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2. It's built on fear that often pretends to be disgust.

Thu Jul 5, 2018, 02:52 PM

Jul 2018

The fear is that if those reviled groups ever got together with the ret of us, we would be unstoppable.

So they will always seek to divide us.

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Conservative politics is built on disgust [View all] ProfessorPlum Jul 2018 OP

K&R. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #1

It's built on fear that often pretends to be disgust. Orsino Jul 2018 #2

Interesting premise, though I would argue more complexity. Caliman73 Jul 2018 #3

This! smirkymonkey Jul 2018 #4

I disagree somewhat Sanders4life Jul 2018 #5