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9. That's actually pretty profound

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 28, 2018, 10:03 PM

Jan 2018

I especially love:

It was never about morality, it was about patriarchal privilege.

That's also at the heart of, is the foundation of the whole "family values" sentiment. Their family values are distinctly and apparently irreversibly patriarchal -- FATHER is in charge; FATHER takes over; FATHER rules and makes the rules, and FATHER is an Old Testament patriarch with brutal, vindictive, punitive laws.

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The Profound Hypocrisy of the Republicans Depicted by Paul Krugman in Five Brief Tweets [View all] applegrove Jan 2018 OP

K & R...for truth...nt Wounded Bear Jan 2018 #1

K and R....most important..!! please read and comment... GREAT POST!!! nt Stuart G Jan 2018 #2

I adore Paul Krugman Ohiogal Jan 2018 #3

amen to that! rurallib Jan 2018 #5

He's amazing but this series of tweets really sinks in. applegrove Jan 2018 #11

The goal is to get them all on record so they can't bring up this crap later ... uponit7771 Jan 2018 #4

Exactly. Weld the brands of Republicon politician to Trump, repeatedly. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2018 #8

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2018 #16

K+++++++ zentrum Jan 2018 #6

Burma Shave! 6/ House of Roberts Jan 2018 #7

That's actually pretty profound RandomAccess Jan 2018 #9

And FATHER can molest his children, can beat his wives, can be an insane old coot erronis Jan 2018 #15

Exactly RandomAccess Jan 2018 #17

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2018 #28

K&R. dchill Jan 2018 #10

Exactly. colorado_ufo Jan 2018 #12

Yup. From the nutshell. Thanks, Paul. n/t TygrBright Jan 2018 #13

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #14

Krugman is an American treasure. Nitram Jan 2018 #18

+1000 Can you imagine where we'd be if we didn't have him? Unthinkable. applegrove Jan 2018 #19

Depressingly true. Great post, and great tweets. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2018 #20

And with our Attorney General attempting to reverse marijuana laws Mr. Ected Jan 2018 #21

And making sure people outside of work don't stop thinking about applegrove Jan 2018 #23

The coal thing is the weirdest. ucrdem Jan 2018 #22

Like the last piece of toast you use to soak up the eggs from your diner breakfast, applegrove Jan 2018 #24

K&R burrowowl Jan 2018 #25

Concise truth Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #26

Well isn't that why they voted for him m3n0z Jan 2018 #27

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2018 #29

Truth in 5 tweets! BumRushDaShow Jan 2018 #30

Best most astute 5 tweets EVER bucolic_frolic Jan 2018 #31

Great list. K & R Ferrets are Cool Jan 2018 #32

Kick for visibility... Stuart G Jan 2018 #33

All CONSERVATISM is about is... lastlib Jan 2018 #34

K & R for smart tweets! Lifelong Protester Jan 2018 #35

K&R SFnomad Jan 2018 #36

K&R Poiuyt Jan 2018 #37

K&R n/t lordsummerisle Jan 2018 #38

Goddammmmm, thats good! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2018 #39