alphanerd4@lemmy.worldM to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.world · 17 days agoSometimes You Don’t Get to Have Elders. In Their Place, Vicious Old People.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1677arrow-down127
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minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down2·17 days agoYou grew up thinking Reagan was normal. He wasn’t.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·17 days agoI wasn’t around for Reagan, I was a Bush Sr. Baby. I grew up thinking George W. Bush was fucked up as soon as I was old enough to have some semblance of political consciousness.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·17 days agoWhen I saw people treating him seriously after playing Fighter Pilot Barbie I knew things were going to go downhill fast.
You grew up thinking Reagan was normal. He wasn’t.
I wasn’t around for Reagan, I was a Bush Sr. Baby.
I grew up thinking George W. Bush was fucked up as soon as I was old enough to have some semblance of political consciousness.
When I saw people treating him seriously after playing Fighter Pilot Barbie I knew things were going to go downhill fast.