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leftynyc

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11. Sigh

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Fri Jun 3, 2016, 05:17 AM

Jun 2016

It had been coming closer to the time where the hate was there but shame kept the imbeciles quiet. Now they have far too many voices in positions that get attention and are emboldened.

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Anti-Semitic incidents are soaring, group says [View all] Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 OP

People are even freer about it on this very website. nt villager Jun 2016 #1

People are far more happy to show their true colors now nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #2

Yup. Further in the article... Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #3

I know. nadinbrzezinski Jun 2016 #8

With Trump on the news 24/7, hate has gone mainstream... Rhiannon12866 Jun 2016 #4

Trump and his supporters and a complicit media... Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #14

Despicable, I don't tolerate it, here or anywhere. appalachiablue Jun 2016 #5

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2016 #6

People are emboldened by bigotry being celebrated from so called political leaders. Most people... Humanist_Activist Jun 2016 #7

Yup, 100% agree... Moostache Jun 2016 #9

The GOP has given rise to a real plutocrat that thinks Putin is the bomb. Rex Jun 2016 #10

Sigh leftynyc Jun 2016 #11

Rec & Kick. MerryBlooms Jun 2016 #12

Trump and the refugee crisis is letting the Neo-Nazis out from under their rock. Odin2005 Jun 2016 #13

Kick, rec, solidarity JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #15

Thank you! Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #16

Do you think the anti Israel thoughts libodem Jun 2016 #17

The inevitable response. DavidDvorkin Jun 2016 #18

Like bigotry in general, things aren't black and white. Behind the Aegis Jun 2016 #19

Thank you much libodem Jun 2016 #20

K&R ismnotwasm Jun 2016 #21