• dirthawker0@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He comes from the era when politicians were civil to each other even if they vehemently disagreed. Well before Newt Gingrich started characterizing Democrats as evil.

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      Plus Harris is from California and we have a pretty good vicious streak on a cultural level. Its just not really highlighted cause it usually manifests in weird or quiet ways. A good example is that in my area quite a few people became anti-anti-gay marriage because the Mormons bussed in folks from out of state for some rally which was pro prop 8(?). The insult came about because fuck folks who dont even live in California affecting our internal politics, Californian pseudo nationalism at its finest.