“Trump has energized [white supremacists] politically”
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bjwsan
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For the sake of argument, which I'm sure this will start, let's just concede 'some of it does'... 1/2%? 1%? Don't know, don't care about the fringe on either side.
The movement of this election has little to do with racism or even recently defined social injustice. Me thinks it has more in common with the French Revolution - just hopefully less violent.
The American monarchy and aristocracy is the self-serving political class, on both sides - though HC is the epitome. Instead of the guillotine, we have the ballot box, and if that pendulum doesn't swing enough this time, count on it being even crazier in 4 years...
Hotdog
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And Im sure racial hate groups of other kinds are attracted the left.
Is it just ok to hate white people now? Is that where we are as a society?
For YEARS I've bitched that the left is at its core anti-Western, and that as such ideals continue to spread among the elites of the intelligentsia, an eventual backlash was inescapable. Unfortunately, we're seeing the backlash now with the assaults on "political correctness" and other leftist ideals becoming mainstream, and the capitalization on such sentiment by the alt-right and others with white nationalist sentiments.
Ah, nice rhetoric. But no, I don't agree at all. There are no parallels between the two situations. The French did not consider obesity a major societal problem.
As for the stats, I'm at work now, but I'll get back with you. But it's far larger than 1% or 2%.
Trump serving as the overthrower of "The American monarchy and aristocracy" is too rich. I'll give you that Hillary is part of the self-serving political class, as are most of Congress. But Trump redefines self-serving. That Trump supporters think he would be better than Hillary corruption-wise merely accentuates their shocking stupidity.
I like what you did there!
Not even close to fringe. From 2008 to 2014, white nationalist organizations increased from 149 to over 1,000 in 2014. It began with the election of an African American and has snowballed ever since. Trump's calling card is immigration and his ability to marginalize minorities and women. Trump's supporters are absolutely bomb-first-ask-questions-later. 41% of Trump's supporters are for the bombing of Agrabah, the fictitious city of Aladdin. The list goes on and on.
If you want to see some eye-opening footage, find rally footage from Palin's speeches in places in the Midwest like Ohio. I was blown away out the open racism. The economy is doing pretty well for the middle class actually, and you can find plenty of information about this. The movement has everything to do with perception, not reality. Racism is at its core.
I understand that we have the power to elect these officials, and we are to blame when it comes to the people who are in office. We keep voting them in. What you are leaving unsaid (as pointed out by str8line) is just who the blade of the guillotine is. It's Trump. I have no idea what would lead you to believe that Trump has any intention of serving anyone other than himself and perhaps his family. The way he has pandered is historical, and his supporters are so gullible that it is tragic. Trump has proposed nothing even remotely concrete that would aid the middle and lower classes. The man's castle is made of solid gold, and he doesn't even know that jeans exist. Hardly a spokesperson for the less fortunate of the world. He is much more like the monarchy of the French Revolution than anyone who has run for the presidency in the last thirty years. Also, don't forget who rose from the French Revolution, Napoleon. The Alt-right doesn't sound that far off with Trump.
Yup, sure. It is racism when Trump says tax Chinese imports, kill NAFTA, build a wall to stop immigrants from taking jobs from the poor, make a VAT tax, replace Obamacare so it is better (not repeal). These things liberals have said for years but cause it is a republican it is racist against Chinese Mexicans Germans Mogyui Pigeons an fat people.
If your trolling were innocuous, it would be funny. You actually sound like many a typical Trump supporter and are as on point as a hysterical Rudy Giuliani defending Rump.
Holy ****! I just noticed your avatar is a photoshop of Ballou.
I always struggle with your short posts, since I never know if there is some real meaning hidden four layers below. Not saying there is, but I just never know. Are you referring to a misspelling of Baloo the Bear or to the male model, Tyson Ballou? Neither are right, but I like your Schmoyoho, Antoine Dodson, and Kim Jong Un man. I think he's moved on to corn though.