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Mencken told us the answer long ago

Posted on: November 15, 2018 at 12:48:17 CT
Bulldog Bob Brown STL
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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Harris is doubling down on immigration stupidity - Sal KC - 11/15 12:18:26
     Repatriation - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/15 12:40:23
          Aaaand right on cue - mizzoumurfkc KC - 11/15 13:24:57
               Sure. Throw the KKK in there like a good little libtard. - Tigrrrr! MU - 11/15 15:34:32
     when will they stop using the racist attacks?(nm) - NWMizzouFan MU - 11/15 12:28:18
          what racist attacks? (nm) - pickle MU - 11/15 13:07:29
     what is the left's fascination with the KKK? other than fro - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:26:31
          Mencken told us the answer long ago - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 11/15 12:48:17
               sure. I don't know that all hobgoblins are imaginary, Bob. - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:50:52
          It is a dark stain from THEIR history that they keep - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:32:02
               Southern 'christians' have the DARK stain... - mizzoumurfkc KC - 11/15 13:30:18
               Was/Is the the KKK and other white supremacist orgs - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 12:46:18
                    Southern Democrats and the KKK were closely aligned - mu7176grad MU - 11/15 12:59:22
                         What political party did Southern Democrats switch to - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:00:41
                              Robert Byrd a dem hero--was a former KKK leader - mu7176grad MU - 11/15 13:07:11
                                   No doubt, and many others like him - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:33:22
                                        But a lot just stayed with the democrats in leadership - mu7176grad MU - 11/15 13:49:58
                                             I didn't say the GOP was racist. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 14:11:44
                              RE: What political party did Southern Democrats switch to - scan MU - 11/15 13:03:15
                                   Jesse Helms comes to mind - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:05:15
                                        RE: Jesse Helms comes to mind - scan MU - 11/15 13:06:24
                                             There are many more. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:14:16
                                                  Nope! There actually are not - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:17:45
                                                       Your revisionism is sad and pathetic. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:24:38
                                                            I am not the one revising the facts - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:27:45
                                                                 Lol, by winning by a huge margin with minority voters - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:32:53
                                                                      Nope. Try again. - Spanky KU - 11/15 14:02:21
                                                                           You simply believe what you want. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 14:22:19
                                                                                I am revising nothing.. YOU are.... - Spanky KU - 11/15 14:32:00
                              They STAYED as Democrats! - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:02:23
                                   Lol that is false (nm) - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:03:17
                                        Facts: - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:07:36
                                        you're really proud of your ignorance, aren't you? (nm) - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:06:04
                                             I'm proud of my knowledge of history. - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:38:13
                                                  ACTUAL facts! - Spanky KU - 11/15 14:03:15
                                        You are wrong as usual.... Learn FACTS not propaganda - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:05:17
                                             RE: You are wrong as usual.... Learn FACTS not propaganda - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:11:01
                                                  That is quite the shape shift you are attempting. Why the - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:16:51
                    It was characterized by Democrat ideologies - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:55:37
                         What political party is he now? - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 12:58:40
                              Your understanding of the KKK and history is totally limited - mu7176grad MU - 11/15 13:01:55
                                   Who said they're aligned with the GOP? - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:03:08
                                   he has slide-show knowledge at best of everything he - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:02:34
                              you're down a tunnel of stupid here; I warned you this - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:01:08
                                   Why are you unable to answer a basic question? - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:02:33
                                        RE: Why are you unable to answer a basic question? - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:03:43
                                             Hahahaha no surprise you post that. Pure propaganda - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:08:56
                                                  she's a Vanderbilt prof of History, an AA woman, and the - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:10:52
                                                  You should fact check every item she spoke of and get - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 13:09:47
                                                       I can post a video that has a bias too - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:20:05
                                                       It's propaganda. Prageru is not a university and they put - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 13:16:59
                    RE: Was/Is the the KKK and other white supremacist orgs - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:52:28
                    I can tell you that the answer and your question are - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:52:00
                         I was responding to Spanky you POS. If you don't want - MrBlueSky MU - 11/15 12:53:29
                              Don't get your panties in a bundle... more than 1 can - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:56:23
                              why won't you and the left just let the KKK remain in - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:55:40
                                   ^^^ Spot on^^^^^^ - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:57:32
                                        the fact that Kamala Harris is raising the KKK to the level - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:59:48
                                             If they can't compare something they don't like to Nazis - Spanky KU - 11/15 13:01:39
               the KKK has no relevance other than what those talking - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:36:48
                    fear mongering and rewriting history - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:39:58
          to scare black voters of course, keep them voting dem. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/15 12:28:55
          Quick acronym so the conversation, whatever it is, - jmlppx MU - 11/15 12:28:50
     Yes, ICE is just like the KKK - Uncle Fester USMC - 11/15 12:25:47
     Harris got into politics on her back, not by her brains. - RHAYWORTH MU - 11/15 12:25:29
     Not what happened. how desperate are you for a post?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 12:23:31
          well you obviously didn't read the article (nm) - Sal KC - 11/15 12:55:57
               Harris did not double down.(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 11/15 13:19:37
               RE: well you obviously didn't read the article (nm) - scan MU - 11/15 13:01:04
          It is precisely what happened - Spanky KU - 11/15 12:26:10
          what didn't happen? She didn't double down on ignorance? - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:24:14
     Ah, being young makes you inherently better at - 90Tiger MU - 11/15 12:18:56




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