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Jonny Appleseed

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1. Too bad eugenicists are in the Whitehouse now

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sat Mar 18, 2017, 07:51 PM

Mar 2017

I've noticed a recent resurgence of eugenics in general as a way for rightwingers to say "I may be racist, but not an uncivilized hillbilly racist" trying to throw "science" behind their bigotry.

Ironic because they literally don't believe in most science.

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Too bad eugenicists are in the Whitehouse now Jonny Appleseed Mar 2017 #1