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668 points wildmusings | 2 comments | 24 Nov 16 00:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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geuis ◴[24 Nov 16 01:39 UTC] No.13027304[source]▶
Please stop using this "alt-right" terminology. All its doing is trying to put a neutral label on a group of vile people. People that are blatantly racist, misogynist, and just anti-American. These are the same kinds of monsters that started the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" in the 1930's. They used the same rhetoric and played on desperate people's fears and prejudices.

My grandparents didn't fight on two fronts to see this bullshit taking over the United States.

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obstacle1 ◴[24 Nov 16 02:59 UTC] No.13027669[source]▶
>My grandparents didn't fight on two fronts to see this bullshit taking over the United States.

Your countryfolk elected "this bullshit", so consider that what you and your grandparents want might not really be relevant.

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1. kristjansson ◴[24 Nov 16 07:29 UTC] No.13028839[source]▶
(1): That's a gross oversimplification. Trumps support was not primarily alt-right, they were at best a vocal, but small part. Even if they were a significant part of the coalition, this election doesn't suddenly validate those views. A fundamental part of our system is the protection from the tyranny of the majority...

(2): this is an impressive extension of the 'sour grapes' response meme. We're going to shit on WWII vets if they don't (rhetorically) get on the trump train now?

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2. obstacle1 ◴[24 Nov 16 15:58 UTC] No.13030923[source]▶
1) What? Fact: the electorate chose Trump as the next US president. The fact that most of the country wants what you don't want doesn't make it a tyranny of the majority.

2) I don't care who is on what train, and I'm not shitting on anyone. Fact: OP's grandparents didn't fight for Trump to not be president. That what OP's grandparents or OP want is in contradiction with what the USA got isn't an indication of tyranny. What OP or OP's grandparents want doesn't generalize to what everyone else wants or should want, that's the point, and it's not an insult.