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Just_Vote_Dem

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3. Lyndon Johnson said it many years ago:

Reply to LymphocyteLover (Original post)

Thu Nov 5, 2020, 11:56 PM

Nov 2020

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

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America's Problem is That (over 50% of) White People Want It to Be a Failed State... [View all] LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 OP

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. nt msongs Nov 2020 #1

True..but not all of us! Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #2

Yes, obviously not a huge number of white folks, but the majority are LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #6

+1 CountAllVotes Nov 2020 #7

Lyndon Johnson said it many years ago: Just_Vote_Dem Nov 2020 #3

And LBJ was way too right re. many of our neighbors here in the South. nt eppur_se_muova Nov 2020 #13

Sounds like the author has a problem CountAllVotes Nov 2020 #4

the author is a brown dude LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #9

K&R. n/t rzemanfl Nov 2020 #5

dumbfucks. they want a failed state until it fails them. then theyll be crying. bullimiami Nov 2020 #8

Fund AM progressive radio MomInTheCrowd Nov 2020 #10

yes, we really need this! LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #11

Such ridiculous stereotyping and exaggeration to criticize any particular race or demographic Atticus Nov 2020 #12

Build progressive radio & more to try to balance US media giants. appalachiablue Nov 2020 #14

No. Stop it. This is how Dem's were divided in 2009 on - picking sides Hestia Nov 2020 #15

It's not about dividng Dems at all! it's about who we need to win over somehow LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #18

I am a 63 yr old white male. MicaelS Nov 2020 #16

Sorry, but as an antiracist, I have to say that you ancianita Nov 2020 #17

it's the title of the piece and I didn't write it! LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #19

Okay, cool. We often don't pass along ancianita Nov 2020 #20

I don't know-- silence is complicity LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #22

the piece says it's something unique about most whites in America LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #23

Agree. ancianita Nov 2020 #25

Too many white people think they don't NEED government. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #21

yeah, it's bonkers LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #24

More like 25-30% of white people RussBLib Nov 2020 #26