Snap Shots of YOUR Republican Party, 21st Century Style

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

One can always find a nut.

Pete

And the GOPs mighty oak seems to awfully rich with them these days. I'd say it's a bumper crop this year.

Dave

[piece-itpete]

They're just in the limelight. The nuts stay quieter both sides when their guy is in. Plus for some reason the far right seems better organized that the far left, less drugs?

Pete

[donquixote99]

Uh, when the boomers were in their tweens, there were lots and lots of far left. See how it works?

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Uh, when the boomers were in their tweens, there were lots and lots of far left. See how it works?

Precisely. Now, all of those Q-Tips in the Tea Party crowd have become the angry white folks their parents were forty years ago.

I've brought this up before; That it seems that many of the far right people I know today were the leftist radicals of the '60s and '70s. It seems these idiots can't do anything without overdoing it. Railing against the fruit from seeds they, themselves sowed not so long ago.

A few years ago, I was in Ohio driving with my eldest brother, a GM retiree and UAW member since 1967. As we passed a picket line outside a local business, he yelled out the window, "GO BACK TO WORK, YOU GREEDY FUCKIN' BASTARDS!!!".

As he turned to look at me I said, "Now that it's not YOU, it's no good, Huh?"

The same guy once told me he voted for Obama both times, because; "When someone does something wonderful for you, you don't forget it." (In reference to the GM bailout and his union pension.) But, now he talks trash about the president because: "....'round here------everybody hates that nigger." I consider my brother to be a quite a bit smarter than the average Ohio hayseed ignoramus. But, he feels he has to go along to fit in.

And, to me, that says a lot about current affairs.

Dave

Dave

[donquixote99]

Just about everyone feels they 'have to go along to fit in.' It can be a very hard force to buck.

It's funny how people who tell you ''round here------everybody hates that nigger' will also tell you 'there is no racism in America any more.'

In fact, it's fuckin' hilarious.

Just is a blatant example of how 'the colors of cultural identity' often clash.

[JJIII]

Sailing in shallow waters.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Just about everyone feels they 'have to go along to fit in.' It can be a very hard force to buck.

It's funny how people who tell you ''round here------everybody hates that nigger' will also tell you 'there is no racism in America any more.'

In fact, it's fuckin' hilarious.

Just is a blatant example of how 'the colors of cultural identity' often clash.

It's not about racism. Or bigotry.

It's about elevation.

Whenever you can find a group, or even an individual which can be one dimensionalized and thus dismissed as unworthy, it allows a group, or even an individual the ability to elevate their status in their own eyes.

A prevalent character flaw of the homo sapiens.

Chas

[Wasillaguy]

It ain't just us, it's seen in many other animals. Conform or be cast out. I think I posted here before about the brown raven years ago in Anchorage that was harassed and bullied to death over the course of a couple months.

[donquixote99]

Humph. This needs half-an-hour's answer, or none.

Let me get back to you guys on this. It's too late tonight, and I'll be busy tomorrow, but remind me if I forget....

[whell]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Humph. This needs half-an-hour's answer, or none.

Let me get back to you guys on this. It's too late tonight, and I'll be busy tomorrow, but remind me if I forget....

I've often found that the BS quotient rises with the length of the response.