I mean, Reagan was pretty happy-go-lucky when it came to trading in dog whistles and occasionally overt racism, but it was mostly directed at black Americans. That's the cool trick Reagan Republicans use to get white workers to vote against their own economic interests - the idea that it's probably worth it if it might hurt a black person somewhere.
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Originally Posted by lisarea
It is absolutely horrifying what's happened to the Overton window, and just to my personal version of it.
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Yep, this. The corollary has been pretty interesting in not insignificant ways for me.
In 2016, it was all
ugh we should get married sometime I guess, for taxes probably, lol breederz. In 2017 I was kinda like
hmm let's not get married and just create an administrative record that we are ghey because that list is the first thing they'll weaponize to round us up. Then in 2018 I realized that they will not even need a list after 2020, so
