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None of them even knows who Jim Jones was. Just tell them he was oppressed by the government and that grape kool-aid is a really cool way to show solidarity.
Actually, Jim Jones was a Marxist, so they would likely see him as an ally.
BLM doesn't need to brainwash young people. They come that way straight out of public schools. We are going on 3 generations now of pro-socialist, anti-American brainwashing. That is why George Washington is now a villain and Che Guevara is now a hero.
Black people in the South in the 1960s faced more discrimination in the course of a normal weekday than today's African Americans do in an entire year. If anyone had the "right" to riot, it was them. But what did they do? Instead of purposely trying to antagonize white people, they appealed to their consciences, to their sense of right and wrong. Even when they were beaten, and bloodied, and had fire hoses and police dogs turned against them, they remained peaceful. But today, it's not even enough that cities paint their slogan on public streets; they still riot and destroy and make huge nuisances of themselves.
The civil rights movement of the 1960s was a massive success because the protesters appealed to the better angels of the American public. The massive temper tantrum of 2020 will fail, and fail spectacularly, because the rioters squandered the goodwill that they had initially gained in an orgy of looting and racism and violence.
You sure missed a lot of history - we have had civil unrest since 1800’s - google it- Changes shouldn’t come by violence - unfortunately it does.
It's easier to manipulate the youth. We were all there once when we thought certain movie stars and music artist were the absolute coolest people on earth. If they liked liked Pepsi, well that was cool. If they believed in saving the pandas, you're a devil if you don't. Even smoking was cool at one point, until they decided it's not; smoking pot is (nothing against pot or tobacco, just saying).
So a fool that dribbles a basket ball or rapper that thinks he has better music than The Beatles, well they must be right so we'll follow what they say. Luckily, we all get older.
I approve of the Metallica and Pantera, but maybe stick to metal and not politics.
"...basic values of Americanism", "...new generation of patriotically minded...people", and "...word Communist conspiracy" all sound like a group of bald eagles came to your house and made you sit in a dark room full of guns while music from Team America blasted in your ears until they broke you.
Absolutely. Not just young white people either. Basically everyone with no political knowledge who just thinks "racism bad" can get sucked into acting like a cult member.
If I'm calling you an America-crazed yahoo who's bordering on jingoism, how is that projecting? I am aware of the flaws of my country and try to fix them, not pretend they don't exist.
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