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leftstreet

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3. How will they put that genie back in the bottle?

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Tue Jan 27, 2026, 11:44 AM

Yesterday

I also get that most of them actually just want to go back to the day when they operated their racism and bigotry with more of a wink and a nod, than with the fire hoses and attack dogs their ilk used in their youth against people seeking civil rights in this country.

So true. Trump's lasting legacy will be the damage he inflicted on the core strategy of the GOP
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Don't get me wrong. I absolutely welcome the epiphanies [View all] bigtree Yesterday OP

They're singing the same song they sang after Jan 6 Jersey Devil Yesterday #1

it's different because we can see they're dragging their butts behind the rest of the country bigtree Yesterday #4

If you want to know why the days of epiphanies and "gaining ground" seem to be gone, I think it's this simple AZJonnie Yesterday #2

Please don't blame us Boomers Freddie Yesterday #5

Okay, but what you are implying was not my intended message, sorry if it came off that way! AZJonnie Yesterday #8

young folks still don't vote in adequate numbers bigtree Yesterday #10

How will they put that genie back in the bottle? leftstreet Yesterday #3

Insightful words of caution-- JohnnyLib2 Yesterday #6

it took us 3 generations from king to obama, but we were getting closer rampartd Yesterday #7

so true bigtree Yesterday #9