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BannonsLiver

(20,767 posts)
4. And that is at a wealthy southern university with a massive, mostly white greek culture.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:48 PM
Apr 15

Had this event been well attended, it would have been populated mostly by young, upper-middle-class AEWMs (angry entitled white males) from the fraternity houses. Clearly, they had better things to do on a Tuesday night.

Lovie777

(23,422 posts)
11. I don't think these young males ....
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:14 PM
Apr 15

want anything to do with boots on the ground.

Which seems like the Republican Party is headed that way.

jls4561

(3,247 posts)
5. I honestly thought TPUSA might have been formed in response to the bog roll shortage during the pandemic.
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:51 PM
Apr 15

Actually learned it was not shortly before Kirk was shot. I still have no idea what its purpose was.

flvegan

(66,435 posts)
3. There's always OnlyFans*
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 05:47 PM
Apr 15

MAGA branded leather thigh high heels, some baby oil, a Slip n Slide, and 10,000 idiot MAGA incels at $20/month.

*Not that there's anything wrong with that.

walkingman

(11,082 posts)
9. I hope so because their indoctrination of young people (the most venerable in our society)
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:09 PM
Apr 15

should be criminal. The Bible Belt is an example of the racism, misogyny, and white nationalism that this kind of messaging which becomes multi-generational. I have seen it my entire life.

Once indoctrinated it is awful hard to change unless you move and are exposed to a wider segment of the population that includes minorities, and more open-minded people.

In my case after college, my work took me to Houston and later Austin where I met a genre of people much more compatible to my worldview. (It didn't hurt that it was the late 60s when "The Times they were a-Changin".

lanlady

(7,231 posts)
12. Very possible
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:15 PM
Apr 15

I wonder if the Hungarian government (likely using Russian funds) financed TP USA in addition to CPAC. If so, Erika is going to have to sell off her jewelry to keep it going.

J_William_Ryan

(3,539 posts)
13. "Turning Point will collapse by the end of the year"
Wed Apr 15, 2026, 06:26 PM
Apr 15

Perhaps.

But never underestimate the fascist right.

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