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points by paimapi 14 hours ago | 0 comments

There's that infamous Lee Atwater quote (former RNC chariman who helped Bush I and Reagan win on their 'no taxes, cut social services' rhetoric) that I won't quote here but is foundational to modern conservative dogwhistle politics: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/exclusive-lee-atwa...

We live downstream of that where people often parrot the same dogwhistles uncritically 40 years later without understanding how deeply racist they are.

[–] _DeadFred_ 13 hours ago

But both sides are the same and 'it doesn't matter' if these sorts come in to power and restack the FBI/courts with people with this mindset.

[–] paimapi 13 hours ago

I won't say there aren't myriads of issues with establishment we-must-appeal-to-the-moderates DNC consultation priesthood but historically and in recent times one party has generally been better about civil rights than the other:

https://journalistsresource.org/politics-and-government/raci...

If anything, you can thank most of the repeal of things like reproductive rights, the Voting Rights Act, etc and enshrinement of corporate personhood, gerrymandering, etc to the explicitly conservative project of The Federalist Society who now have the ruling majority in the Supreme Court.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/27/federalis...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_United...

[–] R1D3R 11 hours ago

This is such a pathetic cliche. The differences are clear. If you don’t see them it’s because you’re trying not to.

[–] pstuart 13 hours ago

Please stop with the "both sides are the same". They are very much not.

The only similarity in that regard is party leadership which is owned by the corporations and the rich.

[–] wondering5du 5 hours ago

And that only similarity is unfortunately the only thing that matters. Uniparty stays undefeated because people keep thinking in terms of parties.

[–] chuckadams 12 hours ago

The "But" and the quotes suggest that the GP reply might be sarcastic?

Poe's Law in action I guess.

[–] pstuart 10 hours ago

Good point. Hard to know -- there's plenty of people in this forum who are just fine with the way things are, politically that is.