@emptywheel Sure, they want plantations. And slaves. Freedom!
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@SusieMadrak Yup. And bringing the flag will work well for those others refusing to come to grips w/being in minority. As slaveholders were -
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@emptywheel And play wingnut radio in their factories all day, just to make sure workers get the message on how to vote and keep jobs.
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@MasaccioFDL Their local power, in places like TX, relies increasingly on disenfranchising brown people.
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@emptywheel: Confederate flag at#Teaparty rally goo reason to read Michael Lind on the Tea Party. http://www.salon.com/2013/10/06/tea_party_radicalism_is_misunderstood_meet_the_newest_right/ …”#ows#tcotThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Its in keeping with the Rebel flag's right wing history: The Confederate Flag as Reactionary Emblem http://wp.me/p3PMrG-ha .Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel@LOLGOP i was expecting#tcot nuts to bring out the Nazi flag at the WW2 memorialThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel In addition to controlling women, Tea Party wants to provide control of Blacks, immigrants and employees.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Worldwide fundamentalist religious movement emphasize giving men more control of their women.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Tea Party & other religious fundamentalist movements emphasize returning to a simpler past.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Both technology & economy leave individual confused and feeling powerless in modern world.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Rise in religious fundamentalism driven by modernity. Modernity defined by technology & economy.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel Tea Party should be seen in context of worldwide increase in religious fundamentalism. Tea Party = sect of American religionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel There are acceptable ways for Blacks, Jews, poor Whites to move up. Winning elections & forming unions aren't acceptable paths.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel It's not that "Conservatives" want to prevent upward mobility. But they do want to be gatekeepers of who moves up.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@emptywheel "Conservatism" seeks a more stratified society, a feudalism where employers enforce social order.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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