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The Left is Now the Right

DerekJohnson
DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,500 Founders Club
We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window. Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing

https://taibbi.substack.com/p/the-left-is-now-the-right
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  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    #MyTaibibibibibibi
  • theknowledge
    theknowledge Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 5,642 Founders Club
    That was a good article Derick.
  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,171 Founders Club

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    https://taibbi.substack.com/p/kansas-should-go-f-itself

    @HHusky @incremetal_progress @insinceredawg and others who reflexively recite the “racist Magtard” catechism would be well advised to read that.
  • LoneStarDawg
    LoneStarDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 13,681 Founders Club

    https://taibbi.substack.com/p/kansas-should-go-f-itself

    @HHusky @incremetal_progress @insinceredawg and others who reflexively recite the “racist Magtard” catechism would be well advised to read that.

    @HHusky read? C’mon man!
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 68,500 Founders Club

    That was a good article Derick.


  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,171 Founders Club

    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
    Yeah he's an amazing writer who I sense is becoming more conservative over time. For most, it's a natural occurrence.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,091 Founders Club
    Everyone I knew hated Nixon, adult and peers. I was 16. I will never forget 5PM PST when Walter Cronkite came on and called it for Nixon. They could do that back then. I was shocked. I suspected Russian interference. Macedonian troll farms. Stunned and amazed. Dick ended up with 48 states.

    It was ok to run McGovern because the election was about Nixon and nothing else. Invasion of Cambodia, Kent State, riots on campus. The country hated him I tell you they hated him

    His law and order campaign was completely out of touch with where America was in 1972. Allegedly.
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,619 Standard Supporter
    Not only law and order but also pro-America versus commie supporting dems. McGovern was way out of touch with the US dem congressman. Lots of them were pro-American. Today, they all root for the away team.
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,662

    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
    Yeah he's an amazing writer who I sense is becoming more conservative over time. For most, it's a natural occurrence.
    Eh, I don't think he's any kind of conservative. More that he's fully aware of the bullshit ruining REAL liberalism.
    He's not conservative, but he seems so when directly compared with today's far left
    Welcome to my world

    Long haired FM listening dope smoking McGovern voter is the archest of the arch conservatives here
    That means I'll be fucking sledoog by the time im 40
  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,183
    The best thing about that Opinion piece is the first letter that follows it in the comments section. It's better Taibbi's OpEd
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,473 Founders Club

    That was a good article Derick.

    Follow that guym, twatter, substack, YouTube. Taibibibihiibibi is a lefty and honest.

    Taibibibihiibibi is fucking great. Dialed-in. Anybody who cares about honesty in journalism should follow his stuff.
  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,181 Founders Club

    Everyone I knew hated Nixon, adult and peers. I was 16. I will never forget 5PM PST when Walter Cronkite came on and called it for Nixon. They could do that back then. I was shocked. I suspected Russian interference. Macedonian troll farms. Stunned and amazed. Dick ended up with 48 states.

    It was ok to run McGovern because the election was about Nixon and nothing else. Invasion of Cambodia, Kent State, riots on campus. The country hated him I tell you they hated him

    His law and order campaign was completely out of touch with where America was in 1972. Allegedly.

    This is sounding familiar... Reagan in 84 was also similar no?
  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,114 Standard Supporter

    Everyone I knew hated Nixon, adult and peers. I was 16. I will never forget 5PM PST when Walter Cronkite came on and called it for Nixon. They could do that back then. I was shocked. I suspected Russian interference. Macedonian troll farms. Stunned and amazed. Dick ended up with 48 states.

    It was ok to run McGovern because the election was about Nixon and nothing else. Invasion of Cambodia, Kent State, riots on campus. The country hated him I tell you they hated him

    His law and order campaign was completely out of touch with where America was in 1972. Allegedly.

    This is sounding familiar... Reagan in 84 was also similar no?
    No - Reagan was more hope and change than just the words Obama mouthed. He actually touted American exceptionalism, love of country, baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet....which was refreshing after four years of Jimmy Carter being the world's bitch, mocked daily by the Ayatollah and the kidnappers.

    The country loved Reagan. They related to him. Nixon was almost the polar opposite in terms of popularity and appeal - but he was better than milquetoast McGovern at the time.




