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Post by mistermann » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 2:45 AM UTC

asveikau wrote: post #57

mistermann wrote: post #42

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Unless I'm misunderstanding you, it's interesting to me that you see arguments and (seemingly) can't consider that it's even possible for them to be genuinely held as first principles, and that they must be motivated by "fear" and "hatred" (as if economic protectionism cannot be based in rationality, it must always be racially motivated).

In the US political example I gave (Lee Atwater), you have a Reagan era strategist who admitted privately on tape that it was racially motivated. And then we have about 4 decades worth of the policy record of what happens when the supposed "small government" advocates get into power. Tell me, why do they end up deficit spending? Is it because they are overwhelmed by the reality of running government? Or is it that th…

Post by baud147258 » Wed, Apr 18, 2018, 8:16 AM UTC

EastLondonCoder wrote: post #39

KingBluetooth wrote: post #25

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SD has a very dark and disturbing history I think we can all agree to that but they have cleaned up and become a different party then before. They are now for example proponents of "open swedishness" where ethnicity have no bearing on if you are Swedish. http://www.lt.se/opinion/debatt/sd-ar-for-en-oppen-svenskhet "Its overwhelmingly clear the main reason for the party is to turn Sweden into some sort of white nation…

"Its overwhelmingly clear the main reason for the party is to turn Sweden into some sort of white nationalist fantasy where anyone with a brown face is not welcome. "do you really believe this? - yes. Anecdata, what relatives and other acquaintance tells me who votes for the party say that thats what they want. You don't have to scratch surface particularly hard to see statements such as Zlatan is not Swedish, or for…