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Largely agree with Clovis and suspect Bannon/Miller more racist than Palin, but I am not and do not wish to become an expert on Sarah Palin. (Though Bannon did believe SP was the vanguard for the movement he wanted and made a hagiography about her.)

I have much less doubt about Bannon\Miller's membership as actual white supremacists but don't know enough to be sure.

07-07-2017 , 06:55 PM

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Hmm...does Trump play hardball and try to pawn off that other daughter?

07-07-2017 , 06:59 PM

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Palin used a famous white power slogan to praise a Trump white nationalism speech, and people observed "14 words is a white power slogan," that's it. It's nutty to demand people not remark on such a thing.

Says the guy w 14 in his name ! 😦

07-07-2017 , 06:59 PM

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I'm not an expert but I always thought Palin was the alt-rights first attempt at using a useful idiot as a Trojan horse. When that failed they found Trump, the king of all useful idiots.

07-07-2017 , 07:02 PM

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Says the guy w 14 in his name ! 😦

Made me laugh.

07-07-2017 , 07:07 PM

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The tea party was an economic small government movement.

This is what originally caught my attention.

07-07-2017 , 07:10 PM

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This is what originally caught my attention.

I don't understand your point. No idea when that photo is from and I already noted there was some overlap. That doesn't make the two movements equivalent.

07-07-2017 , 07:11 PM

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Out of curiosity, as I dont know - Who are the ****ing Young Cons?

Well, they're ****ty, that's for sure. The one headline they had that I found interesting enough to check out was:

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Missiouri Reduces Minimum Wage From $10 to $7.70 After Increase Fails to Deliver Results

The minimum wage had been raised for 2 months before they took it back.

07-07-2017 , 07:15 PM

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The Tea Party was just a front for the Koch Brothers who found white power actually more popular than lowering taxes on billionaires and eliminating environmental regulations. I'm going to intentionally not cite anything about this in order to trigger the raised by wolves, we're supposed to be the party of evidence and not the conspiracy theorist response.

07-07-2017 , 07:19 PM

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Because there is no evidence she is white supremacist other than she is a member of the republican party.

This kind of dumb stuff and posting that fake letter from bannon this week really bring into question our claim of being the side of logic and reason.

Bolded is all the evidence you need, brother.

07-07-2017 , 07:25 PM

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I don't understand your point. No idea when that photo is from and I already noted there was some overlap. That doesn't make the two movements equivalent.

That's the **** that goes on at "Tea Party" rallies, dude. It's just clandestine neo-confederate bull****. That essentially *IS* the GOP's grassroots. Why do you think they're so pissed? The Bushes and the Romneys of the world sold them out.

07-07-2017 , 07:26 PM

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The alt-right and the Tea Party are different, but in 2017 **** giving Palin the benefit of the doubt.

Why should we give YOU the benefit of the doubt? Calling the tea party "small government conservatives" instead of racists is a pretty big ****ing tell.

LOL this dude's "raised by wolves" defense of Sarah Palin is about to get deployed for himself, guaranteed.

07-07-2017 , 07:28 PM

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Remember this small government themed ad:

https://thinkprogress.org/tea-party-...d-f971f5894eec

Oh **** I'm guilty of nonTrump talk itt now.

07-07-2017 , 07:28 PM

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Well, they're ****ty, that's for sure. The one headline they had that I found interesting enough to check out was:

The minimum wage had been raised for 2 months before they took it back.

I wasn't under the impression that they are pulitzer winning journalists. I've never heard of the site and I thought FlyWf's post implied that it's well known for more than being ****ty.

07-07-2017 , 07:30 PM

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I wasn't under the impression that they are pulitzer winning journalists. I've never heard of the site and I thought FlyWf's post implied that it's well known for more than being ****ty.

No, pretty much that, they are like baby's first Breitbart, a dumber version of any of the other right wing agitprop sites

07-07-2017 , 07:31 PM

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Lol where did I say that? In fact, I said the exact opposite.

Let's play logic puzzle.

Some tea party members are alt-right but not all alt-right members are tea party members.

Granted the two have merged more since Trump but the tea party certainly did not start as a racist movement.

The fact that you imply I am some kind of alt-right supporter, after my posting history itt, simply because I argue for a tiny but of nuance really shows this side has members no better than the posters on /theDonald.

07-07-2017 , 07:37 PM

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I wasn't under the impression that they are pulitzer winning journalists. I've never heard of the site and I thought FlyWf's post implied that it's well known for more than being ****ty.

I had never heard of them either.

07-07-2017 , 07:42 PM

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No doubt the Koch brothers funded the tea party rise. I've never read anything that indicated their purpose was racism though. I'd be curious if there is evidence of this?

07-07-2017 , 07:51 PM

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The Tea Party started as a response to Barack Obama being elected. For the Kochs whose money drove the movement, it may have been about "small government" because they opposed any redistribution of their immense fortunes. But when a bunch of Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security beneficiaries turn out in angry mobs for small government under Barack Obama, and suddenly forget these precepts when Donald Trump proposes a border wall, tarriffs, military expansion, etc, it doesn't take a tea reader to divine the true animating spirit of the movement.

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07-07-2017 , 07:54 PM

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No doubt the Koch brothers funded the tea party rise. I've never read anything that indicated their purpose was racism though. I'd be curious if there is evidence of this?

Their purpose isn't racism it's to acquire money. There aren't enough voting billionaires though so they need to sell their policies in a misleading manner.