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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:13 PM Original message |
American Pathology.... Why Does the Right Thrive Here and not in Europe? |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. there are segments in europe which are very right |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:17 PM Original message |
But the large majority have rejected the American Style Right Wing... |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I'm aware of that....... |
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Sara Beverley (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. And a hell of alot of them have immigrated here, where they can be |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. The media. |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. But 70% of Italians opposed the Iraqi war and 60% opposed Bush's.... |
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Algorem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. gene pool mostly cleansed of them by WW2? |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. It boils down to one thing. Religion. |
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The Icon Painter (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Say "Amen" |
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Copperred (554 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. BRAINWASHED RELIGIOUS FAITHFUL |
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AlinPA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because they saw Nazism and Mussolini's fascists in action. |
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demokatgurrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Bingo!!! |
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Obviousman (927 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. europe has been torn apart |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
39. I think that's it exactly. They have learned from their mistakes. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. They purged many of their facists after WWII |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
41. Don't forget we allowed Nazis to move to the US, |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. 4 Centuries ago, they were smart enough to ship their nutjobs here. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I suspect tradition over genes...... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. I was being facetous, but we rever the pilgrims every Thanksgiving |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. So I guess, in a sense, our nation was founded by fundie |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:56 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. And convicts, in the case of Georgia, which was |
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Glenda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. lol! |
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momisold (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't have anything to back this up... |
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PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Canada has been around for as long as the U.S has been around. |
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momisold (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. I don't know much about Canada |
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northernsoul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Canada never had slavery |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. Perhaps it's something to do with our recent frontier past where |
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dogtag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
17. We are spoon fed from birth the concept that |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Lewis Black pointed that out very well. |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
36. hitting one nail on the head |
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RPM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
18. WWII |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 11:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. the effects of war |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
19. Because their benefactors control most of the media. |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. We have conservative groups that spend billions indoctrinating people |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 04:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
35. what a return on an investment |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. Historical differences going back to the original colonies |
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Lexingtonian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 06:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. yep, it's the colonialism |
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Kellanved (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Social Democracy |
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LuminousX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
27. Europe already has had its dictators |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
29. Yin and Yang??? |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
30. lots of nazi's and their youth came here after war to escape |
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athena (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Because the democratic party does not represent the economic interests |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. Europe has gone through what we have yet to go through. |
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jacksonian (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. history is important, America has always had a radicalism |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
37. This is crucial to understanding what has happened |
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ulTRAX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. morality as self-delusion |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
42. Southern Baptists and civil war retreads |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
46. secularism and an acceptance |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
47. One word! |
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Kimber Scott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
49. Americans are all about "Me" when it comes to money and power and |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
50. Fascism - Been there, done that, no thanks |
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Zero Division (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-05-04 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Several factors I believe: leftover hostility from the anti-Communist |
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