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Bubala · 10-10-2016, 08:14 PM

Orema · 10-11-2016, 11:32 AM

Bigotry Bites Back: The racism that once served the GOP well is risking the party's future.
by John Stoehr

... It's well known that the Republican Party has pandered to the bigotry of reactionary politics since the 1960s when Richard Nixon, under the advisement of former Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, invented with the help of advisers Roger Ailes and Kevin Phillips something called the Southern Strategy.

The Southern Strategy was a bundle of political messages and policy positions meant to appeal to segregationist Democrats alienated by their party's passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act. It started with Nixon's call for "law and order" in 1968. It was later used across the country.

Ronald Reagan's decrying of "welfare queens"; George H.W. Bush's "Willie Horton" attack ad; George W. Bush's spreading rumors that Arizona Sen. John McCain's adopted Bangladeshi daughter was an illegitimate black child; Newt Gingrich's claim in 2012 that Barack Obama is a "successful food stamp president" – all of these are a variation on the Southern Strategy theme.

A consequence of this has been the whitening of the Republican Party to such a degree that Trump's attacks on minorities and Muslims had no effect on actual Republicans. Conditions changed after the first debate when Clinton reminded everyone of Trump's fat-shaming of a teenaged beauty, but even then, the injury was to Trump alone, not on down-ticket Republicans.

But after the video emerged – which also showed Trump boasting of sexual advances toward a married woman who he later wanted fired from the Miss Universe contest due to her pregnancy – it was clear the support of middle-class white women was in jeopardy. That was enough for high-profile Republicans like McCain to rescind his endorsement. More telling, it was enough for House Republicans to follow suit, even calling for him to step down as the party's nominee....

From U.S. News, October 11, 2016

Orema · 10-12-2016, 06:03 AM

Bubala · 10-12-2016, 09:28 PM

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Genesis · 10-12-2016, 10:07 PM

Genesis · 10-12-2016, 10:15 PM

In your light I learn how to love.
In your beauty, how to make poems.

You dance inside my chest,
where no one sees you,

but sometimes I do,
and that sight becomes this art.

Drumsound rises on the air,
its throb, my heart.

A voice inside the beat says,
"I know you're tired,
but come. This is the way."

Are you jealous of the ocean's generosity?
Why would you refuse to give this joy to anyone?

Fish don't hold the sacred liquid in cups!
They swim the huge fluid freedom.

- Rumi, The Essential Rumi

s0litude · 10-13-2016, 02:33 AM

s0litude · 10-13-2016, 03:51 AM

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Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:15 AM

Open your hands if you want to be held.

~ Rumi

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:23 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:25 AM

"Man learns through experience,
and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences.
He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles,
and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process."

- Sai Baba

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:26 AM

"Very little is needed to make a happy life;
it is all within yourself,
in your way of thinking."
- Marcus Aurelius

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:40 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:42 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:44 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:46 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 11:56 AM

Genesis · 10-13-2016, 12:10 PM

The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure...
- Tibetan proverb

Genesis · 10-14-2016, 10:04 PM

I cannot be born
On solid ground,
Only where everything flows.
To enter my dawn
You must be unbound
From how the fixed world goes.

Leave behind
your maps and losses
Let dreams be all your law.
Trust the wind
When the ocean tosses
Burn your boats on the farther shore.

Make new songs
And your floating island
Will be rooted beneath the waves.
Drink my sun
And you dance on the high land
Your heart, remembering, craves.

- Robert Moss from Dreamways of the Iroquois: Honoring the Secret Wishes of the Soul

10-10-2016, 08:14 PM	#19121
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10-11-2016, 11:32 AM	#19122
Orema Superlative Soul Sister How Do You Identify?: Lesbian stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Moving in a single file Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Cottage of Content Posts: 13,560 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 41,428 Thanked 34,710 Times in 8,933 Posts Rep Power: 21474861	Republican Bigotry Was Useful Until Donald Trump Risked Losing White Women Bigotry Bites Back: The racism that once served the GOP well is risking the party's future. by John Stoehr ... It's well known that the Republican Party has pandered to the bigotry of reactionary politics since the 1960s when Richard Nixon, under the advisement of former Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, invented with the help of advisers Roger Ailes and Kevin Phillips something called the Southern Strategy. The Southern Strategy was a bundle of political messages and policy positions meant to appeal to segregationist Democrats alienated by their party's passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and 1965 Voting Rights Act. It started with Nixon's call for "law and order" in 1968. It was later used across the country. Ronald Reagan's decrying of "welfare queens"; George H.W. Bush's "Willie Horton" attack ad; George W. Bush's spreading rumors that Arizona Sen. John McCain's adopted Bangladeshi daughter was an illegitimate black child; Newt Gingrich's claim in 2012 that Barack Obama is a "successful food stamp president" – all of these are a variation on the Southern Strategy theme. A consequence of this has been the whitening of the Republican Party to such a degree that Trump's attacks on minorities and Muslims had no effect on actual Republicans. Conditions changed after the first debate when Clinton reminded everyone of Trump's fat-shaming of a teenaged beauty, but even then, the injury was to Trump alone, not on down-ticket Republicans. But after the video emerged – which also showed Trump boasting of sexual advances toward a married woman who he later wanted fired from the Miss Universe contest due to her pregnancy – it was clear the support of middle-class white women was in jeopardy. That was enough for high-profile Republicans like McCain to rescind his endorsement. More telling, it was enough for House Republicans to follow suit, even calling for him to step down as the party's nominee.... From U.S. News, October 11, 2016

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10-12-2016, 10:15 PM	#19127
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,668 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art. Drumsound rises on the air, its throb, my heart. A voice inside the beat says, "I know you're tired, but come. This is the way." Are you jealous of the ocean's generosity? Why would you refuse to give this joy to anyone? Fish don't hold the sacred liquid in cups! They swim the huge fluid freedom. - Rumi, The Essential Rumi

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10-13-2016, 12:10 PM	#19139
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,668 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Wisdom speaks... The secret to living well and longer is: eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure... - Tibetan proverb

10-14-2016, 10:04 PM	#19140
Genesis Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Femme on a varied spectrum/babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: she/her/hers Relationship Status: Loved ლ ⚢ Join Date: May 2013 Location: Devenir un avec l'immatérialité des étoiles... Posts: 9,434 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,603 Thanked 14,668 Times in 6,298 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Soul... I cannot be born On solid ground, Only where everything flows. To enter my dawn You must be unbound From how the fixed world goes. Leave behind your maps and losses Let dreams be all your law. Trust the wind When the ocean tosses Burn your boats on the farther shore. Make new songs And your floating island Will be rooted beneath the waves. Drink my sun And you dance on the high land Your heart, remembering, craves. - Robert Moss from Dreamways of the Iroquois: Honoring the Secret Wishes of the Soul