blame.
It’s like the English and the Scot’s. Or the Irish and the Scot’s. Or Scot and other Scot’s. They ruined Scotland!!!
The consequences of Fox News have been known for decades, still, nothing changes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfoxed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brainwashing_of_My_Dad