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    Any of the Trump supporters here identify with the "alt-right"? How do you feel about their support for Trump and his use of them in the campaign - and his general reluctance to disassociate himself with the extreme right? Genuine question.

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    • Good question.monospaced
    • the lack of responses is tellingBluejam
    • Me! not really :)fadein11
    • So you just ignore it? As long as it doesn't affect you?err
    • err - what you on about? No I really, really don't ignore it at all... lol. you not been here for a while?fadein11
    • ehh. you can't control who supports you.dbloc
    • he can certainly address them and distance himself from themmonospaced
    • yes of course he can distance himself from those nuts, but he chooses not to which is v.concerning for the world.fadein11
    • indeedmonospaced
    • He is wise not to address them, even acknowledging them gives them more of a platform. Look at how obama responding to trumps birther claims legitimised trump
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    • Sure. Either that or it would make half the nation not feel so uneasy.monospaced
    • the world is safe. he disavowed them. everyone can relax now.Gnash
    • "He is wise not to address them" - wow such wisdom not distancing himself from the lowest cesspool in your country.fadein11
    • What do you know about low cesspools over here
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    • Is "Alt-Right" like an opposite version of "Black lives Matter"?robotron3k
    • i think alt-right is the opposite of regressive leftGnash
    • @terry - if they are anything like far right groups in UK such as Britain First - trust me I know a lot. And your strange need to defend them is v.worrying.fadein11
    • A bunch of old boys playing dress up and reminiscing on the good old days of Jim Crow are hardly the lowest of anything. I'm not defending them, I'm pointing ou
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    • -t that the only thing they are hurting are people's feelings
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    • You'd fine more Hillary supporters here who'd identify with the alt-right core values of central white leadership, futurist and free speech thinking.
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