Comments by "" (@kellygreenii) on "David Hoffman" channel.

  1. Yep. That’s the American South. Everyone wants to believe that they are the hero or the victim in their own story. The problem is—if that were actually true—-the world would have very few villains. That is the mindset embodied by the Confederate monuments. The comfortable lies and convenient rationalization we tell ourselves so that we can still think that we are good people. While we turn a blind eye to the consequences of what we do. But what makes your judge an interesting character is that he’s slowly (if imperfectly and incompletely) setting aside those rationalizations and lies, and starting to wake up to the truth. That South Carolina and it’s culture was one of history’s great villains. To face that Great Evil...see it for what it really was....and not turn away or make excuses. Which, for the 1980s, makes him a more evolved human being than many even today. Nearly 40 years later.
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  2. It’s not about intellectualism. What you’re seeing here are working class white people who are acting and thinking in their own self interests. They are trying to hold down any minority groups. They are using religion as a hammer to beat anyone. They have aspirations and are thinking about what will move me and mine upward. That’s what’s gone. When you look at the Right today. They have no sense or drive to improve their own situation. They are simply looking for someone to blame, and for someone to kick down at. With right wing media giving them a steady diet of “villains” to blame. Other powerless people, so they don’t band together and start going after the rich.
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  3.  @antifazisbonifaz6964  Sorry but you need to stop looking at history through the lens of class conflict. The Modern American Right isn’t a monolith. It’s an unstable alliance of the Rich, and those dedicated to the cultural and political dominance of white Christians over society. Brought to other in opposition to a strong Federal Government. The class conflict I was referring to is a growing wedge that is threatening that alliance.
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