@KenWhyte3 @terencecorcoran Also Trump spent past few years cultivating racist right! It's very well documented http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/donald-trump-hate-groups-neo-nazi-white-supremacist-racism/ …
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again, not excusing trump or his response to virginia. point is idiots are not new. might be emboldened, i don't know. haven't seen evidence
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Well, Virginia rally was reportedly largest white nationalist gathering in decades, so that's one sign.
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But agree on larger point that more evidence needed. We won't have a good sense of hate crimes stats for some time.
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well, just think back to the militia movements pre-911. They were everywhere. Most of them white & hostile to 'others', armed, dangerous 1/2
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Posse Comitatus, Montana Freemen, Michigan Militias, Oath Keepers, 3 percenters. There were about 50,000 of them. 2/3
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these are the assholes who launched and elected david duke. so, yes, trump is wrong. but this is an american problem
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I've been saying for 2 years Trump has deep roots in USA history, so agree. But fact his is now POTUS creates new dynamic.
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agree, new dynamic, & i don't like him. but problem is deeper. imagine how vile they'd be if they didn't have their guy in white house 1/2
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that's not to excuse trump. it's that he's more symptom than cause. an important symptom, but removing him (while nice) won't solve problem
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Agree -- in fact TNR has a piece coming up making that point.
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