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IDemo

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1. Otherism doesn't have far to travel to find new enemies, real or imagined

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:43 AM

Apr 2012

It's pathetic that West, Bachmann and their ilk still take to conjuring up the long-deceased Soviet Union. But even if the grand bugaboo of the Red Menace has disappeared, any one of Dark Skinned, non-Christian, non-"wealth creator" classes will ultimately work just fine to keep the sheep stirred up and ready for a fight.

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Soviet Communism’s Collapse Left America’s Far Right Without a Real Foe [View all] babylonsister Apr 2012 OP

Otherism doesn't have far to travel to find new enemies, real or imagined IDemo Apr 2012 #1

I noted at the time that "political correcteness" became a national matter at the precise moment... JHB Apr 2012 #2

Noam Chomsky predicted this very phenomenon hifiguy Apr 2012 #3