Prickly City by Scott Stantis for October 19, 2021

An amiable dunce.

Best description of Reagan I ever heard.

I had a feeling when I first heard Trump was running for President, “Oh No! Ronald Regan all over again!”

That explains “Them” 1950’s movies.

Did the public ever see Ronald Reagan out of Actor Mode in his role as U.S. President? If he were alive today would he act the equivalent of a retro character in the modern equivalent of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show? Or a spokesman for supplemental Social Security benefits; or hawker for reverse mortgages? He did some effective commercials for 20 Mule Team Borax on “Death Valley Days.”

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hRqRmjbseqk

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nAFJ_qna_uY

And other ads, early in his movie career:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73588/14-vintage-ads-featuring-ronald-reagan

Ronald Reagan reigned over what some called “The Hollywood White House.” And to build further on that success led years later to have Republicans script Donald Trump in “The Reality Show White House.” At least Reagan knew when to close his show and get off the stage. Trump can’t do without “the smell of the grease paint and the roar of the crowd.”

Some monsters just make themselves.

Walk on through the wind,

Walk on through the rain,

Tho’ your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart

And you’ll never walk,

You’ll never, ever walk alone.

Richard Rogers

Right-wing populism’s core is fear and anger, especially of and at change, which is the core of existence. Honestly, not much more needs to be said on the matter. They are the true snowflakes. Stantis, call them out for what they are. We cannot grow as a peoples until those like you take proper, diligent action. Conservatism is dead until you do.

Shouldn’t Winslow’s robot have BO?

WE do, but people under 20 no longer do so. They make their monsters to be sexy.

No conservative should ever point the finger at others about creating monsters to scare yourself; they are the absolute masters of that technique.

The 1980’s were good times.

True, too many politicians and talking heads spend too much time manufacturing and then building things out of fear…

I remember when Reagan authorized the tear gassing of school children and the shooting of hippies in Berkeley when he was gov.

And then he made a traitorous arms deal with Iran when he ran for president against Carter.

His Contras loved to rape nuns and shoot school teachers because they were easy targets.

Evil Republicans think Reagan is their god.

Sometimes we just label things as monsters (scary nicknames) and hope simple-minded people will fear them.

We’re from the Government and We’ve come to help!

Yeah, he’s from the government, and he’s here to help. We can thank Mr. Reagan for that memorable piece of crap.