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Irish_Dem

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36. Yes but social media was used to lie and to subvert the election.
Sat Oct 21, 2017, 02:57 PM
Oct 2017

It is a two edged sword.

And Germany did not have a ruthless wealthy oligarch who helped the Nazis get power and keep it.

I agree 100%. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #1
The Holocaust resulted spike jones Oct 2017 #32
But we can also see how dangerous and difficult it is to combat tyranny. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #33
We have even less of an excuse than the Germans Rural_Progressive Oct 2017 #35
Yes but social media was used to lie and to subvert the election. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #36
for whatever reason important articles don't "catch on" questionseverything Oct 2017 #38
Looks like Hillary knows not fooled Oct 2017 #65
The Germans also had double digit unemployment and inflation ThoughtCriminal Oct 2017 #44
Exactly: Americans hate out of STUPIDITY. Duppers Oct 2017 #51
And presently..... SergeStorms Oct 2017 #67
Even most R voters I know Duppers Oct 2017 #74
The White Rose: It is not this dark yet, but its getting there. spike jones Oct 2017 #40
Thanks for the link. Granny M Oct 2017 #68
I agree, as well cilla4progress Oct 2017 #2
Yeees. Seems like a thousand years ago that we had Obama Cyrano Oct 2017 #5
It takes longer to build a house than to tear one down world wide wally Oct 2017 #11
Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one. --Sam Rayburn nt raccoon Oct 2017 #45
We have no excuses either nini Oct 2017 #3
They have no excuses. rainin Oct 2017 #10
Yeah I've watched enough documentaries to know where we're headed Va Lefty Oct 2017 #4
I fear we may be headed into an era Cyrano Oct 2017 #6
Steven Spielberg has made sure to chronicle lunatica Oct 2017 #66
We're letting a minority of this country change our democracy, if not outright destroy it. no_hypocrisy Oct 2017 #7
Sinclair Lewis tried to tell us mehrrh Oct 2017 #8
Sinclair Lewis also wrote "The Jungle" which changed this country and shocked it. It exposed the kerry-is-my-prez Oct 2017 #37
That was actually Upton Sinclair... First Speaker Oct 2017 #39
Whoops! Sorry Upton - you were a great man. Wish we had more like him nowadays. But people kerry-is-my-prez Oct 2017 #41
America is impotent world wide wally Oct 2017 #9
We are NOT helpless! orangecrush Oct 2017 #12
I couldn't agree more. mountain grammy Oct 2017 #13
Something went very wrong in the last 4 years. Initech Oct 2017 #14
We do it one day at a time. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #15
This! All of it! smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #20
You are absolutely correct. We are watching history arthritisR_US Oct 2017 #16
I found this blog about that. i thought it was very interesting. SummerSnow Oct 2017 #17
I read recently on this website Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #18
by @matthewamiller Resist spike jones Oct 2017 #29
Thanks. n/t Mr.Bill Oct 2017 #30
A MLK quote Duppers Oct 2017 #53
Here.. HAB911's great thread.. Duppers Oct 2017 #54
Yes, when we ask that question we need only look in the mirror. PatrickforO Oct 2017 #19
Yeah, got front row seats Bradical79 Oct 2017 #21
Good post canetoad Oct 2017 #22
Really like the comment that every act of resistance is a Enoki33 Oct 2017 #23
We all talk a good game, who who is actually resisting and how? adigal Oct 2017 #62
I keep thinking about that poem "First they came for the trade unionists... calimary Oct 2017 #24
Sounds a lot like my election night article... stevenleser Oct 2017 #25
K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2017 #26
And let me add an even scrarier note: FigTree Oct 2017 #27
WOW !!! So Germany was tip of the spear society before Hitler. US is third largest country on Earth uponit7771 Oct 2017 #49
GOP wants tax cuts and racism written into law, they will and are risking all life Eliot Rosewater Oct 2017 #28
Agree. In my opinion, the United States of my birth is gone. It has been sinkingfeeling Oct 2017 #31
That's it. Duppers Oct 2017 #55
A horrific history lesson Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #34
Could we derail the republicans by Denis 11 Oct 2017 #42
We would need to be cautious Soxfan58 Oct 2017 #70
I said during the voting season "Vote like it's 1932- only this time, you can do something about it" NBachers Oct 2017 #43
Because many people actually supported it JI7 Oct 2017 #46
+1, ... and most Germans living in those towns STILL ... STILL DID NOT BELIEVE UNTIL ... uponit7771 Oct 2017 #47
We are suppose to learn from history. Butterflylady Oct 2017 #48
Sinclair Lewis told us in 1935 in "It Can't Happen Here" TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #50
I haven't. Not in a long time. Solly Mack Oct 2017 #52
Did Hitler have assistance within German government?? benld74 Oct 2017 #56
The enemy looks just like us. donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #57
k&r n/t lordsummerisle Oct 2017 #58
Is anyone here really saying that millions of people are going to be systematically exterminated? Doodley Oct 2017 #59
I asked some a-hole conservative on twitter last night who was saying horrid things about "libtards" adigal Oct 2017 #60
Read "They Thought They Were Free" justgamma Oct 2017 #61
I started seeing this with the passage of The Patriot Act after 9/11. Honeycombe8 Oct 2017 #63
So true! C Moon Oct 2017 #64
I agree we are on a horrible path jimlup Oct 2017 #69
Well, I see solutions and paths of resistance offered, but nobody seems to want to do them ck4829 Oct 2017 #71
We have the potential effects from a real prolonged nationwide strike if we can get organized. BSdetect Oct 2017 #72
Its all about Wealth. Its all about destroying the Middle Class INdemo Oct 2017 #73
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