  • RoadTrip
    RoadTrip Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,171 Founders Club

    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
    Yeah he's an amazing writer who I sense is becoming more conservative over time. For most, it's a natural occurrence.
    Eh, I don't think he's any kind of conservative. More that he's fully aware of the bullshit ruining REAL liberalism.
    He's not conservative, but he seems so when directly compared with today's far left
    So I guess I'd like to know what people think is conservative? I believe in freedoms of all kinds. I am very socially liberal on some issues but some would condemn me as a right winger for believing in God and advocating for small government and the privatization of most of it.
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
    Yeah he's an amazing writer who I sense is becoming more conservative over time. For most, it's a natural occurrence.
    Eh, I don't think he's any kind of conservative. More that he's fully aware of the bullshit ruining REAL liberalism.
    He's not conservative, but he seems so when directly compared with today's far left
    So I guess I'd like to know what people think is conservative? I believe in freedoms of all kinds. I am very socially liberal on some issues but some would condemn me as a right winger for believing in God and advocating for small government and the privatization of most of it.
    I don't think you're getting Taibibibibibibibi on board with those kind of policies. But I honestly don't know. I think he's a Bernie supporter.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165
    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    RoadTrip said:

    #MyTaibibibibibibi

    Could it be he's just getting old?
    Probably.

    In that book, he essentially describes getting sick of the shit, much of which he'd eagerly joined in on.
    Yeah he's an amazing writer who I sense is becoming more conservative over time. For most, it's a natural occurrence.
    Eh, I don't think he's any kind of conservative. More that he's fully aware of the bullshit ruining REAL liberalism.
    He's not conservative, but he seems so when directly compared with today's far left
    So I guess I'd like to know what people think is conservative? I believe in freedoms of all kinds. I am very socially liberal on some issues but some would condemn me as a right winger for believing in God and advocating for small government and the privatization of most of it.
    Limited government, but with an emphasis on traditional family values (typically in the vision of the nuclear family of the 50s-60s).

    "Socially liberal" is all relative today, as the last ten years have brought a massive shift of that group's priorities into mainstream acceptance. Today's "social liberal" has moved well beyond weed and gay rights.
  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,183

    Everyone I knew hated Nixon, adult and peers. I was 16. I will never forget 5PM PST when Walter Cronkite came on and called it for Nixon. They could do that back then. I was shocked. I suspected Russian interference. Macedonian troll farms. Stunned and amazed. Dick ended up with 48 states.

    It was ok to run McGovern because the election was about Nixon and nothing else. Invasion of Cambodia, Kent State, riots on campus. The country hated him I tell you they hated him

    His law and order campaign was completely out of touch with where America was in 1972. Allegedly.

    This is sounding familiar... Reagan in 84 was also similar no?
    No, Reagan's re-election in 1984 wasn't a surprise.
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,619 Standard Supporter
    Socially liberal now includes unlimited abortion and a demand for more government programs to make education worse and encourage sloth. It now includes the obligation to bow before the green gaia religionists. Oh, and open borders.
  • GreenRiverGatorz
    GreenRiverGatorz Member Posts: 10,165

    Socially liberal now includes unlimited abortion and a demand for more government programs to make education worse and encourage sloth. It now includes the obligation to bow before the green gaia religionists. Oh, and open borders.

    I like the unintended irony here, which is pretty on-brand for you. In a thread about how liberals have such a deep misunderstanding about the forgotten base that Trump now carries, you gleefully cheer that message on while subscribing to the exact same rhetoric of those who you oppose. Newton's third law was always more relevant to politics than physics.
  • WestlinnDuck
    WestlinnDuck Member Posts: 17,619 Standard Supporter
    What message? You pointed out that socially liberal had expanded. I agreed. I agree, Trump should be running hard against the nude green deal and open borders. That message has to go over the head of the MSM. Heard anything about immigration lately from the press or the dems. About saving the earth with magic unicorn farts? Dems are now just promoting more fear and panic on the chicom crud and trillions in free sh*t for their supporters. Starting to also get real quiet on defunding the police at the national dem level. Leftards lie and love to be lied to. Keep hammering at the white "independents" and try to pick off a few more percent of the black and hispanic vote.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 37,832 Standard Supporter
    I like Raygun so much I just ordered a mask with his picture and the caption "I smell hippies".
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,091 Founders Club
    SFGbob said:

    Everyone I knew hated Nixon, adult and peers. I was 16. I will never forget 5PM PST when Walter Cronkite came on and called it for Nixon. They could do that back then. I was shocked. I suspected Russian interference. Macedonian troll farms. Stunned and amazed. Dick ended up with 48 states.

    It was ok to run McGovern because the election was about Nixon and nothing else. Invasion of Cambodia, Kent State, riots on campus. The country hated him I tell you they hated him

    His law and order campaign was completely out of touch with where America was in 1972. Allegedly.

    This is sounding familiar... Reagan in 84 was also similar no?
    No, Reagan's re-election in 1984 wasn't a surprise.
    Couple weeks ago I was looking at 1984 polling. The best that Mondale did was a couple polls calling it even after the Dem convention. That was probably a stretch for a guy about to lose 49 states