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maybe this will turn out to be one of those moments that marks the furthest reach of neo-fascist ideas for a while, kind of on the order of what happened to the front national once it got more than 5% in a round of presidential elections and found itself thereby in the second round of voting. it seemed like folk kinda woke up to the possibility that the front national was not simply some wacky fringe outfit, that something had to be done to name them as neo-fascist. in part because of that and in part because of organizational melt-down, the front national hasn't since gotten close.
so it may be here: the sentiment in those posters at least seems to have resonated with alot of people, most likely for a host of reasons. but once it passed, and once the criticisms started flying in from seemingly everywhere, the meanings get changed. maybe there will be a pulling back from this sort of nonsense.
out of embarrassment, out of recognition that such stuff could actually be implemented, etc.
that's maybe a bit pollyanna, but who knows.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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