This is US-centric nonsense. The Polish radical Right was a force long before Trump showed up. These demonstrations have been a growing problem since 2013https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/930498948548014080 …
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Replying to @APHClarkson
You might want to read the article linked to -- where I quote
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Replying to @HeerJeet @anneapplebaum
Anne Applebaum, however respected, is not the final word of analysis when it comes to these issues. Have you thought of contacting colleagues at Gazeta Wyborzca or Hromadske?
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Replying to @APHClarkson @HeerJeet
of course they were a force before Trump showed up. I never said otherwise.
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Replying to @anneapplebaum @APHClarkson
Exactly. Which is what I quoted you on. Obviously US public diplomacy doesn't create social movements. It can help energize them.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @anneapplebaum
A single speech instrumentalised by PiS is not the same as the kind of systematic public diplomacy the US, Russia and other state structures have run for decades
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Never mind the fact that the easy equation of US white nationalism with the various different forms of ethno-nationalism (dangerous in their own ways) you find in Eastern Europe is questionable
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Replying to @APHClarkson @anneapplebaum
Disparate forms of nationalism can share affinities and encourage each other.
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Replying to @HeerJeet @anneapplebaum
Of course. But each variant of radical nationalism still remains anchored in its own particular state and social context, pushing its actions and base in different directions
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Sure, but that's not incompatible with a scenario where these movements are emboldened when they believe POTUS is ally or echoes their words.
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