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Trump is sprinting to the top of the pyramid of white supremacy and that shit needs to be shut down (Original Post) Soph0571 Feb 2020 OP
A reverse slippery slope argument? Shermann Feb 2020 #1
No. Not alarmist. Squinch Feb 2020 #5
Comparisons to Hitler are problematic Shermann Feb 2020 #7
I think that it's good to be alarmed and take action. It's obvious that hate speech translates abqtommy Feb 2020 #2
Kicked and bookmarked! smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #3
Only one guy higher on the pecking order of evil... Kid Berwyn Feb 2020 #4
Kick. And I wish everyone would see the truth of this. Squinch Feb 2020 #6

Shermann

(7,440 posts)
1. A reverse slippery slope argument?
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:45 AM
Feb 2020

It's maybe a bit alarmist.

Trump is a modern racist. Gone are the white sheets and torches and explicit threats. What we have now are dog whistles and a bunch of rhetoric that sounds like some of the milder statements your full-on racist uncle would say.

Shermann

(7,440 posts)
7. Comparisons to Hitler are problematic
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 11:12 AM
Feb 2020

...but not completely wrong.

I'm surprised the media hasn't connected the post-impeachment firings to the Night of the Long Knives though.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
2. I think that it's good to be alarmed and take action. It's obvious that hate speech translates
Sun Feb 23, 2020, 08:59 AM
Feb 2020

into deadly violence among supremacists in the U.S., Europe and places like Myanmar and India.

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