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I still don't understand why people idolized Reagen. The guy was not good
Especially since when he was governor, he ordered the army into Berkeley to corral the protesting Boomers, but then when those same Boomers got older and richer, they didn't want to pay taxes so they embraced him. These same "enlightened educated hippies" have descendants who now make up the tech bros controlling the country and embracing fascism.
In his last years, he was as demented as Trump, and he killed millions with purposeful inaction on AIDS, much like Trump with COVID.
when those same Boomers got older and richer
Except it was never the same Boomers. Most of the people involved in student demos remained at least progressive many decades afterwards. There were plenty of other boomers who were rightwing idiots and remained so. They were the ones throwing things at me when I was protesting, so I know. And I know what happened to a large number of my politically-minded peer group, and to many of the Young Republicans who hated us.
Don't forget Nancy... she was a real gem, too.
And she allegedly gave great head, just like Trump
I would argue, he was bad, even.
I suspect that Gavin would be Ronald Reagan v2.0, if he reaches the oval office. We should strive to get AOC, Mamdani, or even Mark Kelly in there instead.
Whoopsie, just another accidental support of fascism. Surely this time he'll apologize and not do it again, until his podcast needs more clicks.
Governor of the richest state in the US supports ideologies that favor the rich: shocking.
Moving to the right in preparation for a POTUS run. It never works and just plays right into the Ruling Party's hands.
Just like his tactical vetos of popular bills or ballot measures!
Or his time praising right wing podcasters and media personalities
I would argue it does work for attaining the presidency. Because that's what the oligarchs want to see
Newsom is a neoliberal his policies are literally based on Ronald Reagan’s legacy of screwing the working class
Real question is how many times newsom has praised Reagan https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/02/06/governor-newsom-proclaims-ronald-reagan-day-2024/.
Or how long until the dems slogan is the scariest words in the English language are I'm from government and here to help
I don't like Newsom (and am not from the USA), but the context of this Tweet is very clearly a response to Trump and an attack on his behaviour (especially of late), re: insulting/mocking Rob Reiner's death. His office/PR has regularly used Ronald Reagan's quotes (as the former hero of the Republicans) to point out how completely embarrassing and perverse Trump's presidency is to their former 'ethics' and values, and to ignore that context as tacit approval for Reagan is disingenuous.
This article (from a UK publisher) is really clutching at straws.
Having said all that, personally I think AOC or Bernie would be 100 times better candidates. Original Tweet below.
The DNC just buried its autopsy report from the 2024 election. Who knows what it said. But maybe Democrats ought to simply stop uplifting Republicans every chance they get. Fuck the outreach. Use other examples. I don't like this guy at all anymore. He's a snake.
Definitely a snake
Lol describing the presidency under Reagan as "a reminder of our common humanity" is 1000% praising and whitewashing Reagan, there is nothing "disingenuous" about it whatsoever.
Reagan was a devil in humans clothing. Saying he was humanity at all is spitting on the grave of people who died because of his actions.
This is just in, Newsom confirms that he is indeed a bigoted piece of shit.
It really sucks the way they treated AIDS initially. I still know elders who believe it is a divine punishment for gays. So many people died needlessly because of this.
This doesn't even scratch the surface of the American genocide known as the war on drugs though. Millions of lives lost and tens of millions of families destroyed. All completely preventable.
They knew all along the right thing to do, but they had to go after the poor and minorities. It was one of the most disgusting representation of oppression and classism in modern times.
Oops! The mask slipped off!!
Well, Reagan was another smooth-talking weasel with a slicked-back quiff. Game recognize game.
This is barely a fucking article about anything. Don't fall for this dumb social media garbage bullshit.
Fascist praises fascist, go figure.
Liberals gonna Lib.
Owner class pulling the strings… per usual.
Ronald Reagan was a cuckold.
His first wife used to drag him to parties, mock him in front of other men, and then go home with those men.
As she once said at one of these parties, "if you asked Ronnie to tell you the time, he would tell you how they build watches."
Cool, a clickbait headline engaging in the irrelevance fallacy of poisoning the well over a quote. Quoting someone doesn't mean supporting everything they ever did. Newsom's quote was recalling a time when a Republican president would say
We’re still a nation comprised of good and decent people whose fundamental values of tolerance, compassion, and fair-play guide and direct the decisions of our government.
in contrast to the current president who's entirely against such ideas.
The sensational rhetoric against quoting that is dishonest genetic fallacy.
Taking one for the gipper, eh?
Oh