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ret5hd

(20,523 posts) Tue Dec 22, 2020, 10:46 AM Dec 2020

I suggest a new term for RW terrorists, Proud Boys, etc:

Cosmoturf: Astroturf groups funded by Russia.

Probably already been done, but my fast search found nothing.

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I suggest a new term for RW terrorists, Proud Boys, etc: (Original Post) ret5hd Dec 2020 OP

Hmmm...not brutally forthright enough to me... Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1

makes it sound non threatening JI7 Dec 2020 #2

Agree with the above, but this is good as a descriptive label but not a definitive one. Beakybird Dec 2020 #3

Nope matt819 Dec 2020 #4

Karadeniz

(22,574 posts)

1. Hmmm...not brutally forthright enough to me...

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Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:18 AM

Dec 2020

JI7

(89,274 posts)

2. makes it sound non threatening

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Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:20 AM

Dec 2020

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

3. Agree with the above, but this is good as a descriptive label but not a definitive one.

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Tue Dec 22, 2020, 11:37 AM

Dec 2020

matt819

(10,749 posts)

4. Nope

Reply to ret5hd (Original post)

Tue Dec 22, 2020, 12:39 PM

Dec 2020

How about Isis-style terrorists?

Or Christian terrorists?

Or Trump-directed terrorists?

Or the terrorist arm of the republican party?

Or the terrorist arm of the fascist party?

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