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Buckeye_Democrat

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9. Nope. I used to think Rush Limbaugh was a fad, but it's even worse now.

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Thu Jun 22, 2017, 10:45 AM

Jun 2017

This country continues creeping toward fascism and it's mostly because of the messages of hate that largely go unchecked.

The Jews largely ignored the decades of hate that came from various sources in Germany too. Hitler and the Nazis didn't just turn on switch. The groundwork was done many years earlier.

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Time To Ask: Is The Alt Right / White Nationalism Movement A Fad? [View all] Initech Jun 2017 OP

Everything is a fad if you wait long enough... Baconator Jun 2017 #1

I believe there was a time ISIS/Daesh was described as just a fad too ck4829 Jun 2017 #2

No Fad, hatred is for long-term based upon the 3%er, etc., tattoos I've seen and history of racism. Hoyt Jun 2017 #3

Other. Dulcinea Jun 2017 #4

They have been around for as long as I can remember. leftyladyfrommo Jun 2017 #5

Agree gollygee Jun 2017 #6

In a country that had slavery and Jim Crow and now is actively working to not allow blacks to vote? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2017 #7

I think it's going to morph into something much scarier. Initech Jun 2017 #8

I wrote a tongue-in-cheek response on Yahoo about the shooting of Scalise and others... Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #12

Nope. I used to think Rush Limbaugh was a fad, but it's even worse now. Buckeye_Democrat Jun 2017 #9

The hate and animosity the right displays toward the left right now is insane. Initech Jun 2017 #11

The question I ask myself everyday AmandaRuth Jun 2017 #10

That name is just a "cutesy oh so clever" attempt to rebrand the fuckwad Guy Whitey Corngood Jun 2017 #13

Can't go wrong with "Adam Lanza and Dylann Roof Wannabes" ck4829 Jun 2017 #14

It's a "fad" that began hundreds of years ago ... dawg Jun 2017 #15