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rocktivity

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2. Anti-intellectualism has always been

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2019, 12:09 PM

Sep 2019

one of early warning signs of facism:

1. Powerful and continuing nationalism
2. Disdain for human rights
3. Identification of enemies as a unifying cause
4. Rampant sexism
5. Controlled mass media
6. Obsession with national security
7. Religion and government intertwined
8. Corporate power protected
9. Labor power suppressed
10. Disdain for intellectualism and the arts
11. Obsession with crime and punishment
12. Rampant cronyism and corruption

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Donald Trump has built a much larger "wall" than the one imagined on our Mexican border... [View all] kentuck Sep 2019 OP

I have tried to penetrate the wall with people whom I thought were rational and intelligent... kentuck Sep 2019 #1

Anti-intellectualism has always been rocktivity Sep 2019 #2

Fuck...we are so far past the last "early warning sign" Bettie Sep 2019 #11

It's a cult cutroot Sep 2019 #3

Anything less than total subservience to the master rocktivity Sep 2019 #5

They will never admit to it cutroot Sep 2019 #7

"More people trust Fox" ... OBEY ... lambchopp59 Sep 2019 #4

They defended Bush/Cheney samplegirl Sep 2019 #15

The division started before trump, and I am not defending him Perseus Sep 2019 #6

And colleges too. Have strayed from Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #10

That is amazing...yeap, no snow in Florida, one would think that even a HS kid would know that Perseus Sep 2019 #14

They have been demonizing and dehumanizing us. MasonDreams Sep 2019 #8

Yes, unfortunately you are right. It's like the basic Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #13

They are blinded by hate Tennessee Hillbilly Sep 2019 #9

Kentuck..this post is so true. Living in a red state now Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2019 #12