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applegrove

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7. It is just a trope to put on Democratic policy by Republicans and seemed to work well

Reply to OAITW r.2.0 (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 27, 2021, 12:35 AM

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on latin-x voters in Florida among many across the country in 2020. Trump is stuck at 46 or 47% nationally and they need to peel off some people who greatly admired BLM suddenly last Spring when the treatment AA received at the hands of some police could no longer be denied and so many came together. So many came together and liked being together. That is the greatest fear of the right.

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Libertarians are saying some who started BLM were communists. So [View all] applegrove Jan 2021 OP

Didn't they say Martin Luther and the civil rights movement were backed by communists? Karadeniz Jan 2021 #1

Probably. I was just a kid then. Have not read up on it. applegrove Jan 2021 #3

I was in China a few times over the past 25 years. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2021 #4

I know!!! Trumpers probably haven't heard that the ussr broke up! Karadeniz Jan 2021 #6

It is just a trope to put on Democratic policy by Republicans and seemed to work well applegrove Jan 2021 #7

Cuban-Americans in Florida are very conservative JonLP24 Jan 2021 #14

Commies against racism and murder... eeek. KentuckyWoman Jan 2021 #2

Libertarians attacking BLM for a possible few "maybe" having Communist ideas. LOL StClone Jan 2021 #5

Here is what Biden did today: applegrove Jan 2021 #8

When they say communist they usually mean black or some other minority in the US JI7 Jan 2021 #9

"Communist" has been the right wing squeal since before FDR. It means nothing, Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #11

But people formerly or with family in latin america do. Biden needs to get on that. applegrove Jan 2021 #12

You make a great point. nt Progressive Jones Jan 2021 #19

They pretend they think everything they don't like is communism. Crunchy Frog Jan 2021 #10

I don't think they were ever communists JonLP24 Jan 2021 #13

Maybe. But people will think communism when they hear the word "marxists". applegrove Jan 2021 #15

There are a lot of Republicans who think Kamala Harris is a communist JonLP24 Jan 2021 #16

They obviously believe it will work on more people. Trump has a ceiling. So does applegrove Jan 2021 #17

Volkswagen was started by nazis who also used IBM early computers to facilitate the Holocaust... ck4829 Jan 2021 #18

They always say this.... LeftInTX Jan 2021 #20

The Bolshevik revolution terrified the plutocrats of post WWI. halfulglas Jan 2021 #21