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Duppers

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38. Amen, Sara. +++++
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 03:03 AM
Jul 2017

What you said! You stated it beautifully!

"Its whats inside you that makes you one or the other..its what makes you believe in equality, empathy for those less fortunate and a deep respect for humans AND Earth. Its how you value life. You don't just change that easily."



This is a re-post:
Conservative moral values arise from the Strict Father Family.
....
What if they (people) don’t prosper? That means they are not disciplined, and therefore cannot be moral, and so deserve their poverty. In this conservative view, the poor are seen as lazy and undeserving while the rich deserve their wealth. Responsibility is thus taken to be personal responsibility, not social responsibility. What you become is only up to you, not society. You are responsible for yourself, not for others.

The Conservative Moral Hierarchy:
• God above Man
• Man above Nature
• The Disciplined (Strong) above the Undisciplined (Weak)
• The Rich above the Poor
• Employers above Employees
• Adults above Children
• Western culture above other cultures
• America above other countries
• Men above Women
• Whites above Nonwhites
• Christians above non-Christians
• Straights above Gays

Sound familiar?

On the whole, conservative policies flow from the Strict Father worldview and this hierarchy. Trump is an extreme case (he wants to be the ultimate strict father), though very much in line with conservative policies of the Republican party.

Much more...
https://georgelakoff.com/2017/07/01/two-questions-about-trump-and-republicans-that-stump-progressives/

Doesn't this sound EXACTLY like what is preached in some conservative churches? It's not the compassion and empathy the Jesus of the New testament taught.
Disclaimer: I'm an atheist and I think empathy is the bedrock of all "morality."






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If Dems go after rural votes they've failed. If Dems go after white wasupaloopa Jul 2017 #1
No,they must go after ALL of them, as I said, with a strong overarching economic message. LBM20 Jul 2017 #2
This. Skidmore Jul 2017 #15
Whch People? Exactly? Me. Jul 2017 #3
You don't think they count as people? BainsBane Jul 2017 #14
In which county do you live? MineralMan Jul 2017 #4
thank you. +++++++++++++ JHan Jul 2017 #7
+1000 sheshe2 Jul 2017 #8
Thank you. Skidmore Jul 2017 #16
+1000 JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #17
"There is no 'they.' There is only 'you.'" betsuni Jul 2017 #18
+1000. We are "they." Hortensis Jul 2017 #41
There is no they, only we... Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #43
Speaking as someone who's been to many a committee meeting crazycatlady Jul 2017 #5
Really sorry about your county. Our Dem clubs (plural) are much more vital and inclusive... Hekate Jul 2017 #11
+1000 Duppers Jul 2017 #36
Back when I was a young guy who earned little, I still went to those MineralMan Jul 2017 #42
Good post and good responses. Hortensis Jul 2017 #44
I live in a small rural town way up in the mtns and I guarantee samnsara Jul 2017 #6
Amen, Sara. +++++ Duppers Jul 2017 #38
They'd better have more than a message. cloudbase Jul 2017 #9
Just one small point in your Op. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #10
You have nailed THE issue of the 21st century... Moostache Jul 2017 #29
Notably, Dems did not make these people the kind of fools Hortensis Jul 2017 #47
"They heard our message--and rejected us. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #48
And the vast majority are not going to change. On the plus side... Hortensis Jul 2017 #49
Democrats need all the help they can get... kentuck Jul 2017 #12
Conservative Democrat ... GeorgeGist Jul 2017 #52
When you refuse to look at exit poll data BainsBane Jul 2017 #13
+1 betsuni Jul 2017 #19
Wow Me. Jul 2017 #21
Thank you. Bains. nt sheshe2 Jul 2017 #22
A...freakin'...men....thank you! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #27
Sorry, you posted a significant factual error Awsi Dooger Jul 2017 #34
Clinton ran against Trump, not Obama. BainsBane Jul 2017 #39
Great post Gothmog Jul 2017 #51
+1 Starry Messenger Jul 2017 #53
I don't believe in "exit polls". Lord_at_War Jul 2017 #54
What the fuck? ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #20
The Democratic party didn't decide to "be mainly an urban party," to "go corporate" (whatever pnwmom Jul 2017 #23
Civil Rights. sheshe2 Jul 2017 #24
Not a fan of remaking the Democratic Party in the image of the GOP BainsBane Jul 2017 #25
LOL Skittles Jul 2017 #26
A strong message of economic justice will help Warpy Jul 2017 #28
The modern economy has little use for people with no skills/infrastructure (rural America). LonePirate Jul 2017 #30
There are so many racist dog whistles in this post, I'm not even sure why I'm replying... Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #31
Great post, thank you! At least the OP didn't have "neoliberal" in it. betsuni Jul 2017 #32
Lol...that was all that was missing! Thanks! Docreed2003 Jul 2017 #35
Thank you nini Jul 2017 #46
so things like this are allowed but people are not allowed to post things objecting to it JI7 Jul 2017 #33
True. betsuni Jul 2017 #37
What is it that you object to? SharonClark Jul 2017 #55
I wake to another day of division/ dems are failed crap OP But I see a lot have already spoken up lunasun Jul 2017 #40
I must have missed the Dems not working on help for the unemployed and poor nini Jul 2017 #45
Can you articulate the Republican "strong, clear, simple jobs message"? muriel_volestrangler Jul 2017 #50
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