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markpkessinger

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7. Have you seen Frontline's "The Choice: 2016"?

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 02:06 PM

Sep 2016

In it, they speak of the Trump family's belief in the "race horse theory of human development," whereby they believe that two parents with "superior" genes will produce "superior" offspring. Immediately, I found myself asking why they weren't calling this what it is: eugenics!

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Donald Trump: Eugenics? [View all] workinclasszero Sep 2016 OP

He's got awful genes. geardaddy Sep 2016 #1

I agree with that! workinclasszero Sep 2016 #3

Drumpf is nowhere near the level he believes he is True Dough Sep 2016 #2

So, he's a Master Racist. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #4

Donald Trump declares himself genetically superior to the rest of us. Jim__ Sep 2016 #5

Sooo Doreen Sep 2016 #6

I used to think that Hitler came into power in a coup. When I found out that he was democratically The Wielding Truth Sep 2016 #10

I agree with the gist of your post thucythucy Oct 2016 #13

Have you seen Frontline's "The Choice: 2016"? markpkessinger Sep 2016 #7

I think in dipshits case it was inbreeding duncang Sep 2016 #12

Goman na hitoga Kirada yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #8

Watching that made me... dawn frenzy adams Sep 2016 #9

He who knows not and knows not he knows not: he is a fool. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #11

This might be why Trump thinks it's okay to mock people with disabilities. thucythucy Oct 2016 #14