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In reply to the discussion: "Their America is vanishing" Seriously NY Times? Are we supposed to have sympathy for their bigotry? [View all]Thunderbeast
(3,415 posts)18. They mourn the loss of their own youth.
They look back at their lives and yearn for their own childhoods...A time when life was simpler though their parent's lives faced immense challenges. As they look around and see change, they confuse their new reality and lost youth as the fault of the "other". Images in the media often depict affluent lifestyles that they will never attain.
They feel cheated because what they "lost" was never real.
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"Their America is vanishing" Seriously NY Times? Are we supposed to have sympathy for their bigotry? [View all]
tulipsandroses
Oct 2022
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They should all be asked on the campaign trail if they believe democracy is the best form of governm
Walleye
Oct 2022
#22
Awhile back, I posted an article about money left unspent for retraining
tulipsandroses
Oct 2022
#28
The last few paragraphs of this article address the fundamental laziness of these people.....
Jade Fox
Oct 2022
#43
Hate, bigotry and death threats - none of this shit has any place in society in 2022.
Initech
Oct 2022
#9
Year Seven of the Cletus Safari, and still the same old shit from the paper of record
hatrack
Oct 2022
#15
Their America did not include Confederate flag...most of them are full of shit...just mad because
Demsrule86
Oct 2022
#34
Good article, doesn't blame Democrats for "ignoring" working class and Middle America.
betsuni
Oct 2022
#36
Every time someone says "economic anxiety," I think of my Trumpista neighbors...
Hekate
Oct 2022
#40