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There is propaganda and

librewolf — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:05:59 +0000

There is propaganda and propaganda. I imagine the multiple studies that those who depend on Fox News for their news are LESS informed than those who don't watch the news at all slides right by. I used to tell my students that if what they watched or read flowed ver them like warm water, reinforcing everything the believed, that was when they needed to read/watch most closely and critically for it means that the producers share your biases. Makes no difference where on the political scale one is.

haters gota hate

cnk guy — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:16:00 +0000

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haters gotta hate

http://freedomnews.today/

[Weird pro-Trump website - pp]

I'm sorry I missed this when

Danny Cardwell — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:19:17 +0000

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I'm sorry I missed this when it was first posted. Excellent!

A segment of the country is

rmrd0000 — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 20:23:50 +0000

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A segment of the country is xenophobic. They hate the idea of an uppity black President and were able to cast a vote for white trash. Sadly, there are blacks like Ben Carson, Omarosa, and Dennard Parrish who are willing to humiliate themselves for a dollar.

I wrote this piece because of

librewolf — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:50:07 +0000

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I wrote this piece because of the sick in the pit of my stomach feeling I got after hearing for the I don't know how many times that Trump was reversing every executive order, and the yammering about repealing "obamacare." There is something very wrong with this obsession to make it seem as if the Obama presidency never happened. It speaks to something much bigger and uglier than simple politics. It has the feel that Obama is an icon of all blacks (?) all people of color (?) something that reeks of genocide to me. That is what drove this piece though perhaps that does not get expressed very well.

From a practical standpoint,

rmrd0000 — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:32:11 +0000

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From a practical standpoint, it really doesn't matter. 21 states are pushing bills in increase voter suppression.

https://www.brennancenter.org/issues/voter-fraud

Trump is planning to destroy the environment

Because his supporters still want to give him a shot, the country is in peril. Trump supporters represent a clear and present danger. They will do nothing to fight back. They might as well all be labeled white supremacists.

I am sure I am going to be

librewolf — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 13:29:10 +0000

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I am sure I am going to be hit with being condescending for this response, but here we go.

I am not sure that all supporters fall into the same category. I do think that anyone who voted for Trump for whatever reason, had to walk past a long line of of open embracing hatred (Trump's active promotion of racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, misogyny, homophobia, disablism, etc.) to cast their vote. There were those who voted for trump because:

they saw him as a change agent

he wasn't Hillary

they like some of his ideas

they liked all of his ideas

they loved all of his ideas

were white white nationalists who accepted him as the leader of the new white nation

they fell in love with Trump and it didn't matter what he said.

In other words, there is a wide range of embrace of Trump and "Trumpism" (another weird bit of labeling) and I think that treating all as if they are at the "deep end" of Trump supporter is problematic. All that being said, as one assault after another comes down, I too have difficulty with objectivity regarding those who support Trump. I have seen a couple of folks interviewed who feel we should "give Trump a chance" - something that I see more as naive than anything else.

Both Trump and Obama are charismatic leaders. For both of them a portion of those supporting them are "true believers" deeply enmeshed in a "cult of personality." This does not mean that all of those who voted for them are embracing them with an ardent embrace.

Thank you mrd. All support

librewolf — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 12:57:44 +0000

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Thank you mrd. All support and constructive criticism gladly accepted.

I have such problems with the term "alt-right" as I feel it hides rather than reveals who/what the alt-right is. It weirdly sprang into common usage via the MSM. Not sure where I first heard it but it was relatively recently. It was coined by Richard Spencer to label the array of far right white nationalist groups and ideologies. As an ethical question I wrestle with whether to let the white nationalists name themselves. My issue is that the term obscures the reality. So I compromise that when I use the term 'alt-right" I also provide a definition of it.

I also think that the GOP already had a profile that was more than a little white nationalist. Heck the promulgation of voter ID legislation across the states, the repeated justification of voter fraud as a rationale for "purging" voter roles, the funding of folks to call (primarily) non-white voters trying to scare them away from the polls, all of these are white nationalist in action if not name. Certainly Trump and crew are much more blatant in their own white nationalism and have a prime ideologue in Bannon sitting on the (ugh) president's shoulder.

[Side point: White I have heard many over the decades say "not my president," Trump is the first president I have ever heard who has outright made clear that he is not the president of "all" of the people. Rather, he is the president of his "followers" and those who agree with him. Everyone else is the "enemy."]

The quicker we realize that

rmrd0000 — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 02:51:35 +0000

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The quicker we realize that we cannot find common ground with Trump supporters. They are willing to remain silent as Trump and the Republicans assault minority communities. They are deplorable and have no honor Note that they hate minorities so deeply that they are willing to ignore Russian influence on the Trump White House. They are racists and they are traitors.

The Michigan Civil Rights

rmrd0000 — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 15:47:03 +0000

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The Michigan Civil Rights Commission links the poisoning of Flint to systemic racism. The Republican Governor and legislature refuse to take responsibility.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/flint-water-crisis/2017/0...