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This whole nationalism debate reminds me of the porch monkey thing from Clerks 2. The problem is you are trying to rebrand nationalism as "putting America first" whereas nationalism has already been co-opted by actual racist organizations as their rallying cry. Come up with your own term that racists aren't using and you won't have this issue.

Also if you don't catch the reference, take a wild guess who you are in this scenario:

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Just because you want to change the meaning of the nationalism to what you want it to mean...doesn't actually change the meaning of the word.

You realize that right?

Some of the left thinking seems to be trending into "thought police" territory.

Maybe given the current climate it's best to avoid a fuzzy term like nationalist? Just maybe? Either way none of this makes his behavior yesterday appropriate.

Just because you want to change the meaning of the nationalism to what you want it to mean...doesn't actually change the meaning of the word.



You realize that right?



Some of the left thinking seems to be trending into "thought police" territory.



When it comes to Captain bigmouth yes. Stop acting like he does not use dog whistles to rally the racist part of his base because he needs their vote. Just stop. U r trending into “acting stupid” territory.
And are you actually lecturing us on changing the meaning of words? Didn’t u guys invent alternative facts?

When it comes to Captain bigmouth yes. Stop acting like he does not use dog whistles to rally the racist part of his base because he needs their vote. Just stop. U r trending into “acting stupid” territory.
And are you actually lecturing us on changing the meaning of words? Didn’t u guys invent alternative facts?

This is what im talking about...we are in thought police territory.


Which is not surprising because in the age of social media people these days are allowed to take a tweet, post, comment, etc. and skew it, take it out of context, invent their own context, etc.

Critical thinking isn't a value of this medium. It also has allowed a bullying, mob mentality where personal freedom, freedom of speech is not valued.

Its very interesting...I find it ironic in many cases where those who rightfully call for the ending of discrimination would also call for the right to discriminate against thought/idea they disagree with. You want diversity, but not the diversity of ideas.

Just because you want to change the meaning of the nationalism to what you want it to mean...doesn't actually change the meaning of the word.

You realize that right?

Some of the left thinking seems to be trending into "thought police" territory.

I'm literally saying nationalism is most commonly thought of as a pc-alternative to white supremacy, and that's already what most people think of when they hear the term. You and Cred are the ones trying to turn "nationalism" into "pro-Americanism".

Your president said "I am a nationalist." His non-racist supporters hear "I am pro-America", his racist supporters hear "I support racism" and his non-supporters hear "I support racism."

I'm literally saying nationalism is most commonly thought of as a pc-alternative to white supremacy, and that's already what most people think of when they hear the term. You and Cred are the ones trying to turn "nationalism" into "pro-Americanism".

Your president said "I am a nationalist." His non-racist supporters hear "I am pro-America", his racist supporters hear "I support racism" and his non-supporters hear "I support racism."

I'm so going to try to stop commenting after this post, I may just stop the warpath cuz the skins are just as disheartening as the political threads.

editing your last sentence to what is more accurate:
OUR president said "I am a nationalist." His non-racist supporters hear "I am pro-America", his racist supporters hear "I support racism" and his non-racist non-supporters hear "I am pro-America" , his racist non-supporters hear "I support racism."

People who want to see racism in every word is a large part of the ongoing issues this country has with racism.

I'm literally saying nationalism is most commonly thought of as a pc-alternative to white supremacy, and that's already what most people think of when they hear the term. You and Cred are the ones trying to turn "nationalism" into "pro-Americanism".

Your president said "I am a nationalist." His non-racist supporters hear "I am pro-America", his racist supporters hear "I support racism" and his non-supporters hear "I support racism."

Sure, just take what his says...rearrange, change the meaning of the words...create the context. Cut and paste to what you and others want to believe.

Just understand my ability to look at the facts, the meaning of words and call bullshit.

Its a free country.

I'm so going to try to stop commenting after this post, I may just stop the warpath cuz the skins are just as disheartening as the political threads.

editing your last sentence to what is more accurate:
OUR president said "I am a nationalist." His non-racist supporters hear "I am pro-America", his racist supporters hear "I support racism" and his non-racist non-supporters hear "I am pro-America" , his racist non-supporters hear "I support racism."

People who want to see racism in every word is a large part of the ongoing issues this country has with racism.
People who refuse to see the blatant "racism" on display by their own President is even a larger problem in America today.

Sure, just take what his says...rearrange, change the meaning of the words...create the context. Cut and paste to what you and others want to believe.

Just understand my ability to look at the facts, the meaning of words and call bullshit.

Its a free country.

Absolutely but instead of all that ,just tell people you do as trump does, you believe in"alternative facts",you make it up as you go along.

This is what im talking about...we are in thought police territory.





Which is not surprising because in the age of social media people these days are allowed to take a tweet, post, comment, etc. and skew it, take it out of context, invent their own context, etc.



Critical thinking isn't a value of this medium. It also has allowed a bullying, mob mentality where personal freedom, freedom of speech is not valued.



Its very interesting...I find it ironic in many cases where those who rightfully call for the ending of discrimination would also call for the right to discriminate against thought/idea they disagree with. You want diversity, but not the diversity of ideas.



You mean freedom of speech like Say a journalist asking a question? Or is that where freedom of speech stops .... when we start to get to close to the truth? Gtfoh.