Donald Trump and US politics

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

However, when you consider it as four-group system — the far left, the far right, politically active moderates and the politically apathetic, then the truth is clear.

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You need to stop punching Nazis and talk with them, before it's too late. Words or swords — those are the two choices before us. The contrast is stark.

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DalaiLama wrote:

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/tlg/d/need-conservative-actors-to/6267628172.html

And for when they take that down, here's the archive of it:

http://archive.is/Y0q1w

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

What you guys fail to realize is the Left and Right are NOT the only two choices. It is easy to see that such statements, when uttered by a member of the alt-right, are hypocritical. Indeed, the far right and the far left are two sides of the same coin.

However, when you consider it as four-group system — the far left, the far right, politically active moderates and the politically apathetic, then the truth is clear. The more violent the war between far left and far right becomes, the more dangerous it becomes to be a politically active moderate, as both sides will tend to brand you as enemy; this group shrinks as its members disperse towards the other three groups. The loss of moderate voices further fuels extremism which further pushes moderates away; the cycle of violence gains critical mass. Sooner or later moderates seemingly disappear from politics altogether, too worried about backlash to be politically active and thus silenced. In the end, maybe the far left wins, maybe the far right wins, doesn't really matter... either way lies dictatorship and the death of millions of people.

We know this, because history.


The alt-right prepares gleefully for upcoming race war. I do not share their enthusiasm, but I am beginning to agree with their prognosis. I fear what they hope for.

For a long time in the US, the Democratic Party was associated with liberalism. This is no longer the case. Political correctness now demands censorship, deplatforming, and the use of violence against dissenting speech. The Democratic Party has gone sharply left of where it previously was, away from liberalism and towards the postmodernist deconstruction of protocommunism.

What we need is a return to the now-centrist liberal values. We need to tolerate (but not necessarily accept) diversity of opinion and promote that tolerance by defending free speech. We need to oppose those who use their power to silence voices they don't agree with instead of defending their positions on their merits, regardless of whether we agree or disagree with what the speaker has to say. We need to have not a war of weapons but a contest of ideas, where it is write and not might that makes right.

You need to stop punching Nazis and talk with them, before it's too late. Words or swords — those are the two choices before us. The contrast is stark.

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Scrotie said:

You need to stop punching Nazis and talk with them, before it's too late. Words or swords — those are the two choices before us. The contrast is stark.

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kolyaboo wrote:

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ScrotieMcB wrote:

You need to stop punching Nazis and talk with them, before it's too late. Words or swords — those are the two choices before us. The contrast is stark.

Truest thing I have seen in a few days. People are too dumb to realize they are being played like a fiddle.

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Xavderion wrote:

Post your face when you realize that this tweet is 100% real.

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Kellog wrote:

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jackof8lades wrote:

TL'DR, the only thing he owned was his fake tan.

His tan is fake? When will we get to see the real Donald Trump?