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2026-07-24 01:55 UTC

Nixon was unusually cheerless and grumpy because he had a residual conscience, a memory of being touched by the faithful spirit of his Quaker mother, who referred to her children in the old Quaker way--avoiding the overfamiliar "you" and sticking with the courteous use of "thou" and "thee". Nixon was fatally tempted and corrupted by proximity to absolute power but it gnawed at him that he'd fallen so far. He self-medicated to a terrifying degree. After his Presidency ended in disgrace, Dick Nixon returned to marketing himself, building a new image as an elder statesman. (cont'd)

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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-24 02:04

Everyone bought it. Everyone important that is: just as mainstream U.S. #media and #politics still honors the plaster sainthood of Ronald Reagan, even though he was arguably the worst President who's ever existed (Trump is nobody compared with Reagan) and similarly they honor that tireless self-marketing of Richard M. Nixon. #Democrats fell for it of course, the useless traitorous chumps. They talk as if all Nixon's obscene preoccupation with conniving and digging up intellectual thugs to do dirty jobs for him was vanished past, washed away by Nixon's resignation. What political courage that took! the Democrats must say. (cont'd)

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@ellenor2000@mastodon.top 2026-07-24 04:16

@mxchara@seattle.pink "thou" was familiar and "you" was courteous, just fyi. #lang_en

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