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Reply #12: Complacent, apathetic or scared of retribution from violent loudmouths
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Thu Jan-11-07 09:42 PM
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12. Complacent, apathetic or scared of retribution from violent loudmouths |
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They had the brownshirts. We have the Freepers.
You make a very good point about how a cowed population is easy for a minority to push around.
"Reading Lolita in Iran" detailed the rise of the fundamentalists after the Shah was deposed. The same thing applied there.
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