I’m already so sick of this idea that if I don’t drive a pickup truck and my job doesn’t involve bending sheet metal, I’m not a real American.

Why are we equating “everyday Americans” with specifically “rural” America.

The vast majority of people live in urban areas/cities. The vast majority of the middle class live in urban-surburban areas/cities. Most colleges and universities are in urban areas/cities. The major areas of growth in the nation are in urban…

I can see it now.
A dramady about a young white woman, trying to make her way in a world that caters to people with dark skin tones.

Found out that NewsRadio basically predicted Trump 20 years ago.

The Middle? Nashville? Speechless? American Housewife? The Goldbergs? Last Man Standing? The Real O’Neills?

If there are hundreds, name three.

A better comparison would be Robert Byrd. He did/believed somethings that were abhorrent, but came to realize the error of his ways and worked to repair the damage done. It’s the difference between a standard forced apology and genuine repentance.

Instead of looking at some small transgression from 20-30 years ago, look at his record as a politician in MN. This is a man who would lead us back to relevance.

Still can’t watch the news, so I don’t know what’s going on here, but I just came to say that Rep. Ellison is beloved in MN. Even the people who hate his politics still respect the guy because of his absolute devotion to his district and his state. He has deeply held and very strong convictions, but he is not an…

That’s stupid, though. I don’t even like Farrakhan, but to say that he’s ever participated in activities against Jewish people that are comparable to activities the KKK has participated in against Black people and Jewish people and lots of other types of people is simply not factual. So once again, someone’s “views”…

Teachers need to be allowed to teach. That’s what it comes down to. The American school year and school day is already shorter than it is in most countries, because we don’t want to pay, as a society, for kids to receive the contact hours with teachers that they actually need. And from the already limited hours of…

The owners need people who are smart enough to work the machines and computers - but not so smart that they figure out who is really screwing them out of their benefits, pension and living wage (hint: it’s not illegals, muslims, or the black co-worker who has to deal with the same shit, plus a big pile of racism on…

God so much this. As someone raised by a Trump voting boomer, I feel like all I ever heard growing up was that we had to respect other peoples opinions, you’re not tolerant enough if you aren’t tolerating intolerance (once my father tried to compare gay people to spiders, because he doesn’t like gay people and I don’t…

LeVar Burton: teaching a generation to not take his word for it.

I have to say, fuck the History Channel. It used to be a decent channel that just showed footage of WWII and stuff like that, relatively objective stuff. That channel has been taken over my snake oil salesmen and I can only feel sorry for the people who fall for that bullshit. I’m a historian and every time I watch…

I definitely think that is some of it, for sure. Although, I was told to question everything, but it was in a history class taught by a very liberal person. I’m from the South, so there is also this authoritarian thing that goes on down there in addition to everyone’s desire to conform. (Oh, and these are the same…

You know what I think created a lot of this? Our educational system. We send generations of people to schools, and they’re told to listen to the person at the front of the room and what they say is fact. So they get very used to the notion that they just have to sit there and get told stuff. How many teachers did you…

“Remember when I was a child, the five minutes of my life you decided to be a parent, you told me not to trust strangers on the internet because they didn’t always tell the truth? Remember that? Do I need to give you that same lecture?”

The real problem is that voting is a right, not a privilege to be taken away when you misbehave. The crowning moment was when she asked the old lady about the last time they spoke and she said that Reince “Pubis” had to go but now that he is CoS it was a smart move. These people have their narrative shaped and would…