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Kevin Durant?'s avatar

You didn’t listen to conservatives for 50 years and now you have what you have. Good job, ‘liberals’.

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Barrett Burka MD's avatar

It was a different time in America. Blacks were still being lynched. Segregation & Jim Crow was alive & well. Jew Hatred was rampant. A woman’s place was in the home, cooking, cleaning & raising children. Stores were closed on Sundays. Gays were considered an abomination. It was a time of Joseph McCarthy & Richard Nixon. It was illegal to sell contraceptives in Connecticut. Liberal, Progressive democrats brought us Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid, access to health insurance, voting rights & a true end to segregation. The Republican Party was the party of hate. Through the years American politics underwent a metamorphosis leading to what exists today. It’s both good & evil. America has permitted extremists to dominate the discourse. The process was & is insidious. It made Trump so appealing. We can’t keep silent. Vote the individual not the party. Donate to just causes. Reject the demagogues & hold them accountable. Silence & fear sustains them.

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MDM 2.0's avatar

boy howdy, you need to do a little learning....Voting Rights Act was opposed initially by several prominent Southern Democrats - including Albert Gore, father of future VP Al Gore

The South was primarily Democrat representation up until the mid 1990's.

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JD Free's avatar

"The Republican Party was the party of hate. "

This is a lie, and you know it to be a lie. You serve the interests of the worst people in the world by telling it.

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Dean R.'s avatar

Your view of history is very warped. "The Great Society" programs do not happen without Republicans. Democrats were blocking it.

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Kevin Durant?'s avatar

“Liberal, Progressive democrats brought us Social Security, Medicare & Medicaid”

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Yes, it’s always worth remembering that they bankrupted us in addition to everything else.

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