Thank you.

And when he says:
“Despite increasing education levels, the public’s trust in the scientific community has been decreasing,” he said. “This is particularly true among conservatives, even educated conservatives. In 1974, conservatives with college degrees had the highest level of trust in science and the scientific community. Today, they have the lowest.”

Well that's my beef with today's GOP as opposed to the Republicans that raised me. I'm assuming this quote can be confirmed, it'd be silly if he shot himself in the foot with bad data. So I'm gonna trust him and say:

Nice to have it confirmed. So far I was relying on personal observations and anecdotal "evidence".

That change would be the entry of the Dixiecrats into the party.

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You've mentioned 'em a million times and now I gotta ask:

Who are the dixiecups? :)

Yeah, yeah I could google it but you seem to have invested in the subject... plus I'd rather hear this one from a human (like you or Kong or whoever) than some over-edited sterile wiki.

(which reminds me... not sure exactly what "The Beltway" is either but that sounds like geography so I'll go google that one)*

Edit:
*Well that was quick. The ring-road around DC. I wonder how long it'll take for this expression to become pejorative ;)

(which reminds me... not sure exactly what "The Beltway" is either but that sounds like geography so I'll go google that one)*

Edit:
*Well that was quick. The ring-road around DC. I wonder how long it'll take for this expression to become pejorative ;)

It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time...


'Inside the Beltway'.... <spit>

No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic)

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No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic)

Where do you think the <spit> goes... :P

Seriously... The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election. Favored continued segregation and no 'civil rights' for the blacks. In other words, KKK-style racists.

Northern Democrats continued to use the term for all Southern conservative Democrats up through at least the 1990 and possibly up to this day.

A lot of people also mistakenly apply the term against other political factions.

If the Trump thing blows up do you think it may also blow up the republican
hold on the old south? I am not an expert but I see allsorts of evidence
of the lingering echoes from the civil war to this day in your country.
Discuss....

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No no, please tell us about the 'dixiecups!' (sic)

Where do you think the <spit> goes... :P

Seriously... The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election. Favored continued segregation and no 'civil rights' for the blacks. In other words, KKK-style racists.

Northern Democrats continued to use the term for all Southern conservative Democrats up through at least the 1990 and possibly up to this day.

A lot of people also mistakenly apply the term against other political factions.

Adding a great many of them formally dropped out of the Democrat party when George Wallace ran for President on the American Independent party ticket. After his loss they licked their wounds and over time transformed into the religious conservative block of the Republican party as their money bought them influence. Thus switching both parties views on race.

Of course they stopped formally using the name after 1948, but the ideology lives on. With the time factor, few of the original ones are still alive. Their xenophobic cause lives on in a new generation, the Tea Party.

It is unfortunate Drumpf actually won outright. If he had not and gone 3rd party then the GOP would be rid of these xenophobic pigs and could return to actual government service. It does look like more that a few in the GOP want that to happen. http://www.npr.org/2016/06/16/482337068/3-more-republicans-say-they-cannot-endorse-donald-trump Perhaps they can still make it a reality.

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Anybody remember Ronald Reagan saying "Mr. Gorbachev - tear down this wall."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NjNL4Nsa4Q
Now the Donald says "Build that wall"!
If you are complaining he says "That is another 10 inches higher".

Mass Murdering and Enslaving, Marxists Walls - Are to keep Enslaved People INSIDE!

What exactly is the correlation?

Perhaps I have not said it here, but I have thought for a while that HE DOES also wish to keep US in.

Sarge...

Very interesting.

If I understand The Donald: Perhaps.

Just a hunch. But my hunch last December was Trump had an 80% chance of being the GOP nominee.

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Capitalize on this good fortune, one word can bring you round ... changes.

It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time...

Well that didn't take long at all! :P

The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election.

Of course they stopped formally using the name after 1948, but the ideology lives on.

Ok so it sounds like a very specific point-in-time. It also looks like the name was official as opposed to a nickname which I thought it was?

For some reason my brain is coming up with the (I'm guessing) pejorative "boll weevils"... Same guys? Or better, the evolution of the same guys and their ideology? Anyway, we're talking bible-belt right?

