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CrispyQ

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12. Rich (mostly) white men's sense of entitlement & privilege has lasted for so long, it's entrenched.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Wed Sep 20, 2017, 02:55 PM

Sep 2017

It will be hard to uproot & they will whine & cry & make it awful for everyone in the process. That's what we're seeing with the current crop of business & political leaders. "I don't want to share. I don't want to be questioned on my behavior. These things have never happened to me before! Waahhh!" It's two year old temper tantrum on a national scale.

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Everyone says it could never happen here [View all] Behind the Aegis Sep 2017 OP

butbutbutbut but butbutbut Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #1

It is happening now JustAnotherGen Sep 2017 #2

It is already happening. Maybe now people will stop voting for these miscreants and haveahart Sep 2017 #3

no JI7 Sep 2017 #4

Everyone doesn't say it any more. And let's remember, it started Hortensis Sep 2017 #5

I've never said that, nor would I. Because I never believed it to be true of America. Solly Mack Sep 2017 #6

But Americans want to white wash our history HopeAgain Sep 2017 #9

I agree. Far too many people have been blinded to the obvious from staring into that so-called Solly Mack Sep 2017 #10

Anti-semitic graffiti happens here all the time oberliner Sep 2017 #7

Makes me think get the red out Sep 2017 #8

May I ask what college you attended and how you escaped? SharonClark Sep 2017 #13

Regular public university get the red out Sep 2017 #14

It Can't Happen Here Javaman Sep 2017 #11

Rich (mostly) white men's sense of entitlement & privilege has lasted for so long, it's entrenched. CrispyQ Sep 2017 #12

It can always happen anywhere mythology Sep 2017 #15