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love_katz

(3,276 posts)
96. I don't agree.
Thu May 7, 2026, 08:52 PM
3 hrs ago

If we can't say who is responsible for the mess that we are in, then it's unlikely that anything will change.
The fact that a problem exists has to be acknowledged before any steps can be figured out on how to solve it.
Furthermore, I am not saying that Republicans can't exist at all (which they seem to be saying about any of us "Libruls" ). I'm just saying that we have had really rotten results from letting them get into our government.
Electing people who hate and fear government, who agreed with Ronald Reagan when he said that the most frightening words you could hear were, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help you ", how does that work? From what I have observed in my seven decades of life, is that electing members of a party whose only mission is to 'prove' that government doesn't work is...to break it after they get into office. I have never voted for a Republican, ever, because they have never had anything to offer to either women or minorities.
If we can't call them out on this, then how can we fix it?
And, for the record, my Dad was a lifelong republican, and my state had one good republican governor, Tom McCall. I loved my dad, and Governor McCall was a great governor.
However, I think that in order to solve our current problems, we need to vote all of the Republicans out. They're complicit in the oppression, violence and corruption that are proceeding at full blast.

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A shock. Not at all. On the contrary. I've been WARNING about it for at least a DECADE now. B.See Wednesday #1
True malaise Wednesday #2
Step by step, the social taboo on overt racism decomposesd. SouthBayDem Wednesday #29
This started with the Rehnquist 5's Bush vs Gore ruling DemocracyForever 11 hrs ago #59
Oh! Idk That detail! I was angry in general about it - did they call that "The Brooks Brothers riot"? electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #83
My theory is If Obama had -only- one term.... electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #82
It's been building particularly since drumphf frst insulted Candidate Obama with the birth certificate lies... electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #81
Not hard to process at all misanthrope Wednesday #3
Scary malaise Wednesday #4
Yep Solly Mack Wednesday #6
Same here Stuckinthebush Wednesday #8
They did before misanthrope Wednesday #10
Yep Stuckinthebush Wednesday #11
Was in Alabama just after Trump took office in mobile airport JT45242 16 hrs ago #35
The most ironic aspect of your story misanthrope 12 hrs ago #52
1990's! I guess I'm not totally suprised, being it was so inculcated electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #87
Yep, little bars where you had to ring and then be buzzed in misanthrope 1 hr ago #103
I also grew up in the rural south BeneteauBum Wednesday #12
Nice story. Sometimes it takes just one real encounter to understand that we are all one, all the same. erronis Wednesday #19
Nice malaise 18 hrs ago #32
A heartening story! In the 70's I remember I had a pen pal in Geogia... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #89
How The South Won The Civil War Sequoia 10 hrs ago #67
I learned somewhat about that through the internet.... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #84
I'm a Northern white woman, and I've countered [luckily infrequently] things other white people have said to me.... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #86
I grew up in a small town in Michigan JBTaurus83 Wednesday #5
White people talking to white people Johonny 15 hrs ago #40
It's a major reason... Bastard "gave permission" to all this crap! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #90
I was thrilled by the election of President Obama, believing it to be... 3catwoman3 Wednesday #7
+1. I'm afraid Obama was a rare anomaly. dalton99a Wednesday #16
The fact that we had a Black president drove the racists crazy. wnylib Wednesday #28
I think it was evolving some, BUT that made the racists more entrenched, and vicious... electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #91
Never left! Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday #9
True dat. This explains the history of modern American racism. We've gone back to the future. Marcuse 10 hrs ago #66
I knew as a child, when i first heard the words "all men are created equal", that the shit was going to hit the fan one Solomon Wednesday #13
I wonder how other countries have evolved past this. Or have they? erronis Wednesday #21
They have not. malthaussen 13 hrs ago #45
I just never understood why they think racism is advantageous. Trueblue Texan 16 hrs ago #38
I never understand how people do not get the simple concept that hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #41
There are stupid people and brilliant people from every race malaise 11 hrs ago #58
I was never fooled that we were "past it", when Obama was elected. electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #92
A lot of racists in this country KT2000 Wednesday #14
