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Joe BidenCongratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
 

wnylib

(25,183 posts)
9. Not so fast, really.
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:32 PM
Mar 2020

It started with Raygun. We had some bright spots after Raygun. Clinton, Obama. But there's been a steady decline in civility, intelligent conversation, factual knowledge, respect for science and learning for decades. During that same time, RW media ramped up hatred. Hate groups grew and spread. Dems were demonized as socialists and communists. Deregulation gave corporations license to defraud the publuc and destroy the environment.

We are partly responsible. Not enough pushback. Where were LW media equivalent to RW media to counter disinformation? We still don't have any. We let it get this bad. Now we know we have to fight back hard. Should have been doing it all along instead of only complaining among ourselves. We got complacent and made the job harder now that we have reached this point.

So, it didn't happen quickly. It was a gradual erosion of our values.

But, no more. Every one if us has to fight now. The survival of our republic depends on each one of us.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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I will never understand how we came so low, so fast mcar Mar 2020 #1
It stupefies me also!! Peacetrain Mar 2020 #2
Evil descended upon us in 2016 William769 Mar 2020 #3
Oh, yeah, we are! mcar Mar 2020 #4
I don't know why everyone isn't cheering Joe. LakeArenal Mar 2020 #5
We told them last time and they brushed it off mcar Mar 2020 #6
Not so fast, really. wnylib Mar 2020 #9
"I promise" Bayard Mar 2020 #7
Thought experiment matt819 Mar 2020 #8
What's wonderful is that Biden's speaking truth. Hortensis Mar 2020 #10
K&R brer cat Mar 2020 #11
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