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shraby

(21,946 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 01:33 AM Nov 2016

People need to wake up! An article on the top of huffpo is about infiltrating

the alt-right. This is what trump and the gop have embraced as they have embraced trump. Well worth the read.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
The GOP's White Blight

A White Nationalist Ethnostate, A Secret DC Cabal — And The Grim Realization That Racists Will Infect Our Politics Well Beyond The Age Of Trump

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People need to wake up! An article on the top of huffpo is about infiltrating (Original Post) shraby Nov 2016 OP
There is not a whole lot of daylight between Mitch McConnell and Trump on policy. SunSeeker Nov 2016 #1
Mitch is mentioned in it. shraby Nov 2016 #2
Black People need to vote! UCmeNdc Nov 2016 #3
They are voting! There is this lie out there that they are not showing up. mfcorey1 Nov 2016 #4
The racists have infiltrated Ilsa Nov 2016 #5
White supremacists changed the term from racist to "alt' in order to "whitewash" their ideology wishstar Nov 2016 #6

SunSeeker

(51,564 posts)
1. There is not a whole lot of daylight between Mitch McConnell and Trump on policy.
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 01:40 AM
Nov 2016

The main difference is level of crudeness. Racists are already part of GOP politics, and have been since the
1960s.

mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
4. They are voting! There is this lie out there that they are not showing up.
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 05:59 AM
Nov 2016

I think it will be a reason they (the right) use if they throw the election.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
5. The racists have infiltrated
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 06:04 AM
Nov 2016

Police dept, other law enforcement, etc. but still like to cluster to they can serve on juries and acquit people like the Bundys.

wishstar

(5,270 posts)
6. White supremacists changed the term from racist to "alt' in order to "whitewash" their ideology
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:22 AM
Nov 2016

Why aren't more moderates and liberals pushing back more against the "alt right" euphemistic crap.

Racists and Breitbart media are the originators of the term in order to make their racist movement more palatable and mainstream with less push back.

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