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Sen. Walter Sobchak

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20. The great social cleave happened in the sixties through early seventies.

Reply to napi21 (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 07:10 PM

Oct 2016

and that social cleave cut through some traditional or natural political alliances. This would be where we parted company with the racist and Neo-Confederate, "God, Gays and Guns" and "America Fuck Yeah!" working class. The Republicans had little to offer these guys except for increasingly insane rhetoric that has brought us to precisely where we are now with Trump.

What has changed in the television age is Americans became more visible to one another and that was very good at fueling resentment.

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Why are we so politically divided? [View all] napi21 Oct 2016 OP

Contributing to? No. --- Tolerating less bull and fighting back? YES! NurseJackie Oct 2016 #1

Short answer --- Runny RayGun and AM Hate Radio lpbk2713 Oct 2016 #2

I think Joseph McCarthy started it. Initech Oct 2016 #19

The insertion of religion into politics is the key... Moostache Oct 2016 #3

Atwater, Rove, and their heirs and imitators. Lying lies and the liars who tell them emulatorloo Oct 2016 #4

I think it's the "no compromise" faction gratuitous Oct 2016 #5

That's an important factor. LWolf Oct 2016 #6

The end of white male hegemony milestogo Oct 2016 #7

Fox News and AM talk radio and the internet wackos like Alex Jones. nt doc03 Oct 2016 #8

+1 nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2016 #10

Lee Atwater-Roger Stone tactics also. Elwood P Dowd Oct 2016 #11

Women's equality and hispanic emmigration, and the interwebs. lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #9

We're a more abstract society The2ndWheel Oct 2016 #13

I don't find us to be, small numbers are more divided then ever and they get the airtime. Rex Oct 2016 #14

Cable TV Retired George Oct 2016 #15

What we call Progressivism is the secular branch of reformed Protestantism AngryAmish Oct 2016 #16

Fox News stoking ignorance Skittles Oct 2016 #17

Actually Clinton gets some of the blame hfojvt Oct 2016 #18

The great social cleave happened in the sixties through early seventies. Sen. Walter Sobchak Oct 2016 #20

Racism GulfCoast66 Oct 2016 #21

civil rights JI7 Oct 2016 #22