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mahatmakanejeeves

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6. This reminds me of Antelope, Oregon.

Reply to Indi Guy (Original post)

Sat Sep 21, 2013, 04:03 PM

Sep 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antelope,_Oregon

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In the 1980s the town grew again when followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, who had started the city of Rajneeshpuram on the nearby "Big Muddy Ranch", began to move in. Rajneeshpuram was an intentional community (or commune) of Rajneeshees. On September 18, 1984, Antelope's charter was amended by a vote of 57 to 22 to change the name of the city to Rajneesh. In November, Rajneesh, who had originally pleaded innocent to charges of immigration fraud, changed his plea to guilty and was allowed to leave the United States under the terms of a plea bargain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhagwan_Shree_Rajneesh

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Tiny North Dakota Town Braces Against Neo-Nazi Plans for All-White Community... [View all] Indi Guy Sep 2013 OP

Will there be a state police presence to maintain law and order? Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2013 #1

I am so sorry for them. Google Antelope, Oregon and see how this turns out. roguevalley Sep 2013 #16

Sick Neanderthals dotymed Sep 2013 #2

They're not Neanderthals- pffshht Sep 2013 #5

At least we'll know where they are tonekat Sep 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author longship Sep 2013 #4

Not almost anywhere in the south.... paleotn Sep 2013 #11

Fair enough. longship Sep 2013 #12

This reminds me of Antelope, Oregon. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2013 #6

Ah, yes, I remember that well! classof56 Sep 2013 #7

Even Bill the Cat became a follower Art_from_Ark Sep 2013 #19

Or Jamel in Germany, which the Nazis are still holding. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #8

This sucks shenmue Sep 2013 #9

And suddenly, I have "Ghosts of Cable Street" by The Men They Couldn't Hang stuck in my head. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #10

I wonder how this will stand up to Tom Monihan's; greiner3 Sep 2013 #13

If I were the governor of North Dakota mike dub Sep 2013 #14

I suspect that many tiny ND towns are already "all white communities" though hughee99 Sep 2013 #15

You betcha! nt. kelliekat44 Sep 2013 #17

I'd say there's a big difference between it being chance demographics and it being actual policy. nt Posteritatis Sep 2013 #18

I read another article about this town. delta17 Sep 2013 #20