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In reply to the discussion: America's current situation is just chickens from the '80s coming home to roost [View all]democrank
(11,094 posts)Your post is one of those times. Thank you for that.
You're correct about the Reagan-led rightward march. He loved leading the crowd, including some Democrats who didn't want to be "unpatriotic", "anti-religion", "soft on crime", or fail at any other Republican-owned set of values. Probably more than half the nation pondered whether or not ketchup was, as Reagan claimed, a vegetable. After all, we didn't want to go too crazy with those free school lunches.
To this day many Americans talk about Reagan tearing down "The Wall" like he did it with his own hands and there wasn't an ounce of sacrifice or bravery there until he showed up. It may have been the beginning of bullshit swallowing, wrapped in a flag with a dozen John Wayne signatures.
Not unlike today, left-leaners were basic outcasts. They didn't go to church, didn't teach their children values or patriotism, and they all wanted something for nothing. THEM vs. US was the name of the game. Today? Same old, same old. Only thing missing is Ollie North on tv every 15 minutes. Now we have Trump tweets. Same church, same pew.