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A socialist and a conservative endorse Macron to stop Marine LeTrump and the alt-reich. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2017 #1
reminds me of Nixon saying "if you hear about a movement to stop x, bet on x" 0rganism Apr 2017 #2
MIRT works fast. DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #3
ikr? 0rganism Apr 2017 #4
What did the cretin say? DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #5
something about how it switched parties 0rganism Apr 2017 #11
If we were actually addressing issues... Shandris Apr 2017 #7
Well put. JudyM Apr 2017 #8
BTW, that's how French elections work DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 #9
Paris turned chaotic after the results were announced. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #6
Fortunately they mainly use paper ballots. Nt lostnfound Apr 2017 #10

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0rganism

(23,944 posts)
2. reminds me of Nixon saying "if you hear about a movement to stop x, bet on x"
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 05:47 PM
Apr 2017

scary stuff

neo-fascism is something we now have to actively unite to stand against, a warning sign for our time

0rganism

(23,944 posts)
11. something about how it switched parties
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 08:38 PM
Apr 2017

something like "i used to be a democrat, but i switched to republican riding the Trumptrain"

 

Shandris

(3,447 posts)
7. If we were actually addressing issues...
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 06:16 PM
Apr 2017

...it would be impossible for fascism to be on the rise. Literally impossible. People don't go looking for fascism unless they feel that's the only way to fix things. It's not something you just wake up and say 'Oh, yah, by the way I think Evola was right, Deus Vult!' You have to be disenfranchised first, because there is no fascist message on television. You need a REASON to check out of the status quo. Then you have to find some fascists - easier now, but you still ultimately need to know of Reddit and/or 4chan (something few normal people know of). Then you have to internalize that fascism. All while defeating the squick that such topics naturally create after literally 60 years of FASCISM IS EVIL.

No, 'standing against' fascism only empowers it. We must stand against the circumstances that prompt the disengagement. We must make sure no one truly believes they are disenfranchised.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
9. BTW, that's how French elections work
Sun Apr 23, 2017, 06:28 PM
Apr 2017

LeTrump's dad lost a run off by 60% or so because all the "centrist" parties of the left and right united against him.

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