I don't want to give a pass to the Republican Party/"non-alt"-right but yes I do want to say Trump's brownshirts are not the same as my dad
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Pls note the alt-right's own view of the "mainstream" right is they are too cowardly/"cucked" to fully commit to racism
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Replying to @arthur_affect
And that's a good thing! It's good if your nagging conscience prevents you from fully accepting the logical consequences of your bad beliefs
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Replying to @arthur_affect
Was it conscience though, or was it just that for decades a little dogwhistling was sufficient to get everyone on board?
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Replying to @tomlommel @arthur_affect
a little of column a, a little of column b, a little of other reasons
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all political parties are coalitions of factions, 100x so in a two party system
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Replying to @Cybren @arthur_affect
Sure but the message bleeds across. You might be an NRA voter, but you get spoonfed the "welfare queen" story too.
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Replying to @tomlommel @arthur_affect
only for as long as the coalition holds together. We are already seeing it fray at the seems with trump
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(which is probably why HRC should continue using the term "alt-right")
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Replying to @Cybren @arthur_affect
I would posit that the deep threat to equality is not open racism but privileged people who think they aren't racist
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I get this argument. The hope is that open racism forces the lowkey "accidental racists" to confront some shit
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this was MLK's stated intention in seeking out the Bull Connors of the world and provoking them into televised brutality
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Cybren
it'll be interesting to see how much Paul Ryan continues to tiptoe around the tea party come December
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