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Common Sense Party

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55. My understanding is most of them were run out, not made to feel welcome
Tue Jun 4, 2013, 03:36 PM
Jun 2013

in the state anymore. It was not nearly as widespread as the media led the public to believe--imagine that.

A common misconception is that Idaho is somehow a racist or Neo-Nazi state. Around 1980, a Neo-Nazi and white separatist brought a band of followers to Hayden Lake near Coeur d'Alene and began regularly making the local and national news with his racist provocations. Although the local residents vigorously disapproved and regularly held much bigger counter-demonstrations, the Neo-Nazi image has stuck. Idahoans breathed a collective sigh of relief in 2001 when the 20 acre compound owned by the "church" was handed over to a woman who had filed a lawsuit against them after being assaulted by their guards, and many of the racists left the state.

http://wikitravel.org/en/Idaho

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Rec'd for the subject line pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #1
Abso-damn-lutely Richardo Jun 2013 #24
Yep. Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #65
Genius! WinkyDink Jun 2013 #80
At least this one actually looks like Hitler.. pipoman Jun 2013 #2
Adolph GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #6
That's a bit creepy. The other one is more whimsical. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #3
Really? I guess I'm not seeing it... demwing Jun 2013 #4
Why the hell would anyone want a Hitler teapot? AndyA Jun 2013 #5
An inscription on one Hitler flowerpot: Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #11
That is butt ugly ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #7
totally. bunnies Jun 2013 #15
Well with zombies you never know ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #23
haha! bunnies Jun 2013 #32
Damn straight. ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #34
As opposed to the attractive hitler teapots? Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #66
Ew ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #68
Oh de fuhry! Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #8
Idaho? NightWatcher Jun 2013 #9
I know right? ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #10
Lots of Aryan Nation types live in Idaho. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #12
About 15 years ago, perhaps. Common Sense Party Jun 2013 #53
They left? Converted? Or simply fell off the radar? Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #54
My understanding is most of them were run out, not made to feel welcome Common Sense Party Jun 2013 #55
Nah. Never felt Idaho was filled with Nazis. Some simply chose to live there. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #56
It's a beautiful place to choose Common Sense Party Jun 2013 #57
"SPLC Intelligence Report: Neo-Nazi building white supremacist compound in Idaho" DevonRex Jun 2013 #63
You can look at most states and find disgusting hate groups. Idaho has no corner Common Sense Party Jun 2013 #64
SLPC: "New ‘Aryan’ Compound in Idaho to be Sold Off in January" IDemo Jun 2013 #85
Wonderful! DevonRex Jun 2013 #86
Yes, there was that, too IDemo Jun 2013 #87
Idaho is too pretty DevonRex Jun 2013 #89
I dunno..... dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #19
google "hitler teapot" and click on images burnodo Jun 2013 #13
At least these teapots HappyMe Jun 2013 #14
ty...ty.......I'll be here all week. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #16
My Own Private Idaho... n2doc Jun 2013 #17
Camomile uber alles. Orrex Jun 2013 #18
This is all a tempest in a ... hmmm, what are those receptacles called Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #20
A samovar? n/t VWolf Jun 2013 #21
Exactly. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #39
You mean "add to the Fuhrer"?... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #22
The joke was already there. :-) WinkyDink Jun 2013 #81
Now, That One I see Hitler EC Jun 2013 #25
I have an idea for an entire line of dictator tea kettles. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #26
We'll Marx that one down on the list riqster Jun 2013 #42
And, for our Mexican friends ... Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #45
I'm Lenin towards that option. riqster Jun 2013 #47
Well quit Stalin and make a decision pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #52
Be careful, I can be Amin guy when I am provoked. riqster Jun 2013 #59
Well, excuuuuuse Moi pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #61
One Mao time, buddy, and riqster Jun 2013 #75
I Tojo before not to be so impatient. hootinholler Jun 2013 #60
Franco, my dear, I don't give a damn pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #62
Khadaffi my cloud then. hootinholler Jun 2013 #72
It's Suharto find a good cloudmate these days pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #73
Lets just Kruzchev on outta here then hootinholler Jun 2013 #92
You Gowon ahead pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #97
Ayatollah you no already. riqster Jun 2013 #74
Some people are Mussolini in on this thread Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #77
A bunch of commie-dian types riqster Jun 2013 #79
Yep. And there are some real Sekos among them. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #83
Toure-adors too. riqster Jun 2013 #94
It's pretty big here enough to Ramses a few more in hootinholler Jun 2013 #93
Cesar later then. hootinholler Jun 2013 #91
Oh, well done there. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #50
i'm not seeing it Enrique Jun 2013 #27
one with a creamer marble falls Jun 2013 #28
For a shot of explosive expresso? marble falls Jun 2013 #31
Teapublican teapot: marble falls Jun 2013 #29
Last one from me. I promise. marble falls Jun 2013 #30
That one makes a very delicious brew. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #33
ouch......... marble falls Jun 2013 #35
*Snort* Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #37
Boo! marble falls Jun 2013 #40
membership has its ..er.. privileges marble falls Jun 2013 #41
Hello, you are truly three times a lady pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #48
Can't help myself, I find Ritchie hyserically funny. marble falls Jun 2013 #49
But if you drink too much of it, you may find yourself at 3 a.m. Common Sense Party Jun 2013 #58
Yes ... and all night long. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #76
Ha! PD Turk Jun 2013 #36
Shouldn't it be Der Furor? nt auburngrad82 Jun 2013 #38
I'm a little tea pot, here is my seig, here is my heil! Initech Jun 2013 #43
i still don't see it arely staircase Jun 2013 #44
*applause* LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #46
It only works with one tea ball. rug Jun 2013 #51
Obscure Hitler trivia ismnotwasm Jun 2013 #67
Aw, that's not obscure! Everyone's heard the song about Hitler only having one ball.... Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #71
It would, however, make a delightful chamber pot. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #69
Ha! And on the plus side, nobody would want to dawdle. pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #70
I would like to make a chamber pot in the resemblence of a British P.M. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #90
The Hitler Pez Dispenser: Auggie Jun 2013 #78
Serious collector item, I would venture. dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #82
Okay, besides the Hitler part... Neoma Jun 2013 #84
Most people just make tea pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #88
Maybe you were just Green. riqster Jun 2013 #95
I would have tried harder but I was feeling a bit Pekoe pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #96
Formosa the time, DU can seem a bit humorless riqster Jun 2013 #98
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