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In reply to the discussion: Decided to go for a swim in the sewer, visited FR [View all]ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)16. Actually, To Me They're An Example Only
But, my point stands.
It seems eminently logical that places like that exactly where one would find such rhetoric.
I'd be much mor concerned if I saw that on a sports, cooking or music forum site.
In those places, they'd get criticized & probably shut down.
I also think it more "all talk" than you apparently do.
There was no social media that propelled McVeigh & Nichols. There are always going to be violent, radical crazies.
Social media, while probably 99% wishful hating, is a tracking device for the other 1%.
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