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NoShit 100% (Original Post)
pbmus
Jul 2017
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James48
(4,412 posts)1. No kidding
Now even my local republicans are starting to get the flick
SunSeeker
(51,302 posts)2. Yep. nt
TheBlackAdder
(28,028 posts)3. Quotable Liberals, and Andrew Sullivan is a Conservative. :-)
uponit7771
(90,193 posts)4. +1
Hekate
(89,977 posts)7. I will take my allies where I find them
Intelligent, insightful, and historically-grounded go a long way with me.
The modern Republican Party of destructive radicals has nothing to do with conservatism, which is what he was pointing out.
TheBlackAdder
(28,028 posts)8. Just raised the disconnect between the quotee and the quoter.
Warpy
(110,746 posts)9. He's been wrong about a lot of things, but he's absolutely correct here
Give the man credit where it's due. It's a good quote and one a lot of the modern breed of neoliberal chainsaw maniacs would never utter.
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)5. Andrew Sullivan is a hardcore Republican
I keep seeing more and more Republicans figuring it all out.
Gives me hope!
lindysalsagal
(20,318 posts)6. Read Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges has it all figured out already.
https://www.amazon.com/Empire-Illusion-Literacy-Triumph-Spectacle/dp/1568586132