They think everyone is like them. They're not, thank God. Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #50
I am not at all surprised AverageOldGuy Wednesday #15
Helluva post already! I got a great taste of southern living from this erronis Wednesday #22
That "taste" misanthrope 12 hrs ago #53
Freaking wow malaise 15 hrs ago #39
Thank you Keepthesoulalive 11 hrs ago #63
Hooo, I'll bet. Clicked on the article will read. Glad some of your famimy has some good sense! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #93
As someone born an raised in the south, my reply is to ask "What do you mean, 'return'?" OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #17
MAGA like 1850!!! moondust Wednesday #18
Generally speaking, most Republicans are "Surface People". chouchou Wednesday #20
It is mind boggling how these Kluxers are reimposing Jim Crow. My God. PatrickforB Wednesday #23
More of our electeds and candidates must do a FAR better job of denouncing, demonizing, and delegitimizing... pat_k Wednesday #24
I would shorten your term to just Republicans. love_katz 9 hrs ago #75
Something I posted elsewhere applies here (corrected link) pat_k 8 hrs ago #78
I don't agree. love_katz 3 hrs ago #96
I would partly disagree...least for back in the late '60's, early '70's electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #94
Not surprising at all RetiredParatrooper Wednesday #25
I live in ruby red Florida mcar Wednesday #26
I live in Purple Florida PCB66 17 hrs ago #33
When sports in America starts being effected we will see some change. BradBo Wednesday #27
Not a shock. The racism never left. Like cockroaches, they hide in the shadows awaiting the dark Scalded Nun Wednesday #30
Seems not too long ago comments like this would get a rash of shit from southerners claiming the north is just as racist Hassin Bin Sober Wednesday #31
Wow! malaise 16 hrs ago #34
That should be an OP on its own. Passages 14 hrs ago #42
Sheeeet! (And Sheets!) Self satisfied flaming racists! electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #100
JFK tried. Kid Berwyn 16 hrs ago #36
Thanks for this my friend malaise 16 hrs ago #37
A lot here I didn't know. Thank you Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #51
Rec'd MustLoveBeagles 11 hrs ago #62
Never knew this, thanks for posting. Sequoia 9 hrs ago #73
Milteer?! KB, I remember reading about Agent Bolden here on DU... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #97
A shock, but not an unexpected one. malthaussen 13 hrs ago #43
Sheathing for eight years with a black president their brains filled with putrid puss. Hope22 13 hrs ago #44
I have family members by marriage who voted for him. Baitball Blogger 13 hrs ago #46
Not if you voted for it, which Trmp's supporters most certainly did. eppur_se_muova 13 hrs ago #47
The racism in the U.S. is deep and wide PJMcK 13 hrs ago #48
I'm so damn sick of racism. It's STUPID. We are all humans. WTF? Joinfortmill 12 hrs ago #49
America has a deeply racist history that gets swept under the rug dlk 12 hrs ago #54
This IS what they voted for. underpants 12 hrs ago #55
They want their slaves back awful bad. Aristus 12 hrs ago #56
Here's the rub misanthrope 11 hrs ago #65
But as long as slavery existed, those dipshits wouldn't be on the lowest rung of the socio-economical ladder. Aristus 10 hrs ago #69
I would say it was like today's poor Americans who take the side of the wealthy misanthrope 10 hrs ago #70
Their racism & misogyny has been barely hidden CousinIT 12 hrs ago #57
It. Is right here on DU Keepthesoulalive 11 hrs ago #60
Living in a blue bubble as I do, it's always a bit shocking to see or read about Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #61
Roberts and the five of the other justices have been paving the way for this for a while LetMyPeopleVote 11 hrs ago #64
Nailed it malaise 7 hrs ago #79
Woah - terribly fierce, and true cartoons :( electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #98
I grew up in a lumber town in California with no black residents. pfitz59 10 hrs ago #68
Unbelievable malaise 9 hrs ago #72
Red-lining does exist in NYC, but less so. Has been fought against in the past several decades electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #99
K&R red dog 1 9 hrs ago #71
Tribalism and exclusivity. Hate follows in their paths. OC375 9 hrs ago #74
I am grieving for the loss of my country UpInArms 9 hrs ago #76
Obama's election made them emerge from under their rocks Skittles 9 hrs ago #77
Unfortunately I am not shocked. It's alway been there, just more quiet etc. themaguffin 7 hrs ago #80
It's a land grab, steal what you can while you can Beringia 4 hrs ago #85
I'm not shocked that it's raised its head once again... slightlv 4 hrs ago #88
Hmmmm Six117 3 hrs ago #95
I guess no. I've sure known there's plenry of racists still out there!. I guess the sort of shock is.... electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #101
Beyond my naive reckoning. Shocking. Part of my white privilege: I didn't have to see it until it would not ... marble falls 2 hrs ago #102
I have a theory which might be unpopular. Morbius 48 min ago #104
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