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Bettie

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13. And neo-Nazis and the KKK are now

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Nov 22, 2016, 09:48 AM

Nov 2016

the mainstream of the Republican party.

Let's not pretend otherwise, those attitudes and beliefs have been there for a long time, now they simply are able to be fully open with them.

They've been given permission to openly be who they really are instead of hiding behind a pretense of being decent humans.

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There is no Alt-Right [View all] malaise Nov 2016 OP

Yep. They can give it any feel-good name they want, they're just a bunch of Solly Mack Nov 2016 #1

Absolutely true. RelativelyJones Nov 2016 #2

Well, "alt" does mean "old" in German... JHB Nov 2016 #3

more like Alt-Reich... Raster Nov 2016 #4

Does this belief help you sleep at night? Indydem Nov 2016 #5

It was a visceral reaction BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #9

They have made RW fascism "benign" BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #6

White NATIONALIST supremacists. Best not forget just Hortensis Nov 2016 #7

New blossom on an old plant. eShirl Nov 2016 #8

Absolutely correct and fascism takes in a large part of the Republican Party. gordianot Nov 2016 #10

I wonder TNNurse Nov 2016 #11

And lets not forget how the MSM has been saying Alt- Right turbinetree Nov 2016 #12

And neo-Nazis and the KKK are now Bettie Nov 2016 #13