(Honest question: unkosher to say bible-belt? I assume it's just mildly irritating. I can't imagine it being supremely offensive but if it is... apologies in advance, I have no way of knowing unless someone tells me)

It already IS a pejorative, and has been for some time...

Well that didn't take long at all! :P

The Dixiecrats were a splinter wing of the Democrat party back in the 1948 election.

Of course they stopped formally using the name after 1948, but the ideology lives on.

Ok so it sounds like a very specific point-in-time. It also looks like the name was official as opposed to a nickname which I thought it was?

For some reason my brain is coming up with the (I'm guessing) pejorative "boll weevils"... Same guys? Or better, the evolution of the same guys and their ideology? Anyway, we're talking bible-belt right?

(Honest question: unkosher to say bible-belt? I assume it's just mildly irritating. I can't imagine it being supremely offensive but if it is... apologies in advance, I have no way of knowing unless someone tells me)

The Democrat party in the USA is hardly monolithic. There are numerous factions that make it up. (And yes, the Republican party is similar).

The boll weevils were one such faction that arose back in the 1950s. You might say that they are an evolution of the Dixiecrats due to having many of the same viewpoints in common.

The two major political parties in the USA don't really stand for anything concrete. At any point in time, they stand for what the party's leadership stands for. This changes rather frequently.

The one thing that all Democrats have in common is the fact that 'they are NOT Republicans'.

The one thing that all Republicans have in common is the fact that 'they are NOT Democrats'.

I have known some Democrats that were WAY MORE CONSERVATIVE than some Republicans I have known.

I have known some Republicans that were WAY MORE LIBERAL than some Democrats I have known.

Those of you from Europe would do well to understand this point about US Politics. Neither party has a fixed agenda, and both will Fark the People if given the chance.

As to 'bible-belt'... That term is highly NON-offensive down here, not even mildly irritating. Many residents of this region take the term as a badge of honor.

No need MK, ours is just the same way.

Tony Blair a CONservative in wolf's clothing...

...New Labour :-)

Drumpf v 2.0?

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Drumpf v 2.0?

Oh dear.
Europe's major far-right parties that are sponsored by Putin.
Now it's start to be very messy...

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76882&postid=1794431#1794431

Drumpf v 2.0?

Oh dear.
Europe's major far-right parties that are sponsored by Putin.
Now it's start to be very messy...

https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76882&postid=1794431#1794431

Messy? Putin loves Drumpf. It is the tea party types who have red wool over their eyes. When they wake up in the USSA it will be far too late.

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Drumpf v 2.0?

Oh dear.
Europe's major far-right parties that are sponsored by Putin.
Now it's start to be very messy...
https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=76882&postid=1794431#1794431

Messy? Putin loves Drumpf. It is the tea party types who have red wool over their eyes. When they wake up in the USSA it will be far too late.

Putin's a thug. Not an Intellectual. Nor has he any understanding of anything Non-Russian.

Putin is very smart and not a thug.
And he is stinking rich just as Donald.
Putin will probably meet Donald in the future.
Putin 9
Donald 1

Putin's a successful thug. Thugs usually have initial success against non thugs. Doesn't make them Intelligent.
"Putin will probably meet Donald in the future."
Despite the polls.... Agree. Increasing coming to believe, after many conversations with many people, in many different occupations, varied education, etc. The Donald will win an overwhelming victory.
Perhaps a repeat of Bush/Kerry 2004. When the 'Exit Polls' showed an overwhelming victory for Kerry!
Putin 9
Donald 1
Both the same. 5 - 5?

Putin is not a thug. He hires them and make it sure that any trace to him is gone.
He still plays with humans as he did when he was a kid playing with rats in St Petersburg.
Putin has also a LONG political background going back to 1990.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Political_career

Donald? Well...

If trump becomes president, he won't like this...

California has lost the plot

If trump becomes president, he won't like this...

California has lost the plot

WoW.!!!

Talk about Communism , Socialism , and just ridiculous to pay Criminals for not committing serious crime .

Sounds like Legalized Extortion of a community .....WoW !America has lost it's way for shore

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For Trump, or for Shore?

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"Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)>