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To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (756979)	2/10/2022 5:35:58 PM
From: didjuneau	2 Recommendations Recommended By DinoNavarre isopatch Respond to of 793550

It does seem to be a trait I've noticed among depressed people. Michael Savage was onto something when he called Liberalism a mental disorder. Is it in their DNA. Maybe?? Just figured out where the term Glowie came from. Take Government worker, shorten to "Govvie", add an L for liberal and voila! "Glowie". They can't stand it when we have a good ol time mocking them. Obama certainly had no sense of humor about it: sharylattkisson.com

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (756979)	2/10/2022 6:23:06 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793550

Starting to believe a lot of people have Democrat in their DNA. My family in Michigan is like that. I’ve always wondered if it’s something in the water.

To: Joe Btfsplk who wrote (756979)	2/11/2022 12:06:18 AM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Recommended By Maple MAGA Roads End SirWalterRalegh Respond to of 793550

It is almost true. I grew up in a union mill town. My dad was a small business owner (A fine cook who opened a fast food restaurant there in '66). The town was a forest products company, the workers all union. We had paper, plywood, particle board, lumber, specialty paper like milk cartons, chemicals, pretty much everything you could make out of a tree. We saw several strikes there, mostly pretty short. But I think two really hard ones, where the self-employed people really got creamed. Everyone who worked at a mill on strike got little beyond some union compensation. Those were hard times. I remember going with my dad to close up the business at 11, and if there was leftover food, we'd stop by the picketers at the gates and give it to them. I asked, "If they are taking the city down, why are we doing that?" He said, "Son, they'll be working again soon and why throw it way." This town was in a bright red state, but the unions turned everyone in the mill blue. The three-story management office was bright red. I still know a lot of people who, on graduation from high school, marched over to the mill and went to work. Those guys are still blue as they can be. It is pretty close to DNA. They don't tolerate criticism of unions, even though the mill and the jobs are long gone.