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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2:21:26 AM UTC-5, Chris.B wrote:
What if Trump's electorate was suddenly struck down... Trump's electorate included independents who were disillusioned with the Democrats' failed policies. |
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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 8:43:20 AM UTC-6, wrote:
On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2:21:26 AM UTC-5, Chris.B wrote: What if Trump's electorate was suddenly struck down... Trump's electorate included independents who were disillusioned with the Democrats' failed policies. Failed policies? I dunno, my retirement investments tripled during the last 8 years, if that's failure, give me more of the same ;^)) Of course we will always hear grumbling from losers who failed to invest and save wisely, thus being part of the unfortunates who have saved nothing for their retirement and now face the prospect of having their Social Security and Medicare benefits taken away by one of the most unstable governments this nation has ever seen. Good luck to ya all. |
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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 11:43:40 AM UTC-5, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 8:43:20 AM UTC-6, wrote: On Thursday, February 9, 2017 at 2:21:26 AM UTC-5, Chris.B wrote: What if Trump's electorate was suddenly struck down... Trump's electorate included independents who were disillusioned with the Democrats' failed policies. Failed policies? edit Yes, failed policies. |
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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 5:18:36 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote:
You would be amazed how angry people are. My district has always had a Republican rep in congress. It's a very conservative district which had a very sensible GOP rep for almost 17 years, but then the local T-Party primaried him and we ended up with a far right zealot who wants to eliminate Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid for disabled and poor. In just two years, then, I would expect people to be angry enough to get out and bring the former Representative back or vote a Democrat in if they have to. It is a problem that people with more extreme views, like the Tea Party, are more inclined to vote and be active politically, so they have an influence out of proportion to their numbers, but it's not insuperable. John Savard |
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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:43:30 AM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote:
On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 5:18:36 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote: You would be amazed how angry people are. My district has always had a Republican rep in congress. It's a very conservative district which had a very sensible GOP rep for almost 17 years, but then the local T-Party primaried him and we ended up with a far right zealot who wants to eliminate Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid for disabled and poor. In just two years, then, I would expect people to be angry enough to get out and bring the former Representative back or vote a Democrat in if they have to. It is a problem that people with more extreme views, like the Tea Party, are more inclined to vote and be active politically, so they have an influence out of proportion to their numbers, but it's not insuperable. John Savard It's the result of intellectual laziness of the majority of our nation. The ultra-right has tremendous tools and money to shape the national narrative (and Canada is not immune to this). One tool is to change the meaning of words, to demonize things that normally would be considered good in any society. Here is a quote by Sorensen: "The term “political correctness” has been the cornerstone of conservative efforts to transform the ideas of civil rights and equality into something frivolous and stupid. The right loves plucking silly examples from obscure, powerless people and blowing them up into huge “culture war” issues that supposedly threaten the nation. “PC” is an insult that plays into their hands. Along these same lines, “liberal elites” — long a Fox News favorite — is designed to shift attention away from the actual economic elites hoovering up the world’s wealth and resources, such as the Koch Brothers or Trump, and instead make one think of poodle-owning urbanites supposedly looking down their noses at everyone (while in reality voting to raise the minimum wage). It’s a frame, not a fact, and hides a deep anti-intellectual agenda. By definition, I would say a liberal is someone who cares about the less fortunate. So a liberal “elite” would be a liberal with power. However, the term is thrown around as a pejorative to smear just about anyone — feminists, college student activists, etc. — rendering it meaningless, and an effective right-wing language hack that divides the left." |
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Alternative Facts predicted by Dr. Who 40 years ago
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 11:39:35 AM UTC-6, Razzmatazz wrote:
On Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at 10:43:30 AM UTC-6, Quadibloc wrote: On Monday, February 13, 2017 at 5:18:36 PM UTC-7, Razzmatazz wrote: You would be amazed how angry people are. My district has always had a Republican rep in congress. It's a very conservative district which had a very sensible GOP rep for almost 17 years, but then the local T-Party primaried him and we ended up with a far right zealot who wants to eliminate Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid for disabled and poor. In just two years, then, I would expect people to be angry enough to get out and bring the former Representative back or vote a Democrat in if they have to. It is a problem that people with more extreme views, like the Tea Party, are more inclined to vote and be active politically, so they have an influence out of proportion to their numbers, but it's not insuperable. John Savard It's the result of intellectual laziness of the majority of our nation. The ultra-right has tremendous tools and money to shape the national narrative (and Canada is not immune to this). One tool is to change the meaning of words, to demonize things that normally would be considered good in any society. Here is a quote by Sorensen: "The term “political correctness” has been the cornerstone of conservative efforts to transform the ideas of civil rights and equality into something frivolous and stupid. The right loves plucking silly examples from obscure, powerless people and blowing them up into huge “culture war” issues that supposedly threaten the nation. “PC” is an insult that plays into their hands. Along these same lines, “liberal elites” — long a Fox News favorite — is designed to shift attention away from the actual economic elites hoovering up the world’s wealth and resources, such as the Koch Brothers or Trump, and instead make one think of poodle-owning urbanites supposedly looking down their noses at everyone (while in reality voting to raise the minimum wage). It’s a frame, not a fact, and hides a deep anti-intellectual agenda. By definition, I would say a liberal is someone who cares about the less fortunate. So a liberal “elite” would be a liberal with power. However, the term is thrown around as a pejorative to smear just about anyone — feminists, college student activists, etc. — rendering it meaningless, and an effective right-wing language hack that divides the left." “Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.” -- Theodore Roosevelt |
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