I'm A Republican

[groundloop]

I saw this and have to share it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

1. Powerful. . . .nt

[DENVERPOPS]

37. She didn't even give a shit then..........NC

[jrthin]

2. I am always puzzled when people say "there are some good republicans."

For me, I think if you're republican you're not a good person.

[unblock]

11. It's all about the size of your circle

I know plenty of republicans who are very generous and kind within their circle.

Pillars of the community.
Great neighbors, happy to dog sit, lend tools, mow your lawn and take in your mail when you're on vacation, etc.
First person you'd call in a pinch.
Generous to charities with time and money.
Give upstanding citizens.

And total jerks to anyone they perceive as a "threat" to their narrow little world. Which is where the bigotry comes in. Lots of excuses to not extend that kindness and generosity to "others".

So you can get these people who have amazing reputations within their local church, say, but if you're not in the church, they're *ssholes.

[jrthin]

20. I agree with you. And I add, that true character is revealed by how you treat a stranger.

[NJCher]

25. interesting

I don't know any, but this makes sense.

[blubunyip]

29. True in my experience

it's all focused inward.

I, me, mine, and MY friends

[mwmisses4289]

12. Sadly, it started changing with

Reagan and the newt. Before that, it wasn't unusual for repubs and dems often worked together for the good of the citizens of this country. By the end of the 1990's, any repub who didn't toe the line was voted out and labeled a rino. Now... we know what current repubs are.


(editing due to lots of fumble fingers today!)

[soldierant]

39. Besides what unblock said,

there's a time factor here. I assume you wouldn't call Abraham a bad person. and in fact up to the fifties and sixties, they had a lot of good people - more than we had, because we were stuck with all the Dixiecrats, who were the foundation of today's Republican party. I am old enough to remember a few of them, Margaret Chase Smith. Mark Hatfield. Dwight Eisenhower. And more.

But after the Brown v. Board decision, and the Civil Rights Act, they turned Republican and poisoned the party.

[jrthin]

40. From an historical perspective, no I wouldn't consider Abe Lincoln a bad person.

From an historical perspective, and today's reference, Lincoln might be considered a Democrat. What I am referring to is the mindset of a republican whether they be pre sixties dixiecrats or a post sixties republican. It's the mindset.

[soldierant]

41. My point is they they didn't always have that mindset.

Truly, they didn't. Certainly not all of them., Some did, but got quashed by their own party. It really was a different time.

[jrthin]

43. You're making a point that I am not.

I don't care which side you're on, or what the party named itself, or how the party inter-struggled for decency, my focus is that the racism and the "other-ism" makes one a nasty person. At no time in American history did we NOT have that ugly mindset and good people had to fight against it. Different time, yes. Same tune some (today it seems like half of our population)are still singing, yes.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. They will never get it.

[jls4561]

4. And she didn't give a damn about people with AIDS, until a movie star got it.

Even then, I didn’t give a damn, because it meant he was a poofter.

[rsdsharp]

5. Her daughter came out? I don't remember that.

[Omnipresent]

26. I'm guessing patty not maureen..

Still, i never heard a word about it either.

[rsdsharp]

28. Patti wrote a novel about lesbian lovers, but denied it was autobiographical,

and said she’s not gay. So I’m still puzzled.

[ShazzieB]

38. I don't either.

I was just going to comment on that, because I'm pretty sure it's not true.

EDIT: The best known case of a promiment Republican changing their stance about LGBT+ rights after their daughter came out is Dick Cheney.

[TommieMommy]

6. 👍👍 yeppers

[bif]

7. That's it in a nutshell!

[Shipwack]

8. Unfortunately, now they don't change even if...

It does happen to them.

Remember a couple of decades ago when some disturbed person opened fire on the annual congressional softball game? One of the Republican players was wounded br a gunshot.

Despite this, he still voted down every gun control measure...

[sop]

9. Even then they won't give a shit about you, only themselves.

[jalan48]

10. The "Just Say No" lady.

[calimary]

13. To many of us back then, it quickly became "NO, lady!"

[CaptainTruth]

14. Makes me think of this...

[surfered]

16. That's a good one

[surfered]

15. Exactly!!

[Metro135]

18. Right?

I've been saying this for years. When it happens to THEM it's a totally different story. If THEIR daughter gets raped and becomes pregnant as a result, then by all means she should be able to get an abortion.

[DENVERPOPS]

36. Even if she isn't raped

and just get's knocked up, if her family is wealthy, the family just immediately sends her for a "semester abroad" in one of the Scandinavian countries.......or the old guard, family Dr. a republican OB-GYN performs a "D & C" procedure in his office, which they purport is not the same as an abortion......LOL

That is how it was handled by the wealthy before abortions became illegal........

Of course if you weren't from a wealthy family, it was back alley, coat hanger, bleed to death, or get an infection, and/or so scarred that you weren't ever able to have another pregnancy, and therefore no children.......

Or go to a "home" for un-wed mothers, etc and be shamed by all your schoolmates and their parents....

[Passages]

17. Truth.

It seems to be in their DNA.

[ZDU]

19. Ding Dong

That witch is dead

https://m.

[brakester]

45. I marvel at the

monumental creativity of that classic movie. I wish I could own a DVD of that.

Luscious!!!

[Mr.Bee]

21. Kinda!

[SamKnause]

22. Perfect !

[malaise]

23. Great OP

Rec

[lame54]

24. I am MAGA...

I will follow Trump even after he drains my retirement account and sends my brother to El Salvador

[wolfie001]

27. Left out the worst one: ignoring the Aids epidemic

Acted like it was gawd's will until their "Dear friend" Rock Hudson was dying from it.

[progressoid]

30. Sadly, the gun laws thing doesn't work.

Very few Repubs seem to be willing to take that step even when someone they know gets shot.

[SunSeeker]

33. True! I have 2 relatives with were in the Mandalay Bay concert crowd shot at by the Las Vegas shooter.

They escaped unharmed, but are still pro-assault rifle. They blame the shooting on an FBI conspiracy.

[mwb970]

31. This has been THE defining characteristic of conservatives for many, many decades.

[SunSeeker]

32. Well, if there is a Hell, Nancy and Ronnie are down there together. nt

[Martin68]

34. 100% true.

[RANDYWILDMAN]

35. The are against government

unless they suck off the tit (have job in it ), or need it to help them, bailouts disaster relief etc

[uponit7771]

42. Yep, smooth brained people

[Emile]

44. Yep, that says it all. It's all about me.

[AllaN01Bear]

46. my late mom wouod say" wait untill it happens to you or you try to get your ( youfill in the blank) on the program.