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They have always beenthere - your crazy uncle hollysmom Dec 2015 #1
Yep, they used to be on the margins back in the '70s when I was growing up deutsey Dec 2015 #6
the change goes back from before trump, but he is ramping them up to new levels. hollysmom Dec 2015 #8
Exactly deutsey Dec 2015 #9
Cruz ias making it worse as well, what a repellent man. hollysmom Dec 2015 #10
I didn't watch the "debate" last night deutsey Dec 2015 #12
Cruz is appealing to all non liberals who arent part of the establishment or system. randys1 Dec 2015 #55
There's been a deliberate effort to radicalize white voters in this country. forest444 Dec 2015 #88
Agree 100% n/t deutsey Dec 2015 #93
This is mostly an insult to the crazy who are much more compassionate HereSince1628 Dec 2015 #19
That, my friend, is one apt observation: calling for fascism to save their privilege KingCharlemagne Dec 2015 #91
Yep, we're on the verge of becoming everything we despise. Scuba Dec 2015 #2
So this is how it starts. n/t WHEN CRABS ROAR Dec 2015 #48
No. If we do not elect Bernie Sanders, this is how it ends. pangaia Dec 2015 #53
no, it is simply that the veneer has been pulled off, and the horrible, ugly, racist, ignorant, niyad Dec 2015 #66
like another said ibegurpard Dec 2015 #3
It will get worse until someone hits back Doctor_J Dec 2015 #4
These guys have been members of hate groups meow2u3 Dec 2015 #5
Yep, exactly! They now have a flashy savior in Trump who pretty much tells them all of their hatred RKP5637 Dec 2015 #56
No. They are paid actors. Doesn't anyone remember the RumpHole buying people to attend rallies? erronis Dec 2015 #57
From a few of the Trump apologists on my FB... TommyCelt Dec 2015 #84
Agree. And sorry about your Trumpeter FB "friends"! erronis Dec 2015 #86
From the deepest dregs 2naSalit Dec 2015 #7
He's an adolescent boy's power fantasy Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #11
This. He appeals to people who don't read or think more deeply than LuckyLib Dec 2015 #47
Someone called my comparison of today's America to Rwanda in 1993 "hyperbole" GliderGuider Dec 2015 #13
Thank you for saying this, KentuckyWoman.... Hekate Dec 2015 #14
Thank you, KentuckyWoman saidsimplesimon Dec 2015 #15
Skinhead types always are on the edges of society waiting for their next Hitler. Rex Dec 2015 #16
^^exactly^^ nt wendylaroux Dec 2015 #46
The media's help create Trump. jalan48 Dec 2015 #17
It's not just Fox anymore KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #29
They want Trump's message out there. That's a big part of it I think. jalan48 Dec 2015 #64
They have always been there. tRump has given them political and moral cover kairos12 Dec 2015 #18
Omaha Steve needs US saidsimplesimon Dec 2015 #20
To play devil's advocate Tab Dec 2015 #21
It's all about political correctness really justiceischeap Dec 2015 #22
I'm wondering what they're all going to do when they lose. byronius Dec 2015 #23
“The means of defence against foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2015 #24
They've always been there; he just gives them permission. alarimer Dec 2015 #25
^^^what you say here^^^ Blus4u Dec 2015 #59
I know what you are talking about. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #70
I'm scared, too. potone Dec 2015 #26
They may be emboldened, bvf Dec 2015 #33
Very good point. potone Dec 2015 #36
You're welcome. bvf Dec 2015 #42
Have you noticed that the more sunlight he gets, the more followers show up? More like weeds than jtuck004 Dec 2015 #74
^In total agreement^ StandingInLeftField Dec 2015 #83
I ain't scared so much as really fuckin pissed! MynameisBlarney Dec 2015 #27
And it's being promoted and pushed by the richest and powerful... SoapBox Dec 2015 #28
"WHY are we tolerating this from any political candidate?" MadDAsHell Dec 2015 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2015 #31
I'd bet some in his audience are agent provocateurs, hired by Trump JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #32
This is Fox Noise as the Sorcerer's Apprentice DFW Dec 2015 #34
Thanks for that! Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #69
I didn't study German so much as live it. DFW Dec 2015 #78
Very cool. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #79
Civilized in some aspects, not all DFW Dec 2015 #80
Love this post! KT2000 Dec 2015 #35
Thanks.......... but KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #44
k and r snagglepuss Dec 2015 #37
Me too... Triana Dec 2015 #38
That blew me away Oilwellian Dec 2015 #92
These are the people who supported George Wallace. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #39
I was horrified Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2015 #72
Each generation gets better, not worse.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2015 #77
"A cartoon rich person" PassingFair Dec 2015 #40
I noticed that about small southern towns. Laffy Kat Dec 2015 #41
Ironically, ARTE TV (a French/German channel here in France) ran a compelling and pertinent, Surya Gayatri Dec 2015 #43
It's all part of perfectly crafted plan. mhatrw Dec 2015 #45
I endorse this message! +1 K&R Bubzer Dec 2015 #49
I kinda thought k-12 would have provided some level of sanity for our society by now. Ivan Kaputski Dec 2015 #50
Thanks to you, sister! anniebelle Dec 2015 #51
Hi anniebelle! Lars39 Dec 2015 #54
They have always been there Trump has made it acceptable to be bigot n/t doc03 Dec 2015 #52
Thank the alternate reality the right-wing has created for itself. LS_Editor Dec 2015 #58
True - the price that comes with forty years of propaganda. polichick Dec 2015 #60
The nation is uniting against these asshole Republican extremists. Enthusiast Dec 2015 #61
These people have always existed, TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #62
Decades of right-wing corporate media propaganda tabasco Dec 2015 #63
Going to Arizona to spend Xmas with hubby's in-laws kimbutgar Dec 2015 #65
I like your style passiveporcupine Dec 2015 #67
Honestly SandersDem Dec 2015 #68
Scare the shit out of you IS the strategy of the clown show. Mayhem is their only chance, and they L. Coyote Dec 2015 #71
Tonight on facebook, my husband's super "Christian" nephew posted mountain grammy Dec 2015 #73
... I cried reading this.... alittlelark Dec 2015 #75
It scared the shit out of me growing up in the 80s but I got over that by 2000. Rex Dec 2015 #76
Its the diner scene from alices resturaunt flobee1 Dec 2015 #81
I am with you! get the red out Dec 2015 #82
Faux and Friends---or as I like to call them "The Frightwing" randr Dec 2015 #85
Many are the old senile, rich crazies that have nothing else to do, but destroy the GOP. rladdi Dec 2015 #87
the type that support trump have always been here... Javaman Dec 2015 #89
Agreed Politicsandhiphop Dec 2015 #90
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