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ThoughtCriminal

(14,706 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2025, 11:41 AM Dec 19

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Conservatives Have Been Having a 93-year long Hissy-Fit [View all]

It hasn't stopped since FDR and the New Deal and later, desegregation put them over the edge.

Trump is the tantrum personified.

It's humiliating that the country tolerates this.

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Conservatives Have Been Having a 93-year long Hissy-Fit [View all] ThoughtCriminal Dec 19 OP

Trump is the end result of 45 years of Limbaugh's brainwashing temper tantrum. Initech Dec 19 #1

Yes ... but you're giving Rush Limbaugh too much credit FakeNoose Dec 19 #17

Bingo! BaronChocula Dec 19 #22

Exactly. People act like MAGA happened overnight. Initech Dec 19 #24

At this point it's a self-sustaining fire BaronChocula Dec 19 #25

Started Rebl2 Dec 20 #35

The protest sign for the last rally that I made said: Initech Dec 20 #36

We had locally in NYC Bob Grant who was even more vicious that Rushbo. electric_blue68 Dec 19 #26

Old greedy white men who fear losing control of their thievery. NotHardly Dec 19 #2

Racists and bigots are afraid of being treated the same way they treated the people they hate. OMGWTF Dec 19 #23

Amplified by non-stop, pervasive right-wing radio and TV propaganda Mysterian Dec 19 #3

they bought the media so they can control the narrative yobrault1 Dec 19 #6

You must search for the truth but right-wing propaganda is everywhere Mysterian Dec 19 #13

This is absolutely spot on A HERETIC I AM Dec 19 #4

Good commentary AHIA popsdenver Dec 19 #7

Obama put them over the edge. yobrault1 Dec 19 #5

ding . this AllaN01Bear Dec 19 #9

My theory is that if Obama had not won a second term the conservatives could have chalked it up to a fluke. But... electric_blue68 Dec 19 #28

and theouster of nixon AllaN01Bear Dec 19 #8

Yup. Kid Berwyn Dec 19 #10

Thanks for the link to this past discussion. love_katz Dec 20 #32

Well put orangecrush Dec 19 #11

Yup blue-wave Dec 19 #12

I would Recommend this a thousand times if I could. What we are experiencing today absolutely has it's roots in the KPN Dec 19 #14

It's their default setting Warpy Dec 19 #15

This is one great thread by the way. KPN Dec 19 #16

What happened that far back? LiberalArkie Dec 19 #18

truth... they can all go fuck all the way off. They are the source of 99% our political problems LymphocyteLover Dec 19 #19

Yep. OldBaldy1701E Dec 19 #20

i'm reading Democracy Awakening barbtries Dec 19 #21

Re: AHIA comment...Here's a quote from Paul Weyrich Co-Found of The Heritage Foundation... electric_blue68 Dec 19 #27

As American as Apple Pie Cirsium Dec 19 #29

They long for the good old days when WASPs were in charge. Martin68 Dec 19 #30

The problem with the Republican party is that it's full of Republicans. love_katz Dec 20 #31

My wife's late grandmother used to go on rants to me about how horrible FDR was for... Ol Janx Spirit Dec 20 #33

More like a 160 year hissy fit lonely bird Dec 20 #34