Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:
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Greg (K8KET) 🇺🇸replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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Not to make too fine a point of it, the contrast between the Walz family, who actually love each other, and that other family (who shall remain nameless), is very refreshing to see.The party of 'family values' doesn't seem to care though, and has actually been ridiculing healthy displays of affection between candidates and their families.
SMH...those people have no moral compass. Completely lost. Irredeemable.
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Greengordonreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
This is so true and it disappoints me so much that people I once respected and thought had principles…well, they would have been 'Good Germans’ at best, I now know. Maybe a lot worse.
"you know this true, you know I’m telling you the truth—that values and character matter most of all. In leadership and in life … Decency and respect are on the ballot.”
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to LA Legault 🍉 last edited by
@LALegault @MintSpies I don't know what you're calling a backhanded compliment. I hear a thoughtful Black man celebrating the stellar contributions of Black women. Misogyny? No, that's not what I hear at all.
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LA Legault 🍉replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I got that, that’s why you posted that excerpt
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Greengordon last edited by
@Greengordon This has been a time of real unmasking for a lot of us, I think. We've been forced to see what is under the mask of people we thought we had known — family, friends, neighbors — and the reality is sometimes shocking.
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Chuckreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy The vile right is attacking Gus for showing emotions, trying to compare him to what a real son should be -- the emotionless Barron Trump (BTW, aren't these the same people who said leave the children out of the attacks whenever someone would mention Barron?)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Greg (K8KET) 🇺🇸 last edited by
@K8KET Well-stated and well-noted. That other family is just horrifying — as recent tell-all books by several of its members show us.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Greengordon last edited by
@Greengordon No need to appeal to me to hear you out! I very much agree with your perspective here.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to George Snorewell last edited by
@DoesntExist It's sadly predictable, isn't it? Josh Hawley — of all folks! — pontificating on masculinity. And, as you say, Mike Crispi. SMH.
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@Originallyrose Indeed. Well-stated.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to CES For Harris 🥥🌴 last edited by
@amazing_ces What lives beneath the barrel is a good formulation, for sure. My parents, too, would have shaken me till my teeth rattled if I'd mouthed off in this vile way.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Deep Mud last edited by
@deepmud Yes, I agree.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Gail Parenti last edited by
@gparenti For sure.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Mary Austin last edited by
@MaryAustinBooks You're exactly right. In this thread, you'll see an excerpt from an article by Evan Hurst making that same point.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Laloofah 🌊💙🌊 last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Sensible Crone for Harris last edited by
@susiemagoo Yes — wonderful comments!
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Mary Austinreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to John Gordon last edited by
@jgordon @msbellows I'm not ever really in the business of predicting the future. I wait and I see — and do all I can to avoid self-defeating cynicism and sustain hope.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Kickin with Kamala last edited by
@PattyHanson You're exactly right. And adolescents, in particular, are just not given to displays of sham emotion when it comes to their parents.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to nutmeg last edited by
@nutmeg I think of many media types as having vastly overinflated egos, which shelter them from recognizing how others see them. For many of them, arrogance seems to be their middle name.