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lovemydogs

(575 posts)
Thu May 4, 2017, 01:42 PM May 2017

The Alt-right's Real Richard Spencer

Richard Spencer is the face of America's new fascism and white nationalism.
True to their forerunners of the 1930s, these fascists love to project an image of hard core toughness and nastiness.
And, sure, with the foot soldiers there are alot of thugs looking for fights and brawls with the 'antifas' (anti Fascist left).

However, scratch beneath the surface and with Spencer you find an elite educated, mamma's boy and taker.
Spencer never held a real job. Spencer lives off his family's money from owning huge tracks of land. And the family gets alot of Government subsidies for that land.
While Spencer's parents are your average republicans who abhor their son's ideas and the controversies and embarrassments he has caused them, they never cut the purse strings and made him go out and get a job.
Spencer does have his so-called Institute, National Policy Institute. But, it lost its tax exempt status. It's not exactly setting the world on fire with donations or funding.
Looks like Richard Spencer is basically just a taker who doesn't and never did work and earn money and lives off his mamma.
What a squish.

Washington Monthly originally published the article where this information comes from and is currently published on Raw Story.


http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/white-nationalist-figurehead-richard-spencer-is-a-dorky-mamas-boy-with-no-real-accomplishments/

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The Alt-right's Real Richard Spencer (Original Post) lovemydogs May 2017 OP
Thanks for the post. WhiteTara May 2017 #1

WhiteTara

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1. Thanks for the post.
Thu May 4, 2017, 02:15 PM
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