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In Other News... CEPS meme thread v 2020 - new year, new memes

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mal3volent said:
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America First (policy)

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Origins
"America First" has been used as a slogan by both Democratic and Republican politicians. At the outbreak of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson used the motto to define his version of neutrality as well as journalist William Randolph Hearst.[7] The motto was also chosen by Republican Senator Warren G. Harding during the 1920 presidential election, which he won.[8]

America First is best known as the slogan and foreign policy advocated by the America First Committee, a non-interventionist pressure group against the American entry into World War II, which emphasized American nationalism and unilateralism in international relations. The America First Committee's membership peaked at 800,000 paying members in 450 chapters, and it popularized the slogan "America First."[2] While the America First Committee had a variety of supporters in the United States, "the movement was marred by anti-Semitic and pro-fascist rhetoric."[9]

In later periods, the slogan was used by Pat Buchanan, who praised the non-interventionist WWII America First Committee and said "the achievements of that organization are monumental."[10] Buchanan's "call for an America First foreign policy has been compared with the America First Committee."[11]

History under President Trump

Donald Trump first embraced the slogan in response to a suggestion and historical comparison by David E. Sanger during a New York Times interview in March 2016.[12][13] In later months, without referencing Pat Buchanan's prior usage or the AFC, Trump said that "'America First' will be the major and overriding theme" of his administration during his campaign for president, and advocated nationalist, anti-interventionist positions;[14][13] following his election to the presidency, America First has become the official foreign policy doctrine of the Trump Administration.[3] It was a theme of Trump's inaugural address, and a Politico/Morning Consult poll released on January 25, 2017 stated that 65% of Americans responded positively to President Trump's "America First" inaugural message, with 39% viewing the speech as poor.[15] In 2017, the Administration proposed a federal budget for 2018 with both Make America Great Again and America First in its title, with the latter referencing its increases to military, homeland security, and veteran spending, cuts to spending that goes towards foreign countries, and 10-year objective of achieving a balanced budget.[16]

The slogan has been criticized by some for carrying comparisons to the America First Committee;[17] however, Trump denied being an isolationist, and said, "I like the expression."[18] A number of scholars (such as Deborah Dash Moore), commentators (such as Bill Kristol) and Jewish organizations (including the ADL and JCPA) criticized Trump's use of the slogan because of its historical association with nativism and antisemitism.[18][19]

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So, both parties used it (R and D), but it appears the R's actually made a songbook!

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w01fg4ng said:
It's just a meme bro. I didn't mean to trigger you.
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sure you did because we just had this conversation in the BLM thread where you asked if was triggered.

Then post this meme right under me within minutes of posting in the other thread.

Here is my totally just a meme not meant to trigger anybody, so totally don't get triggered and cry.

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alasdairm said:
that soros picture has been debunked. it’s actually an image of oskar groening, a nazi at auschwitz.

when you have to just make shit up to make your case, you got nothing...

alasdair
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good thing I don't live in whatever clown world you live in .

Hey can you go to my QAnon thread and respond to my question instead of making snide remarks on me loving Trump?
 
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