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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 11h

Gary Busey’s role is SO overlooked in that movie.

The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 11h

Another was when her dad was working for the telco and told someone on the train that he found it was odd that he was just had to cut the service of people who had paid their bills. And they all were Jewish.

That landed him in jail for a few days until a neighbor “vouched” for him.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 11h

My mother in law was born in (West) Germany in 1955. Her dad was in his late 50’s when she was born. WWI vet. She heard stories when she was older.

Her brother wanted to join the Hitler youth. Her dad said no. “If Hitler wants you let him come and get you” he said.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 12h

Can I chat 1 on 1 live with single women in my area?

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 16h

No you did not. I meant the royal we, and really more the people who are loudly screaming “they’ve always been like this!”. Not the first time today I’ve seen that article, but it is the first time I used the “what about Dems of that time” argument and I was just kinda working it all out.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 16h

Harry Reid said we should embrace Obama because he was a light-skinned with “no Negro dialect” so let’s not retcon it so that Republicans were always racist but Democrats haven’t been.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 17h

Democrats of that time also very likely used racial slurs too though. So I don’t find these “relevations” particularly useful.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 18h

This is exactly what I’ve been debating all morning. And when you grow up in a conservative family, deprogramming in hard. As someone who was in the CR in the late 90’s myself, I now realize that the core of the GOP has always been racist, but I also know it was never so unabashed as this.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 18h

Like most of the things he says, that never happened, but it’s just insane that he thinks it’s OK to ad lib a bunch of bullshit like this.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 19h

Hakeem Jeffries posted pictures of two Rep. Members posing with “Young Republicans” who were part of a racist text thread (as reported by Politico).

In response, Mike Davis (well-connected in Trump World & on the Hill) called Jeffries a “house slave” for George Soros - proving Jeffries’ point.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 19h

I know it’s a misspelling but SOC To US is a pretty accurate description of the SCOTUS these days.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

BTW pause to say I very much appreciate the discussion with minimum vitriol, I need to bow out but will pop on a later if you want to further the chat.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

Again, these folks openly discussed the posssibility of their group chat getting leaked, and didn’t care.

I don’t quite think you’re applying the open invitation analogy properly. If this is their group chat that every member is on, that’s very much the invitation I’m talking about.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

These were not back room discussions. They openly discussed the implications of their char being leaked and didn’t care. Now, the reason why they didn’t care is because of exactly what you said.

“Welfare Queens” weren’t a policy. It was a pejorative that the press did cover as a pejorative.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

But if you’re saying the environment today is like what it was 25 years ago, I just don’t agree there. Yes, the seeds were always there. Yes, some of us grew up in it, and still have CON family members, and realize we were naive.

We also realize this climate is very different from the past.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

Or they just didn’t realize what it was. One of my best friend is Croatian and he was harassed at airports post 9/11. That made me rethink things. I know I’m not unique. When those things become personal to people, they change. That’s something we should encourage. And I know you do.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

What was the 60’s? Southern Strategy and Atwater? Late 60’s really, and Atwater’s influence was largely in the 80’s.

LOL most of us weren’t invited. Now there’s an open invitation. That’s literally the point I drew from the OPs posts.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

What a fucking hack and waste of my time.

The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

Wow. You accused me about sweeping generalizations and then came up with this.

What is that term you used. Deeply somethinganother?

The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

It wasn’t, but you’re making a sweeping generalization that is how everyone felt. Or that is at least how it seems.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

Also look at it from someone growing up in that era. “Welfare Queens” doesn’t smack as racist to a 10 year old white kid. You probably have to explain WHY it’s racist to them.

But I love Hitler and gas chambers, those are pretty explicit messages.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 20h

I don’t see it as a defense rather as “it was never like THIS” … there’s a difference between the small government / austerity based conservatism that targeted minorities through policy and openly stating “I love Hitler” and I believe that is what is being expressed here.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 21h

Or perhaps you’re conflating “I’ve heard the Nixon tapes” with “every single person who voted Republican is exactly like I heard on the Nixon tapes”.

Agreed with Southern Strategy, folks like Thurmond and Atwater infecting the GOP with traditional Southern racism killed the GOP.

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 21h

Forgiveness needs work and fuck and apology in the same sentence pretty much sums up how reasonable people are here.

What do I need to be forgiven for and work should I be doing?

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The Return of Sexy Boy @goosedoggy.bsky.social · 21h

Using the term “deeply unserious” is also pretty on brand for a BSKY hack too.