Karoli Dec 28, 2022
@Cassandra @TonyStark @MJ Reagan’s legacy is embodied in zealots like Ginni Thomas. The only thing that would bother him is the language they use now. He liked his fascism to be couched in polite language.
Show threadTony StarkDec 28, 2022

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Ronald Reagan hagiography sends me right up a wall.

On top of my earlier list, he traded arms for hostages in Iran-Contra to fund a genocidal war in Central America, created bogus supply-side economics that exploded the deficit with tax cuts for the rich, making budget cuts “necessary” but only for lower income people, Black people, people living with a disability, and older people, and cut funding for mental health, making millions unhoused. He also had the gall to tax Social Security to pay for the hole he blew in the budget. Ignored AIDS until Rock Hudson got it. The list goes on and on.

People who are need to stop venerating Reagan and pretending he was anything but a disaster for this country.

Show threadBikeCurmudgeon
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Indeed, Ronnie Raygun was an abomination. He is the one who started the trend making a college education much more expensive while making getting training for trades more expensive. Idiot.
Dec 29, 2022 at 12:35amWeb
Show threadtoxtethogradyDec 29, 2022
@BikeCurmudgeon @TonyStark @Cassandra @MJ @Karoli Don't forget his role in pushing the meritocracy that made going to college a prerequisite for success in life...
Show threadThe North CoastDec 29, 2022

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Reagan supported apartheid South Africa and tons of dictators. #ReaganSucks

Show threadBill the Radical GeekDec 29, 2022
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Grew up under Reagan. Liked him because he was funny. Stopped liking him when Iran-Contra broke.
Show threadBikeCurmudgeonDec 29, 2022
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I was in college when he was elected over Jimmy Carter, who I respected more. Carter made unpopular but correct decisions like 55 MPH speed limit. Reagan killed or limited programs that allowed me to get my college degree. My younger friends had a much tougher time financially.
Show threadBill the Radical GeekDec 29, 2022
@BikeCurmudgeon @TheNorthCoast @Cassandra @TonyStark @MJ @Karoli When he was elected I was 7. I grew up during his 8 years. Then his VP got elected when I was 15 and along came Dan Quayle. In 92 I voted Clinton.
Show threadJeffDec 29, 2022
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Show threadBethanyDec 29, 2022
@TheNorthCoast @Cassandra @TonyStark @BikeCurmudgeon @MJ @Karoli Reagan was no hero
Show threadPersisterDec 29, 2022
@TheNorthCoast @Cassandra @TonyStark @BikeCurmudgeon @MJ @Karoli AND don’t forget he made an official visit to a graveyard full of the graves of Nazies, including many members of the SS. Ellie Weizel among others begged him not to honor these fascists by going there. He went there anyway. So yeah I couldn’t stand Ronnie.
Show threadBikeCurmudgeonDec 29, 2022
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That's right! It exacerbated a feud in the Ramones. Joey and Dee Dee wrote Bonzo Goes To Bitburg. Arch conservative Johnny refused to perform it.