First they blamed the black people, and I said nothing because I was not black...

[kpete]

First they blamed the black people, and I said nothing because I was not black... Posted by Jill | 5:36 AM

So here we are again, back where we've been so often during the last thirty years, with Republican politicians grandstanding about dirty whores who won't keep their legs closed and be nice, docile brood mares the way Jeebus intended; and about how Christians are being persecuted right here in Amurrica, oh my; and about how if everyone would just stop having sex unless they wanted babies like that nice man Rick Santorum all our societal problems would just go away. It's amazing to me that anyone still responds to this particular dogwhistle.

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And still they vote Republican. They vote Republican because they want to believe that their plight is the fault of black people, or of the very women in the workplace who are keeping a roof over their heads because for some reason, female unemployment is less. They want to believe their plight is the fault of illegal immigrants who they think took their jobs from them by being willing to work for peanuts. They want to believe that if those hippies had just kept their mouths shut in the sixties, the world would be like it was for their grandfathers, who worked eight hours in the plant, were home at five o'clock for dinner, had steak once a week for Sunday dinner, and then retired with a full pension and paid retiree medical insurance. They want to believe that this isn't as good as it's ever going to be again. Because the dream dies hard.

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http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2012/02/first-they-blamed-black-people-and-i.html

[Bluenorthwest]

1. They came for the gays, with full dogma and lingo, and I said 'It's just one song'

and defended the rights of the 'faith community' and told the gays to stop the pony wanting poutrage. The religious right. It's just one little prayer, so chill....