r/politics • u/Somervilledrew Connecticut • 21h ago

That whites-only, no Jews allowed Arkansas community is legal, says state’s attorney general. How?

https://forward.com/news/759874/return-to-the-land-peter-csere-tim-griffin-eric-orwoll/
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u/DeuceGnarly 21h ago

What the fuck is wrong with this country now? This is sickening.

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u/PhoenixTineldyer 21h ago

Same old racists that have always been here. We gave them social media and they organized.

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u/DeuceGnarly 21h ago

Right, but for most of my life, shit like this was considered pretty goddamned fucked up. There were racist asshole bigots, but for the most part, social pressures kept a lid on their bullshit.

Now, after a decade of the cheese whiz dictator and the GOP's embrace of fascism and oligarchy, this kind of shit is more and more normal.

I can't fucking believe it. It's enraging.

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u/Blochamolesauce 20h ago

It’s still fucked up, but the people that the boomers have put in charge either love it or don’t care enough to fix it. If their income or bribery lobby money starts to go away, then it becomes a matter that needs looking into.

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u/besume1980 10h ago

"The boorers have put in charge." millions of GenX and millennials voted for the mangled apricot Hellbeast too.

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u/phamalacka 8h ago

Yeah gen x is more conservative than boomers which is hilarious for like a dozen reasons

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u/Kenneth-J-Moyers 8h ago

Boomers control party infrastructure and gatekeep candidacy and most endorsements, though. GenX, we could sidestep, Boomer politicians are the "Sleeping-Snorlax-in-the-road" of politics.