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You know, it is absolutely dispiriting to see lessons we even learned in the 1960s from pop culture discarded. So many people, allergic to learning as long as their bigotries are catered to.

SER with yet another incisive analysis of media that even in the “Good ol' days” gave us important lessons.

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𝑰𝒕’𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒆𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒛𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 — 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 1.1 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 “𝒐𝒖𝒕” 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒚𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒚.

This is what some people never seem to understand. They may be included in the "in" group at first, but then find themselves part of the "out" group. Some trump voters are discovering that right now, and he hasn't even been inaugurated yet. If those folks could just let go of the endless culture war issues, they might just start to realize that the repubs have lied to them, and that Dems have good things to offer them and the nation. Yeah, I am probably too optimistic.

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