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will they really mature?

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Submitted by Kaspars Gasuns (Latvia), Nov 30, 2017 at 03:04

Doesn't

"..they contain dismaying proportions of power-hungry eccentrics, conspiracy theorists, historical revisionists, and anti-Jewish or anti-Muslim extremists."

negate any chances or maturing? Isn't immaturity and often unrealistic, contradictory expectations the very way these parties operate? How much has Trumpism matured, being at the very top of political pyramid?

I suspect that these parties will discredit the reasonable anti-immigration argument.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Not Far Right. [21 words]Reynald de ChatillonMar 17, 2018 01:52242506
ZERO comparison with early 1900s [186 words]Michael SDec 6, 2017 03:42241480
Sam Harris liberalism is needed [128 words]AnonDec 3, 2017 05:53241460
Immigration to the United States is different from immigration to European countries [342 words]AnonDec 10, 2017 22:46241460
1Islam is the cancer of free world [206 words]Dariush AfsharDec 2, 2017 08:50241445
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Surreal View of Islamic Culture Must End [278 words]DaveNov 30, 2017 13:58241423
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Accept or co-opt? [77 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
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question [35 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
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I think he's saying it's better to engage them than to refuse to deal with them [15 words]AnonNov 30, 2017 19:50241413
Tolerance of non-Islamist Extremism in the Democratic European Union [690 words]RobertDec 2, 2017 15:34241413

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