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Populist_Prole

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12. Bitter and fearful "white flight-ers" and gun nuts

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jun 25, 2014, 01:41 PM

Jun 2014

Hyper christian may or may not be part of the mix. Not really conservative in the sense of say, William F Buckley. More reactionary.

Sounds overly simplistic, but it's been my observation interacting with people over the years.

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