Fuck him. I am sorry - but he is Michael Savage only - like the opposite. And that is not good. I understand that he is coming from a place where his political fight and need is totally different from what my political fight and need. He demonstrates his ignorance quite amply - (Still hung up on how those rural southern states "squandered" their federal transportation dollars on roads - boggles. the. mind) It might help his own intolerance if he actually visited here.
Remember back in the sixties (well - we were not yet born - but work with me here) when Liberal Brethern would come down South to lend a hand? Cause buddy - help would be nice. It would be a lot nicer than being told I am surrounded by unAmericans and there is no hope for them and by living here - I am a bigot, I am racist, I am sexist, I am a homophobe (of course all of these can be described with the word "bigot" but we need more empty rhetoric and we need someone charismatic saying it. Just a thought). I don't care if he turns around and says "Oh I was speaking generally" - that kind of hate speech is *exactly* what he deplores the Christian Right for - he cannot have it both ways.
I think you are right in that we cannot ignore the Urban Bases -- but I think that if we ignore the Republican Propaganda machine none of this will matter. Taking back rural/suburban/southern America (which we have carried in the past - so don't tell me it can't be done) is dependant on having a larger voice nationally.
And we don't. They do. We don't. People hear what the conservatives want them to hear, anyone who speaks out against it is systematically demonized and destroyed. I think we are shying away from fighting on those terms because it does seem a waste of time and shallow and just stupid. But then it appears we are not responding at all, and people believe the lies. And I don't want us to all turn into Laura Ingrams cause that would be scary and wrong and just plain icky. But we need to respond someway.
Oh and and we really need to hold tight to our underdog status. America loves an underdog. The GOP is picking on Rocky, Rudy and the Bad News Bears right now.
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Re: Eeek
Date: 2004-11-21 03:25 pm (UTC)Remember back in the sixties (well - we were not yet born - but work with me here) when Liberal Brethern would come down South to lend a hand? Cause buddy - help would be nice. It would be a lot nicer than being told I am surrounded by unAmericans and there is no hope for them and by living here - I am a bigot, I am racist, I am sexist, I am a homophobe (of course all of these can be described with the word "bigot" but we need more empty rhetoric and we need someone charismatic saying it. Just a thought). I don't care if he turns around and says "Oh I was speaking generally" - that kind of hate speech is *exactly* what he deplores the Christian Right for - he cannot have it both ways.
I think you are right in that we cannot ignore the Urban Bases -- but I think that if we ignore the Republican Propaganda machine none of this will matter. Taking back rural/suburban/southern America (which we have carried in the past - so don't tell me it can't be done) is dependant on having a larger voice nationally.
And we don't. They do. We don't. People hear what the conservatives want them to hear, anyone who speaks out against it is systematically demonized and destroyed. I think we are shying away from fighting on those terms because it does seem a waste of time and shallow and just stupid. But then it appears we are not responding at all, and people believe the lies. And I don't want us to all turn into Laura Ingrams cause that would be scary and wrong and just plain icky. But we need to respond someway.
Oh and and we really need to hold tight to our underdog status. America loves an underdog. The GOP is picking on Rocky, Rudy and the Bad News Bears right now.