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J_William_Ryan

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12. Such comments are the product

Sat Jun 23, 2018, 03:52 AM

Jun 2018

of an unwarranted fear of change, diversity, and dissent – that fear in conjunction with ignorance manifests as this sort of hate and bigotry.

And in the Dark Age of Trump those who harbor this fear and hate feel at liberty to express it.

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In case you had any doubt on Trump's base feelings...warning, it is truly awful words ! [View all] syringis Jun 2018 OP

In case any of us doubted the extreme bigotry Trump has unleashed, there it is Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #1

I'm amazed ! syringis Jun 2018 #6

I really do not get it, either. Where do these attitudes come from in a 21st century global world?? Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #10

Maybe these are Russian troll farm accounts sowing discord OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #29

They hate intelligent people and they hate black people lunatica Jun 2018 #13

It's more than that Mopar151 Jun 2018 #14

There's a lot of truth to that. bearsfootball516 Jun 2018 #37

And then they don't want to be called deplorable malaise Jun 2018 #18

And at the time, we had no idea how unspeakably deplorable they could possibly get Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #19

I knew how deplorable they were when they started carrying weapons malaise Jun 2018 #20

I can't help wondering if they still teach history anywhere in this country Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #21

Sadly this overt racism that we're seeing from the Con and his goons malaise Jun 2018 #23

From my perspective - and I sure know I'm not alone in that Rhiannon12866 Jun 2018 #25

+1,000 malaise Jun 2018 #26

This whole trump fiasco really flying rabbit Jun 2018 #2

I see that those proud idiots are still great at spelling. Marie Marie Jun 2018 #3

Hi Marie syringis Jun 2018 #8

They would carry out a 'final solution' with a smile on their evil faces. The GOP is now Satan's Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #31

A lot of this garbage talk comes from people in other countries... pbmus Jun 2018 #4

Yet I hear worse on my job site every day. Midnight Writer Jun 2018 #11

Words fail. onecaliberal Jun 2018 #5

I believe they can be persuaded to vote Democratic in November dalton99a Jun 2018 #7

Ha! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2018 #28

economic anxiety, nafta, JI7 Jun 2018 #9

This is way beyond economics...they would be willing to use captive kids as organ donors...that is Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #32

Such comments are the product J_William_Ryan Jun 2018 #12

Wrong maxrandb Jun 2018 #24

Facebook EricMaundry Jun 2018 #15

Real deep thinkers, there. byronius Jun 2018 #16

They've convinced me. We DO need a wall! caballojm Jun 2018 #17

Shocking and it needed to be exposed...the depth of depravity of some righties is chilling K&R Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #22

I searched fb for these posters. Comatose Sphagetti Jun 2018 #27

twitter? OhNo-Really Jun 2018 #30

This was vetted by DU leadership...so don't cast aspersions on the poster. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #34

Never my intent to cast aspersions. Comatose Sphagetti Jun 2018 #36

Sorry, I do too...but it may be that we aren't supposed to know so deplorables don't know Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #38

Also you don't use names like that on Facebook. Demsrule86 Jun 2018 #35

And we aren't supposed to call them "Deplorables" any more? Ohiogal Jun 2018 #33

They are the horror beneath the thin veneer of civilization. BSdetect Jun 2018 #39

And those are the people they are recruiting for ICE agents... Wounded Bear Jun 2018 #40