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RockRaven

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2. Also note that this claim is built on the back of the "white genocide" trope. He said REpopulate.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2018, 10:42 PM

Nov 2018

In order to repopulate something, it must be depopulated first.

It's more than just xenophobia. It isn't just fear-mongering about the immigrants/refugees themselves. It is about making people afraid for their own existence first and foremost.

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