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Tommy_Carcetti

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12. Call it what you will.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 12:15 PM

Sep 2016

Honestly, the term "alt-right" is the least bothersome thing about the ideology, other than the fact it makes them sound like they are just conservatives who like 1990s era rock music.

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But he seemed like an upstanding young man. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #2

I know! gratuitous Sep 2016 #21

Neckbeard did what? StrictlyRockers Sep 2016 #25

I read it as mercuryblues Sep 2016 #3

hah! And you probably wouldn't be wrong... sarae Sep 2016 #6

Hahahahaha you did too? PersonNumber503602 Sep 2016 #18

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Is he part of the dipshit donnie campaign? duncang Sep 2016 #5

That was my thought. One less Trump voter. FSogol Sep 2016 #8

Ralph don't lead nothing Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #7

He can't. No one follows someone who is shit-in-the-pants drunk. Phew! Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #31

oh jesus b. christ on a duck stupid people are still using this "alt-right" term... snooper2 Sep 2016 #9

What's stupid about it? MicaelS Sep 2016 #11

Call it what you will. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #12

It's a PC term for hate group Lordquinton Sep 2016 #14

Alt-right is actually a PC term for a domestic terrorist organization meow2u3 Sep 2016 #16

This StrictlyRockers Sep 2016 #26

That, too meow2u3 Sep 2016 #27

That too Lordquinton Sep 2016 #28

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2016 #32

Ummm....what's wrong with the term alt-right? LisaM Sep 2016 #19

Given that it associates extremist leanings and behavior with a catagory of the political right..... Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #20

sounds like a little pet name for a bunch of fucking assholes snooper2 Sep 2016 #23

Let me re-phrase. I am not asking what's WRONG with the alt-right LisaM Sep 2016 #29

You mean "Republicans" ? They_Live Sep 2016 #39

That seems an irrelevance to focus on. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #22

He's finding out it's not wise to assault a police officer. backscatter712 Sep 2016 #10

They need to max out his sentence for what he has done. n/t ncjustice80 Sep 2016 #15

These types don't understand that actions have consequences... Odin2005 Sep 2016 #41

the very fact he felt free to email her from JAIL DonCoquixote Sep 2016 #13

"30-year-old virgin Ethan Ralph could face up to five years in prison. " PersonNumber503602 Sep 2016 #17

This is great news! eom MohRokTah Sep 2016 #24

Good news everyone! Initech Sep 2016 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Sep 2016 #33

This guy openly identified with the alt-right, and was a central figure during Gamergate. Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2016 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Sep 2016 #35

not quite Loki Liesmith Sep 2016 #36

What did our resident Gamergate apologist say? Odin2005 Sep 2016 #42

Ok - I kind of feel sorry for him. Oneironaut Sep 2016 #37

Bwahahahah! Good! smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #38

Good, maybe those morons start learning that actions have consequences. Odin2005 Sep 2016 #40