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C_U_L8R

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4. They are not nearly a majority

Reply to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Thu Oct 22, 2020, 11:30 PM

Oct 2020

and most of their beliefs are so heinous and abhorrent, they only dared speak them in their stale dark basements and backrooms. Trump gave them courage to emerge into the daylight and the world is naturally and rightly horrified. They will be driven back into their hate-filled holes, as they have throughout history.

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I am so sick of the "Silent Majority" phrase [View all] Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 OP

I always called them "The Tyranny of the Minority." Jspur Oct 2020 #1

Much like the "moral majority" they are neither... Wounded Bear Oct 2020 #2

Well, the breakdown of the GOP is going to "silence" them some more. nt Progressive Jones Oct 2020 #3

They are not nearly a majority C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #4

When the press sees the Blue Wave, we will no longer be called "silent" RainCaster Oct 2020 #5

The phrase was worn when Spiro Agnew used it DBoon Oct 2020 #6

We're the majority. That silent majority shit was almost 40 years ago. Greybnk48 Oct 2020 #7