• Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    I thought Reagan started all this? Or Nixon? If only we could agree (not that this matters literally at all at this point) in who actually started us down the path of fascism. It’s so hard to keep the demagogues in order these days…

    Or we could just agree that shit’s fucked and we need to do something about it without trying to point fingers or blame on any specific person in the last 60 years who is already dead and long gone.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 hours ago

      Americans are just fucking stupid. I’m in the South and just bought a gun because the KKK originated within 30 min of me, and statistically, half my neighbors are nuts. I’m not sure if someone will not kill me on a daily basis. This country is unsafe for some people. I’m white, a citizen, and from the South too, and I’m still scared.

    • Donjuanme@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Maybe they did, but 2000 and 2004 were the first elections I was truly aware of, and intelligent enough to know something should’ve been done. I voted for the first time in 2006 and haven’t missed an even year voting cycle since. I stopped asking my father why he didn’t support peaceful protests happening in areas near to him about 10 years ago, and cut off all contact 6 years ago. I’ve not been more at peace since

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
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      15 hours ago

      Yeah. Nixon being forced to resign was the turning point.