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7. Precisely. There is no "Trumpism", this attitude is baked into the conservative core

Wed Jul 22, 2020, 07:52 AM

Jul 2020

Schlafly and her fellow conservative activists (William F. Buckley, Brent Bozell, etc.) were smarter about it, but they were out to advance their cause at all costs and would wreck anybody who got in their way. The fostered hatred of the media about "liberal press bias", by which they meant "failure to cheerlead the conservative viewpoint."

They spent the 60s and 70s going after and wiping out the Rockefeller Republican wing of the party. If you weren't Conservatively Correct, you either got the boot or were isolated and replaced after retirement with an Approved Conservative.

They were successful at that, so why would they change tactics? Demonize the opposition, push through their agenda, and brazen out the complaints and pushback. Just ask Mitch.

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We're Living in Phyllis Schlafly's America [View all] BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 OP

They say only the good die young Freddie Jul 2020 #1

She was in her early 90s, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #2

Precisely. There is no "Trumpism", this attitude is baked into the conservative core JHB Jul 2020 #7

Yes it is. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #8

Slightly OT: I was too young when The Firing Line originally aired.. tenderfoot Jul 2020 #18

That was my assessment as well. JHB Jul 2020 #22

I'm with both you and JHB on that! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #32

How I despised her smug hypocratic face! She was everywhere, lecturing women 'stay home and STFU'!!! bobbieinok Jul 2020 #3

Her 1964 book A Choice Not An Echo claimed liberalism had taken over the GOP bobbieinok Jul 2020 #4

You must have intuited my response BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #6

She was awful. BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #5

It is with no joy North Shore Chicago Jul 2020 #9

Ugh, you must have been traumatized just being around her. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #10

You have all my sympathy! BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #12

My mother is against women's rights and has the same mentality. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #20

Thank you for posting this. I had a number of encounters with her over the years, none of niyad Jul 2020 #11

I remember seeing some BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #13

Oooh... her. I worked at a small publishing company... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #14

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Awww, thanks! It was a looong time ago! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #26

I don't normally suggest people turn on the boob tube for Hortensis Jul 2020 #15

This may be one of the very few BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #16

:) I agree that inimical RW forces have gained dangerous power Hortensis Jul 2020 #21

I can heartily endorse this BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #23

Hi I still think there are more of them... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #28

Well, there are a lot who've been voting with the far right Hortensis Jul 2020 #30

Oh, ha! Now's that's some This vs That! LOL! :D electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #31

Hi I'd have to also partly disagree about back then... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #27

In light of the Schlafly inspiration, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #33

Oh! ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #34

Margaret Atwood is a consultant BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #37

Oh I had forgotten about the "The Testaments"... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #38

Almost all women are like her, where I live. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #19

Even though it may not seem like it, BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #24

Thank you. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #25

Yikes! Stay safe! From what I've seen since ... electric_blue68 Jul 2020 #29

As you might notice in the final episode of Mrs. America... AntiFascist Jul 2020 #35

I still haven't seen BlueMTexpat Jul 2020 #36