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I no longer have many liberal friends. It stopped around the time I supported Trump in 2016. I didn’t stop being their friends; they stopped being mine. Being unfriended or blocked on Facebook-Meta isn’t the end of the world. Then, it spread offline.

Obviously, I was brainwashed. I was labeled a racist, xenophobe, misogynist, etc. If a word ending with “ist,” “phobe,” or “ism”, it was me. None of it was true, and the attacks were ad hominem, not on issues.

The problem was that I couldn’t think for myself. But when I listen to Legacy Media on any given day, it’s like it gets together each morning and comes up with a phrase, repeated verbatim by various pundits all day long. Now, to me, that’s the inability to think for yourself.

My inability to think for myself was rooted in my lack of education, which led to ignorance. I barely made it through high school, driven by sheer boredom and other alluring distractions. However, this changed when I pursued higher education.

I went to college, then graduate school, and got accepted to law school. At the time, I was told that one in 12 were accepted to law school. I have no clue. I know we were drowned the first year in bookwork, seemingly to weed us out. A lot quit, so if that was the plan, it worked.

They love to cling to that stereotype that all Trump voters drink PBR-I did-live in trailers-I grew up around these folks, and they were good, hard-working people- and didn’t graduate high school. They sincerely believed it. I laugh at their absurdity now. These are people who can’t define a woman without a biology degree and believe a man needs to use tampons or can give birth.

I came to understand that they were never really my friends. Real friends give each other a pass; losing friends is one thing. Losing family members takes it to a new level. It reminds me of the Civil War, in which brothers fought on opposite sides. It’s sad but true that even family members can’t overlook politics.

Friendship and family shouldn’t end for these reasons, but they can and do. I have read that this has happened to many others and have lived it. I’m willing not to discuss beliefs with certain people, but I won’t sacrifice my principles for those who insist, nor would I ask another to do so.

I will explain why I’m right; sometimes, in person, it works better than online. The media is the true force of propaganda and feeds the gullibility of the masses. I get my info from both sides, although admittedly more from conservative-leaning sources than liberal ones.

It shows us the danger of allowing a media complex to take sides and the threat of allowing political parties and politicians to accept private donations for favors. This brings up another point: Along these lines, I don’t use the word “liberal” much anymore. The term has changed since I was young.

At one time, both liberals and conservatives shared a common interest in America; the difference was the means to the end. It’s why Ronald Reagan and Tip O’Neil could fight like cats and dogs yet admire each other. I seldom use the term Democrats because I believe it’s becoming an extinct breed. The WalkAway folks typically say, “I didn’t leave the democrats party; the democrat party left me.” It’s a fair assessment. I use Left but consider it to be a hate group.

Half the people in this country are willing to forcefully and violently work on behalf of a system that was robbing them of their money and their freedoms. That’s the strength of propaganda. I say, stand your round. You’re correct, and they’re wrong.

I loved Westerns as a kid. Some of my favorites are missing here, like Guy Madison as Wild Bill, for one(since I had the whole outfit and lunchbox and loved the guy).

Not to get all 2nd Amendment here on shootings, but I had just about every gun there was, realistic in those days. While we’d have “realistic” gunfights and hunt with real guns, there are no school shootings that I recall except Charles Whitman, and I’m pretty darn sure it had nothing to do with Westerns. The Cowboys, then, when shot, didn’t even bleed.

I do not see Gunsmoke or Have Gun, Will Travel here. And since Sugarfoot and Bronco are here, Cheyenne should be, too. Lots of old TV shows are missing. And then there were the movies.

Caps were an expense but cheap. I bought mine at the local pharmacy by the boatload, plus single caps for derringers, like my Maverick belt buckle gun. Maybe I had too many rolls of caps because I would take a roll at a time and slam it with a hammer.

Just a day of reflection. It wasn’t all that long ago when cartoon characters became threatening, or a childhood movie I liked? So Dumbo, Peter Pan, and The Aristocats are harmful to young children, and the Swiss Family Robinson, a favorite of mine when young, is bad.

The above is Disney. The reality is I was more into Warner Brothers. It was a little more violent but less complicated than Disney characters. Disney let us know Pluto was a dog. We thought Goofy was a dog, but he wasn’t because he wore clothes. That made him a dude that looked like a dog. Plus, a dog dude can talk. Think Pluto for a real dog.

I never liked Dumbo, but I’m sure someone probably did. I’m still trying to figure out Peter Pan, but my guess is there is something sinister about him. I don’t know who The Aristocats are, but I know this: I hate ’em now.

The first three are racist and/or don’t paint a pretty picture of Native Americans, but once you hit seven years old, if I understand everything, you can handle and watch it.

The Swiss Family Robinson was flagged for portraying the pirates as a “foreign menace.” Well, I remember the movie, and actually, they were. I vividly remember the battle scene and a pirate making his way up the hill and getting hit in the head with a big rock. Maybe I was over the magic age of seven and could handle it because I didn’t bop many people on the head with a rock after seeing it.

I even read the book, and what the wokies are missing here is that it takes place around 1800, or maybe they’re not missing the point. Why? That’s around when this country’s somewhat canceled third president was in office. You know the guy.

The POTUS at the time thought the Barbary pirates were a menace and sent battleships and stuff there. They fought around Tripoli and places in foreign lands and won everything. And the Marines decided to have a hymn, and in the very second line, it’s there, “To the shores of Tripoli.” So they were battling the foreign menace if you think about it.

All very odd is my thought, but I can’t figure out how Johnny Bravo survives this. The dude is oozing toxic masculinity and chauvinistic-not a good role model for boys under seven. And let’s not forget my favorite, Clutch Cargo. This animated series was ahead of its time.

Maybe Clutch, a man’s man, survives because he has a soft side. He always had his young ward, Spinner, the boy with the odd name. Spinner had no human friends but his trusty pet dachshund, Paddlefoot.

And those pirates look menacing to me, by the way.

Here’s a link to a story about Disney characters. It doesn’t include the pantless Pluto.

https://nypost.com/…/disney-forbids-kids-from…/…

I enjoyed the extra sunlight yesterday evening, one more hour than the day before. The president has mentioned changing it to standard time all the time.

But Trump hasn’t firmly committed to being for or against scrapping Daylight Saving Time. Back in December, he sounded like he wanted it gone, but this month, on March 6, he shrugged it off as a “50-50 issue.”

I’m for keeping it forever—I love the extra evening light. This is probably because, as kids, we played outside until it got dark. Sunsets at 5 p.m. or earlier in the northern US don’t make for a fun time.

Trump can’t change Daylight Saving Time on his own; Congress must pass a law. While I like DST myself, States can already opt out, so let them decide. It can make a difference, depending on where you live.

Not to mention the problem this would have caused in the Back to Future movies, both going and coming.