Why is it that Republicans are deeply uncool?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
So.

You're old enough to be her grandfather, ya daft old goat.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Agathon, just think back to high school. What kind of kids were doing theater, played in bands, etc.? This "dig me, I'm so cool" boho crowd does, in fact, have strong social roots outside the mainstream, reveling in the role of social outcast. I personally think it's more about being different than being liberal, as I recall plenty of socialists and commies in the music scene back in the day. These are the people who did not follow Daddy's advice to major in something sensible when they went off to college.

If there's anything sensible to major in at college, chances are it's not a real university subject, and should be removed to a polytechnic.

But by the time one is actually making a career in the arts, fascism is pretty uncool. And it's really IMHO more about being (seeming) cool than anything. It is absolutely no surprise to me that, on balance, the music, drama, and art communities tend toward the liberal side.

Yes, I agree that the Republicans are a front for fascism.

The sad part is that today's jingoistic political milieu seems to have pigeon-holed the liberals onto the Dem side, while the fiscal conservatives and religious all "have to" be GOP. Pretty pathetic. But I digress...

The GOP is now, for all intents and purposes, a religious party. Probably the first major party to be strictly religious in US history IIRC.

[-Jrabbit]

I was born in '53. Growing up, my father was a union man, very conservative and traditionally religious. Later, he became a small business owner. But he always voted straight-ticket Democrat.

My mother was a registered nurse, very sympatico, tended strongly toward the left on social issues. But other than anomalies like Kennedy vs. Goldwater, she tended to vote Republican.

You just don't see that crossover anymore.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Agathon
If there's anything sensible to major in at college, chances are it's not a real university subject, and should be removed to a polytechnic.

You should talk. You don't even teach a real subject.

[Harry Tuttle]

Ahem. Voted best TV P.I. and way cool.

[Kuciwalker]

Um, Arnold Schwarzenegger anyone?

[Dauphin]

He's apparently donated to the Democrats half as much as he did to the Republicans.

And he's married to a Kennedy isn't he?

[Kontiki]

Re: Re: Why is it that Republicans are deeply uncool?

Jim Caviezel

So when does the "Jesus supports the Republicans" campaign start?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
You should talk. You don't even teach a real subject.

You're widely regarded as a dolt, and so your opinion carries no weight.

[DinoDoc]

Folosify professors are in no position to speak of what does and does not carry weight.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Re: Re: Re: Why is it that Republicans are deeply uncool?

Originally posted by Kontiki
So when does the "Jesus supports the Republicans" campaign start?

......no. I can't do it.

[DinoDoc]

BTW, a cool Republican oddly not mentioned is Bruce Willis.

[Ming]

Sigh... discuss the topic, not the posters. Come on folks... be civil!

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by DinoDoc
BTW, a cool Republican oddly not mentioned is Bruce Willis.

I don't know. In Vanity Fair he's portrayed himself as being independent. Though I bet he's always voted Republican.

[Barnabas]

Originally posted by Harry Tuttle
Ahem. Voted best TV P.I. and way cool.

Is he still alive?

And, wasnt supposedly a real ghost in one of his movies? that you could see in a window, in that movie in which he takes care of a baby?