Re: (ReacTor) Five Futures Where the US Ended Not With a Bang But a Whimper

In article <u75l2kdc4em0uog6d4blu6trm746gdhjbk@4ax.com>,
 The Horny Goat <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:

On Sun, 20 Apr 2025 14:46:09 -0400, William Hyde
<wthyde1953@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Paul S Person wrote:
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I don't think "Tory" will work in the US.  Too much 1776 and all that.
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But "Know Nothing" is up for grabs.

 
For which party? You could make a case for either...

Since they actually called themselves the Native American Party* and
then the American Party (their opponents called them the Know Nothings),
it obviously applies to the MAGA republicans. Besides, they were an
anti-immigrant party.

*not American Indian, instead people whose great-grandparents were
around for the American Revolution.

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