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SHRED

(28,136 posts) Tue Jun 26, 2018, 03:22 PM Jun 2018

It's racism

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It's racism (Original Post) SHRED Jun 2018 OP

fascists require a scapegoat, so that they have an enemy, so that they can be heros... Thomas Hurt Jun 2018 #1

I would say it's xenophobia AlexSFCA Jun 2018 #2

Er, no, Solomon Jun 2018 #3

Little bit of this...little bit of that. Or maybe lots of both...n/t TCJ70 Jun 2018 #4

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

1. fascists require a scapegoat, so that they have an enemy, so that they can be heros...

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 03:47 PM

Jun 2018

AlexSFCA

(6,139 posts)

2. I would say it's xenophobia

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:27 PM

Jun 2018

many trump supporters voted for Obama once or even twice. I don’t think if you are a convinced racist, you’d vote for Obama. They are in denial about who to blame. Then again, germans were trained by their government to be antisemitic.

Solomon

(12,319 posts)

3. Er, no,

Reply to AlexSFCA (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:42 PM

Jun 2018

it's racism.

TCJ70

(4,387 posts)

4. Little bit of this...little bit of that. Or maybe lots of both...n/t

Reply to AlexSFCA (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 26, 2018, 04:45 PM

Jun 2018

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