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Initech

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15. Think the alt right is scary now? It's going to morph into something much worse.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 9, 2017, 01:18 AM

Jul 2017

The right wing media is the product of fear and paranoia. The alt right is the second generation of that fear and paranoia. What will the third generation bring? We may laugh at Neo Nazis and Pepe The Frog now, but I fear this is just the beginning.

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"Some will cheer the decline of America. But I think we'll miss it when it's gone" [View all] CousinIT Jul 2017 OP

I wonder what goes through the minds of the secret service folks who pangaia Jul 2017 #1

I have wondered the same thing a few times... Pachamama Jul 2017 #10

The descriptions of our our dilemma are almost poetic... marked50 Jul 2017 #2

There is no question that he is the enemy from within world wide wally Jul 2017 #3

I'm already missing Her.... malchickiwick Jul 2017 #4

"Say goodbye to America The Wizard Jul 2017 #5

The worst is yet to come. roamer65 Jul 2017 #6

Think the alt right is scary now? It's going to morph into something much worse. Initech Jul 2017 #15

Seriously? You believe this? Think America cannot survive this one idiot? Puh-lease. Deez guyz ancianita Jul 2017 #7

I wouldn't say it has nothing to do with America. progressoid Jul 2017 #9

But even those who voted for him are not rooting for the criminal justice system to not ancianita Jul 2017 #12

It's not just one idiot, it's an entire party of them meadowlander Jul 2017 #11

They're suborned. Their bosses pay them to dismantle services. International election observers ancianita Jul 2017 #13

I wouldn't be so quick to downplay the threat... VOX Jul 2017 #14

Hardly quick. I'm 68, too. I address six defeatists sounding as if the U.S. is irretrievably wrecked ancianita Jul 2017 #16

Thank-you! Blue_Roses Jul 2017 #18

Well what a defeatist attitude on here. WTF? How about power to the people folks? YOHABLO Jul 2017 #8

KnR Hekate Jul 2017 #17