posted ago by The69thBrokage ago by The69thBrokage +9 / -0

I was watching some news coverage of Reagan's victory in '80, and the Republican states were all blue. The tin foil hat part of me says that it's because the slogan, "better dead than red," was a bit too on the nose.

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swifty123456 4 points ago +4 / -0

the media did it early 2000! not the rpeublicans

to paint us as nazis

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GEOTUS_JR 4 points ago +4 / -0

Projection. Commies in media changed it in 2000 so that Dems were not synonymous with CCP/Commie Red.

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freeUSArevolutionnow 2 points ago +2 / -0

I’m too young to know firsthand, but I believe it was in 2000 that the colors switched.

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swifty123456 2 points ago +2 / -0

the media did it early 2000! not the rpeublicans

to paint us as nazis

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Gunslinger1776 1 point ago +1 / -0

It stuck after Bush v Gore.

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Lapstrake 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah, that was annoying.

Not as annoying as turning the stars upsidedown in the GOP logo so they can giggle about how dumb we are for unknowingly supporting Satanic occult shit. I can't stand these people.

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/6epita/in_2000_the_gop_reversed_the_stars_on_their_logo/

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Stinkosaurus_Rex 1 point ago +1 / -0

Started in the late 70s and early 80s, finally locking in with the current in 2000. Here's some background history - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-republicans-were-blue-and-democrats-were-red-104176297/