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[+] -6 points 10 months ago (5 children)

I was with you until last half of the last sentence.

Racist, sure. “proto-nazi”? Who and why? One example would be great, I don’t understand the connection.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Without having to click links it's basically this; Hitler had a Hardon for American Exceptionalism and shit, Nazis are based on American ideas just taken to the extreme.

    So hence proto as in precursor to the Nazis.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the description! When I think ‘founding fathers’ I’m thinking of the literal dudes who wrote and signed the US constitution and the Bill of Rights.

    I didn’t see any connections for the term to that time period in American history.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago*

    You mean the guys that literally genocided native peoples? That wrote into the constitution that black people were worth less? That only rich land-owning people should be allowed representation?..

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