demosincebirth
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Sat Mar-27-10 11:07 PM
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What do the Tea Bagger movement have in comon with |
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with the "Know Nothing" movement of the 1840's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing
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Sat Mar-27-10 11:11 PM
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1. Well, the Republicans these days seem to be the party of "No! Nothing!" . . . |
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Sat Mar-27-10 11:22 PM
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2. They called themselves "Native Americans"? |
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Doesn't sound like a true Native American.
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Sat Mar-27-10 11:54 PM
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3. All native americans have ever wanted was a tax cut! |
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Edited on Sat Mar-27-10 11:55 PM by CommonSensePLZ
And to get the a-rabs. Yes, the "know nothing" party sounds fitting.
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Sat Mar-27-10 11:56 PM
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Nativism typically means opposition to immigration or efforts to lower the political or legal status of specific ethnic or cultural groups because the groups are considered hostile or alien to the natural culture, and it is assumed that they cannot be assimilated.
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