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32 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

My mom and dad never talked politics or revealed who they voted for until later in life.  My guess would be that Dad was a Republican, and Mom an independent.  Both were very kind church-going Presbyterians who did a ton of charity work.  Nevertheless, Dad had some "love the sinner, hate the sin" social outlooks.

That changed when a NYC stage actor stayed with them one summer because he was the lead in a play at the Equity theater my sister founded and ran.  This guy was gay, and my dad and he eventually became very good friends.  Then his friend died of AIDS.  It about broke my dad.  He became much more liberal in his later years, and my mom became more vocal in that regard as well.  They never left the church but they definitely helped drive church policy (which was always pretty progressive in that world).

The idea that a person should be a liberal in their youth and a conservative in their later years is incredibly short-sighted.  It may be common, but it's not universal, not by a long shot.

My Aunt and Uncle were died Red Reagan Republicans.  He was an oil man. They are liberal now. Trump's behavior during his first term bothered them, but his rejection of Science during Covid infuriated my Uncle.  

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1 hour ago, South Austin said:

Some folks even change their political affiliation much later in life.

My mom for instance [South Austin’s mom joke No. 2,459 in 3,2,1]. She and my dad were Republicans as long as I remember, but my mom went full Democrat after voting for George W. Bush in 2000. She just couldn’t take the direction of that party. 

My dad always voted R and my mom always D.  My dad immediately voted D as soon as the Rs nominated the dotard in 2015.  Wasn't even a moment's hesitation.

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5 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My dad always voted R and my mom always D.  My dad immediately voted D as soon as the Rs nominated the dotard in 2015.  Wasn't even a moment's hesitation.

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10 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My dad always voted R and my mom always D.  My dad immediately voted D as soon as the Rs nominated the dotard in 2015.  Wasn't even a moment's hesitation.

Lucky

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3 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

National strike is the only option.

It's the only way to get the needed attention and NOT get sent to a concentration camp or shot.

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I guess I don't understand how a person can say "I am a Democrat" or "I am a Republican" and really identify with a party unless they are deeply involved in the party itself or the daily business of winning and losing elections. 
It's one thing to consistently vote for members of a party, and I do, but the tribal element is very strange. Corporations don't identify with a party, why should a person? This is a transaction for me - my vote in exchange for X, where X is whatever I expect to get or happen as a result of voting a certain way.

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31 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

I've said it before on here, but the competent, successful grown-ups that play Trump's game infuriate me far more than he does.  

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3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I guess I don't understand how a person can say "I am a Democrat" or "I am a Republican" and really identify with a party unless they are deeply involved in the party itself or the daily business of winning and losing elections. 
It's one thing to consistently vote for a party, but the tribal element is very strange. Corporations don't identify with a party, why should a person? This is a transaction for me. 

Eh, seems nitpicky.  I'm not sure I really call myself a Democrat, but I don't have a problem with someone who consistently votes for and donates to Democratic candidates (like I do) calling themselves a Democrat.  

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1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

 

Are they going to lock up Boy Scouts, who historically have provided a service to retire old flags as stipulated in the US Flag Code?

https://scoutingwire.org/everything-a-scout-should-know-about-u-s-flag-retirement/

https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/flag-code

Or is the intent the only transgression here?  You know, kind of like what you are thinking as you do the deed.  Orwell had a term for that.

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My Aunt and Uncle were died Red Reagan Republicans.  He was an oil man. They are liberal now. Trump's behavior during his first term bothered them, but his rejection of Science during Covid infuriated my Uncle.  

This is my father. Big Reagan guy and over the past two years I convinced him that Republican Party was gone and he was screwed based on their new platform (he’s 92, social security, etc).
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2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

I don't care what Roger Clemens or any other shitty Texan thinks about who is or isn't a Texan.

The easiest bar to clear is "born in Texas".  The next easiest is "born of two Texans".  The next is "born of at least one Texan".  The next would be some version of "lived (or based) in Texas for the majority of their life".  Draw your line where you want to.  Roger's kids were born and raised in Texas.  His nomadic lifestyle as a pro athlete isn't all that different than that of a white collar salesman, and I don't see people trying to gatekeep THEIR status when their wife and kids are living in Texas and have done so for years if not decades.

Dumb argument.  Is it Saturday yet?

I have no idea why anyone would want to claim to be a Texan in the first place. Y’all some dumb sumbitches and a national embarrassment. 

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19 minutes ago, 27-25 said:

Are they going to lock up Boy Scouts, who historically have provided a service to retire old flags as stipulated in the US Flag Code?

https://scoutingwire.org/everything-a-scout-should-know-about-u-s-flag-retirement/

https://www.legion.org/advocacy/flag-advocacy/flag-code

Or is the intent the only transgression here?  You know, kind of like what you are thinking as you do the deed.  Orwell had a term for that.

I assume that it's still okay to plaster the face of a fat, ugly, orange-faced  dipshit all over the flag though

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27 minutes ago, C-Man said:

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Amusing Ourselves to Death is a great book and that’s a great quote. Amazing he had such extraordinary prescience in 1985. 

24 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Eh, seems nitpicky.  I'm not sure I really call myself a Democrat, but I don't have a problem with someone who consistently votes for and donates to Democratic candidates (like I do) calling themselves a Democrat.  

I don’t have a problem with it, it’s just not something I can personally relate to. 

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3 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Amusing Ourselves to Death is a great book and that’s a great quote. Amazing he had such extraordinary prescience in 1985. 

dang, might have to revisit that one. I read it in college but a lot of literature went in one ear and out the other in those days. 

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29 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I have no idea why anyone would want to claim to be a Texan in the first place. Y’all some dumb sumbitches and a national embarrassment. 

And we're easily pissed off by remarks like the above. I can't believe the firestorm you've created! Oh, the humanity!

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1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

That video is great lol

Long, but worth it imo

It's hilarious, but frighteningly on point. He smartly focuses on Rogan/comedy world but it completely rhymes with Trump and Trumpism. 

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On 8/24/2025 at 9:12 AM, aggie08 said:

Yeah, now is not the time to give us a common enemy to rally against. We're weakening American influence more effectively on our own than any terrorist could.

We already have a common enemy. Problem is half the country keeps voting for them.

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13 minutes ago, Ghost of NMAS said:

My family has been in Texas since it was part of Mexico.  I have an ancestor who died at the Alamo, and one who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence.  I used to love Texas, and being Texan, but now it's just an embarrassment.  If my family situation allowed it, I would gladly leave and never return.  Every day that I'm forced to stay here is a stain on my soul.  Fuck the people that did this.

When all those "Native Texan" bumper stickers started appearing in the late 70s and 80s, I was in a car driving with my dad. He was about as Texas as you can be from Port Arthur. He saw one of those stickers and remarked: "I can't think of a more worthless distinction. I was born in Texas. Who cares?"

I've never said that I was proud to be from Texas. Until about 30 years ago, I'd tell you that I was pleased to be from Texas. I liked what Texans had once been even as the place dissolved into Anywhere, USA. Now it's Anywhere, USA marinating in ignorance, hate, and intolerance. Those traits can be found anywhere, but used to think of the Texans I knew as friendly and prone to mind their own business. We're about as far from that as you can get now.

I'm embarrassed to say I'm a Texan. Abbott is trying as hard as he can to make me embarrassed about being a Longhorn.

Indeed, fuck the people that did this forever and ever.

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