Re: MSNBC Host/Guest Worry Campus Protests Could Spark "Ferocious" Backlash, New Reagan Era

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

May 5, 2024 at 1:05:47 PM PDT, Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

Sun, 5 May 2024 04:13:55 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

 

That said, most Democrats would consider 2016-2020 to be a rather
darker time than the Reagan era.

 

You're kidding, right? The parties realigned in the election of Reagan.
Significant parts of the Democratic coalition went over to the
Republican party to vote for Reagan. Large portions of the labor
movement no longer voted Democratic, like Teamsters.

 

No actually I wasn't - I wasn't talking electorally - I was talking
with respect to society generally and where it was going.

 

What else would the party its members care about? A large part of the
electorate became Republican. That was quite a dark time for the
remaining Democrats.

 

I was thinking about BLM and George Floyd - not "how many Democrats
can we get elected" but "this country is now more divided any time
since Viet Nam in the LBJ/Nixon era"

 

Cynically, certain Democratic politicians thought that not making sure
that basic law enforcement was being performed versus criminals who took
advantage of George Floyd protestors to loot and commit vandalism and
arson thought they were playing to their own base of voters and
solidifying support. They didn't care about division but what they
perceived as personal political advantage to them.

 

Plenty of other Democrats were horrified at the societal breakdown.

 

Twenty years ago, who would have thought that by 2024 the following statements
would be politically explosive:

 

"Violent criminals should be arrested and sent to prison."

 

and

 

"Men cannot give birth."

 Didn't you hear yesterday's advice on screening mammograms for trans men
starting at age 40?