{"id":125708,"date":"2024-09-24T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125708"},"modified":"2024-09-24T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:58:04","slug":"the-before-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125708","title":{"rendered":"The Before Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125708\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=125708\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-125709 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-22.png 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/download-22-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Sharon Synowsky<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I got roped into a Twitter&#8230;*ahem*&#8230;exchange&#8230;with a rabid MAGA. Now, because I said in MY post that he would come at me with insults, he was restrained. Well, for MAGA. Aside from saying he hates liberals, we\u2019re all brainwashed, and calling me a liar, he did pretty well.<\/p>\n<p>During the exchange, I asked him to think about this. Prior to 2015, did you hate liberals? Prior to 2015, did you call us liars? Prior to 2015, could you talk about politics without it devolving into an insult-filled rant?<\/p>\n<p>He said yes, he did. I, of course, said I didn\u2019t believe him because I can remember having civil political discourse with Republicans prior to 2015. I can remember talking about abortion and gun control (the 2 HOT BUTTON issues) without it turning into a shouting match. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>And that made ME pause, and really THINK&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Guys, I don\u2019t think MAGA remembers The Before Time. They don\u2019t remember a time where they weren\u2019t stewing in their bad feelings. Trump has been stoking their anger and hatred of the \u201cThems\u201d &#8211; immigrants, non-Christians, Democrats, \u201cthe deep state\u201d &#8211; for nearly a decade. They\u2019ve spent the better part of the past decade transforming themselves into mini-Trumps. I can\u2019t imagine how exhausting it must be to maintain that negative energy for so damn long.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t remember when it was not only OK, but normal for Dems and Republicans to work together. They don\u2019t remember it wasn\u2019t always US v. Them. They don\u2019t remember when politics weren\u2019t front and center. They don\u2019t remember that politics used to be boring, when no one who wasn\u2019t IN politics only paid attention every 4 years.<br \/>\nThey don\u2019t remember when they paid little attention to immigration and the border. They don\u2019t remember when they had no idea what CRT and DEI is. They don\u2019t remember when they didn\u2019t know about Drag Queen Reading Time. Or if they did, they don\u2019t remember that it didn\u2019t bother them.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t remember that they loved their liberal family members. They don\u2019t remember nice holiday gatherings where no one argued about politics. They don\u2019t remember that their estranged family and friends pulled away from them. They think that they were the ones who \u201cbanished\u201d them.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t remember that they once believed the EXPERTS in science, medicine, economics and that their skepticism was aimed at politicians. They don\u2019t remember when they didn\u2019t get their news from Fox, Charlie Kirk, Benny Johnson, Newsmax and OAN. They don\u2019t remember when they questioned the things they were told.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t remember that they didn\u2019t hate \u2013 or even pay much attention to \u2013 the things that now make them angry, sometimes to the point of violence. They don\u2019t remember when their very identity was not tied directly to their politics. They don\u2019t remember when politics wasn\u2019t their religion and Trump was just a man and not their god. They don\u2019t remember when they could think for themselves. Hell, they don\u2019t remember that they still can.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, they don\u2019t remember that they, and America, weren\u2019t always like this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sharon Synowsky I got roped into a Twitter&#8230;*ahem*&#8230;exchange&#8230;with a rabid MAGA. Now, because I said in MY post that he would come at me with insults, he was restrained. Well, for MAGA. Aside from saying he hates liberals, we\u2019re all brainwashed, and calling me a liar, he did pretty well. During the exchange, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247],"tags":[32329],"class_list":["post-125708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-political-columns","tag-the-before-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125708"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/125709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}