The Last Time America Was Great

[UT alum]

I’ve been hearing this “make America great again” mess ‘til I’m about sick. America has never been not great in my opinion. I’d like some of the faithful to give their opinions on when, before Trump,  the last time America was great.

[UT alum]

On 4/26/2025 at 8:51 PM, UT alum said:

I’ve been hearing this “make America great again” mess ‘til I’m about sick. America has never been not great in my opinion. I’d like some of the faithful to give their opinions on when, before Trump,  the last time America was great.

Interesting that no one has come up with a time…

[thetragichippy]

3 hours ago, UT alum said:

Interesting that no one has come up with a time…

Because it is a nonsense post

But if you want a few examples

1. America was great when my daughter didn't have to compete against males in sports

2. America was great when men could not use a woman's restroom because he "thought" he was a woman. 

3. America was great when there was only 2 genders

4. America was great when the Government actually enforced immigration laws.

5. America was great when I didn't have to return my shopping cart to a corral the employees did. 

6. America was great when I could go into a store and employees where doing work instead of playing on their cell phones. 

7. America was great when sports teams could call themselves the Indians and not be cancelled. (props to PNG for refusing to change their name and props to Evadale for still flying the Confederate flag because they are The Rebel's) 

 

[UT alum]

38 minutes ago, thetragichippy said:

Because it is a nonsense post

But if you want a few examples

1. America was great when my daughter didn't have to compete against males in sports

2. America was great when men could not use a woman's restroom because he "thought" he was a woman. 

3. America was great when there was only 2 genders

4. America was great when the Government actually enforced immigration laws.

5. America was great when I didn't have to return my shopping cart to a corral the employees did. 

6. America was great when I could go into a store and employees where doing work instead of playing on their cell phones. 

7. America was great when sports teams could call themselves the Indians and not be cancelled. (props to PNG for refusing to change their name and props to Evadale for still flying the Confederate flag because they are The Rebel's) 

 

Could you give a little more flimsy answer?

[thetragichippy]

40 minutes ago, UT alum said:

Could you give a little more flimsy answer?

Since Trump ran on ending woke.......I think it's fitting. 

Any of those you disagree with?

[SmashMouth]

On 4/26/2025 at 8:51 PM, UT alum said:

I’ve been hearing this “make America great again” mess ‘til I’m about sick. America has never been not great in my opinion. I’d like some of the faithful to give their opinions on when, before Trump,  the last time America was great.

Once again, I find myself sharing common ground with you. I wish more on here and in the mainstream would reach across when it's fitting.

Although we've definitely been through trying times, embarrassing times and downright treacherous times, I can't imagine a better country at any point in time than the United States of America.

[bullets13]

On 4/26/2025 at 8:51 PM, UT alum said:

I’ve been hearing this “make America great again” mess ‘til I’m about sick. America has never been not great in my opinion. I’d like some of the faithful to give their opinions on when, before Trump,  the last time America was great.

I'm of the opinion that America has always been great, but no period of time has ever been without its warts and major problems. But as a country the left had us heading downhill quick. I'm not nearly as conservative as a lot of folks on here. I'm a libertarian who votes right because I'll never have a viable candidate. That said, the woke left was out of control. Some things that were very necessary (equal rights, gay rights, etc.) came about years or decades ago, and things improved (as they should have), but then just kept going to the point of absurdity. When "protected" classes went from receiving the rights they deserved to being able to step on other's rights to do whatever they want is when problems started. It's been really nice to see the pushback from people with common sense. There should be no debate that biological men not be allowed to compete in and dominate women's sports. People claim to care about women's rights and then push for trans to be allowed to beat them. That's insanity! When gay pride parades involve men walking around with their genitals out in front of children, who's rights are more important? And there are dozens of more examples. I don't love Trump, in fact I can't stand him. I would've taken literally any decent republican over him. That said, I'm perfectly content with him doing whatever it takes to shore up the border and take as many illegals off the government teat as possible. What Biden (or his handlers) did was treason, and it helped put Trump back in office. And I'm not anti-immigration. At last count I've written letters of recommendation for citizenship for SEVEN different immigrants from Mexico who went through legal channels to get here. I'm not sure how the tariff thing is going to turn out, but if it turns out okay then the left (and their biased news sources) are screwed for the next election and for some time to come. The recent presidential and house/senate results are a rebuke of what the left has become, but the left hasn't learned their lesson and are doing the same thing. Their only chance is that Trump's economy fails, and the media is doing all they can to help stoke that fire. 

[OlDawg]

Trump is Rodney Daingerfield to the Democrat’s Judge Smails & Bushwood Country Club members.

[AggiesAreWe]

42 minutes ago, OlDawg said:

Trump is Rodney Daingerfield to the Democrat’s Judge Smails & Bushwood Country Club members.

BINGO!!!!

[myrecordwashorrible]

3 hours ago, OlDawg said:

Trump is Rodney Daingerfield to the Democrat’s Judge Smails & Bushwood Country Club members.

Does this mean we all get what Rodney claimed in the last line of the movie?

[CardinalBacker]

Great question. I think at all points in time the US has been great, with some obvious missteps and problems along the way. Those have been addressed, such as the ending of slavery, civil rights Act of 1964, etc…

America of today isn’t exceptional, other than the greed and laziness of its citizens. We’re all entitled to everything, but feel no obligation to contribute anything.  We’ve borrowed ourselves into a no-win situation and I’m of the opinion that we’re going to topple eventually. We can blame political parties, but at the end of the day it’s the public who’s to blame.  
 

One of the things that MAGA taps into is a longing for the love of country. There are still a lot of people who feel patriotic and love their country. They would like to see America once again be a land of promise, but don’t have the sophistication to see that the current admin is doing nothing about it, other than branding the emotion for political purposes. 
 

Cutting taxes won’t work. Raising taxes won’t work, either. The only solution is to cut spending, and that’s something that the politicians that we keep electing will not even talk about because they know that the voting public won’t allow it…. On any issue.  
 

What are we doing today that makes us great? All we can do is point at our history and say “look back at what we were.”