That\u2019s about right<\/a>. \u00a0The Alt Right and, if you will, the Alt Left. \u00a0Both peddle extremism and allow for radicals who spew hate, racism, violence, intolerance, bigotry, and don\u2019t see the country as big enough for anyone but who they say. \u00a0Plus President Trump.<\/p>\nExactly how Trump fits in, I don\u2019t know. \u00a0He seems to embody parts of the extremes on both sides, and yet also has characteristics different from either.<\/p>\n
Whatever, it\u2019s worth noting that in America there are two groups. \u00a0One group sees enemies overseas and here at home. \u00a0One group sees victims overseas who only hate us because of the enemies here at\u00a0home.<\/p>\n
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An observation from my oldest boy: \u2018America is dealing with two extremes, plus Trump.\u2019 That\u2019s about right. \u00a0The Alt Right and, if you will, the Alt Left. \u00a0Both peddle extremism and allow for radicals who spew hate, racism, violence, intolerance, bigotry, and don\u2019t see the country as big enough for anyone but who they say. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-8633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interesting-insights","tag-current-events"],"yoast_head":"\n
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