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jwirr

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13. The use of unfounded fear and hatred in campaigning is

Reply to hedgehog (Reply #12)

Mon Oct 26, 2015, 03:21 PM

Oct 2015

definitely a R quality. But I suspect that it is just more blatant than it was in the past. I have always liven in white areas in the north and did not see that in campaigns back then but I think if I were to talk to someone from some of the southern states they could give me plenty of examples of race baiting being used to win an election.

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plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose [View all] hedgehog Oct 2015 OP

It's probably all part of the oligarch's playbook. nt valerief Oct 2015 #1

Perlstein's thesis is that Nixon exploited reactions from some white people hedgehog Oct 2015 #5

Past sins cast long shadows Yorktown Oct 2015 #2

I don't think the problem is that POC are suspicious of police officers, hedgehog Oct 2015 #4

Well, it's part of the vicious cycle Yorktown Oct 2015 #6

society changes except for police. different social events, same responses nt msongs Oct 2015 #3

It's a power issue Hydra Oct 2015 #7

Mais oui! Sure seems that way, doesn't it? nt MADem Oct 2015 #8

I'm sick and tired of it too, hedgehog. lovemydog Oct 2015 #9

It's quite an eye opener - I was just a kid back then - hedgehog Oct 2015 #10

I lived through this era. Most of what has been written jwirr Oct 2015 #11

What is fascinating to me is how little things have changed hedgehog Oct 2015 #12

The use of unfounded fear and hatred in campaigning is jwirr Oct 2015 #13