I mean yeah.
If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.
LBJ was taking about race. It the quote “give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you” applies pretty much universally to a third of the population, maybe more. Probably more.
BigMacHole@lemm.ee 4 days ago
I’m a Republican and THIS type of RHETORIC is Why this Country is So DIVISIVE! WHY can’t you Just Treat us like PEOPLE? GOSH! SO WHAT if I want Trans and Gay Kids to be Slaughtered like Sheep while Blue States literally BURN? YOU need to STOP being so DIVISIVE!
Scranulum@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Oh god this was good, it nearly got me. Flawlessly executed. The wanton capitalization is just. Perfect.
whodrankarnoldpalmer@startrek.website 4 days ago
You forgot “I used to be a liberal until radical leftists started putting people up against the wall for mistakenly using the wrong pronouns. So really, it’s your fault that I changed my screen name to 14Pepe88, changed all my opinions about vaccines, want to abolish the income tax, and am now okay with concentration camps at Gitmo. So, like, now I’m a centrist, and you have only the Marxists to blame.”
Seleni@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh man this is perfect lol
I remember a meme circulating a little while ago that went something like, ‘People who change their opinions because they’re annoyed by liberals are weak-willed; liberals are annoyed by other liberals every single day.’
HiddenLychee@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I see that shit so often on Reddit and you hit the nail on the head. Like so many people blame feminists or some shit for making them vote for trump.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 4 days ago
I felt my blood pressure rising as I read this
Perfect satire!
blarth@thelemmy.club 4 days ago
Random caps
<chef’s kiss>
Battle_Masker@lemmy.world 3 days ago
we’re talking about politicians. anyone less of a multibillion dollar corporation doesn’t count in this scenario.
no disrespect towards you personally, that’s just the way it is. that;s why many dems turned into diet republican
db2@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m stealing that.
Letsdothisok@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Oh gross. The ignorance…