• lemmyman@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Nah, I was born in 1987, and 2012 is definitely when it went to shit with the “tea party”

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      3 months ago

      1985 here, I’d place it with Clinton neoliberalism personally (the left sold out, and the right totally lost their minds as Rush Limbaugh’s proteges started showing up on cable news)

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      I mean, the lead up to the tea party’s core ideals was already there with stuff like that Imus wanker openly calling the WNBA “Nappy-headed hoes” on his national news show in like 2004-2005. The current hard right, isolationist, bigoted downfall has been going on since rush limbaugh hit the airwaves in the late 80’s. Before the rush era, there was some serious bullshit, but that was the start of not stowing the hoods UNDER the pickup seats anymore. Saying the bigoted parts out loud, in public, and nationwide with blanket tacit approval from roughly half the country really grew legs with that fucker. I think that was 87. Pat Robertson running for president and everything.

      The concepts of “us” and “them” started getting real widespread traction with otherwise middle-of-the-road people when rush hit.