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Referring to President Trump's State of the Union speech, MSNBC commentator Joy Reid said recently >>
"Church ... family ... police ... military ... the national anthem ... Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism. The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for."
But "nostalgia" is for something that existed in the distant past, that doesn't exist now. Problem with what Joy Reid cited, DOES exist now, and has all along for the past 60 years, and longer.
EARTH TO JOY: This isn't a nostalgia thing. Maybe in liberal secluded quarters, it may seem to be that, but actually, the things you mention here, have never stopped being valued by Americans, during all these decades.
There may have been an understandable dip in admiration for the military during the 1960's (when I served), due to the bad-idea Vietnam War (attacking people who didn't attack or threaten us). Even this was more of a politicians' screwup, rather than a military one. Other than this, admiration for the military, police, firefighters, Church, family, the national anthem, and nationalism has never really wavered. Not in flyover states - you know, the ones that told California, New York, and Hillary Clinton who our next president was going to be.
Lastly, in case Joy Reid may be reading this, my favorite TV shows are >>
1958 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
1978 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
1998 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
2018 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
"Church ... family ... police ... military ... the national anthem ... Trump trying to call on all the tropes of 1950s-era nationalism. The goal of this speech appears to be to force the normalization of Trump on the terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for."
But "nostalgia" is for something that existed in the distant past, that doesn't exist now. Problem with what Joy Reid cited, DOES exist now, and has all along for the past 60 years, and longer.
EARTH TO JOY: This isn't a nostalgia thing. Maybe in liberal secluded quarters, it may seem to be that, but actually, the things you mention here, have never stopped being valued by Americans, during all these decades.
There may have been an understandable dip in admiration for the military during the 1960's (when I served), due to the bad-idea Vietnam War (attacking people who didn't attack or threaten us). Even this was more of a politicians' screwup, rather than a military one. Other than this, admiration for the military, police, firefighters, Church, family, the national anthem, and nationalism has never really wavered. Not in flyover states - you know, the ones that told California, New York, and Hillary Clinton who our next president was going to be.
Lastly, in case Joy Reid may be reading this, my favorite TV shows are >>
1958 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
1978 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
1998 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables
2018 >> Gunsmoke, the Untouchables