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Uh.. this is well.. frightening

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Uh.. this is well.. frightening
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 6, 2016 at 8:34 pm
(March 6, 2016 at 7:09 pm)ignoramus Wrote: I'm pretty sure Americans aren't that silly.

Really? Why?
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm
Pretty sure they're all above average intelligence.
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 7, 2016 at 3:12 am
It may technically just be just a position of the arm but the purpose is the same. To unify identity and pledge allegiance. It's no different to having everyone place their hands on their chest except the hand in the air is more visually striking and effective which is why Americans schools used to insist upon the Bellamy salute. It was only stopped when it became associated with the Nazis yet it is also the Roman salute. This is yet another mechanism that can be used by an authoritarian or fascist government which everyone thinks is normal, especially since Americans are used to having to pledge allegiance in schools.

You could easily have some other alternative, like the fist closed or the forearm extending vertically into the air. The function would be the same.

[Image: Students_pledging_allegiance_to_the_Amer...salute.jpg]

[Image: bellamy-salute.jpg]
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 7, 2016 at 3:14 am (This post was last modified: March 7, 2016 at 3:16 am by I_am_not_mafia.)
(March 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Pretty sure they're all above average intelligence IQ.

Corrected for you. Sounds more official this way.
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 7, 2016 at 4:51 pm
(March 7, 2016 at 3:14 am)Mathilda Wrote:
(March 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm)ignoramus Wrote: Pretty sure they're all above average intelligence IQ.

Corrected for you. Sounds more official this way.

More like below average IQ
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 7, 2016 at 5:14 pm
I'm more askeert of Cruz the Dominionist. At least you can make a deal with Trump.
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 7, 2016 at 5:15 pm
What is frightening is that anyone would want to vote for the man.
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 8, 2016 at 1:40 am
(March 7, 2016 at 5:15 pm)Kitan Wrote: What is frightening is that anyone would want to vote for the man.

Yeah says a lot about us Americans doesn't it.
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RE: Uh.. this is well.. frightening
March 8, 2016 at 3:57 am
Well maybe Donald could get out of it by saying that the members of the crowd that appeared Fascist were actually doing the Bellamy Salute rather than anything Fascist. Touting Christian credentials can't hurt him, right? Then again, the Bellamy Salute is Socialist so who knows...

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