Upgoat - "what's upgoat!"

https://z-library.ec/book/28293885/8295df/a-fever-in-the-heartland-the-ku-klux-klans-plot-to-take-over-america-and-the-woman-who-stopped-th.html

I posted on this thing here not too long after it came out. It deals with the powerful 20s Klan, its Indiana leader D.C. Stephenson, and how his hijinks destroyed the Klan's momentum. I read an older book about the Indiana Klan and Stephenson but this one has a certain current year relevance given its recent publication date.

About 1 in 5 white Protestant males in Indiana was a card carrying Klansman. Maybe 1 in 3. Notably Egan looks to be of Irish Catholic background, attended a Jesuit high school at that, and well...

https://www.upgoat.net/viewpost?postid=67341b7bc5b0e

"I am the law in Indiana." - D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of Indiana.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._C._Stephenson

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Polarization Is a Product of Fear (An explanation for why we're so divided, and what we can do about it) (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/2026/february/polarization-is-product-fear

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Democrat Gene Wu blasted for boosting ‘racist nonsense’ and promoting a race war (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/rita-panahi/democrat-gene-wu-blasted-for-boosting-racist-nonsense-and-promoting-a-race-war/video/2fe93bfb671ebcab93e9f13857302e0d

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Why this country declared an ocean current collapse a national security risk (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/02/10/amoc-collapse-current-iceland-security/

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Orbán trailing in polls ahead of April elections (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260209-rubio-to-visit-hungary-and-slovakia-after-trump-backs-orban

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ICE nodding to far-right extremists in recruitment posts, experts say (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/ice-recruiting-9.7058294

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Texas “Antifa Cell” Terror Trial Takes On Tough Questions About Guns at Protests Against ICE (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://theintercept.com/2026/02/11/prairieland-antifa-trial-pretty-ice-protest/

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Nick Fuentes and the mainstreaming of neo-Nazism - CBC News (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thefucknsucksociety/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1354

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Oregon man planned to kill, behead ICE agents, use separatist outfit to start civil war, prosecutors allege (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/thefucknsucksociety/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1353

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Is Islam a form of Christianity? (OccidentalEnclave)

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AI Overview

Yes, from the 7th century through the Middle Ages, many Christian authors and theologians, such as John of Damascus, classified Islam as a Christian heresy. It was often viewed as a distorted offshoot of Christianity, with Muhammad frequently portrayed as a false prophet or a "heresiarch" who blended elements of Judaism, Christianity, and paganism.

Viewed as Heresy: Early writers like John of Damascus, and later figures like Hilaire Belloc, often interpreted Islamic doctrine as a heresy.

Alternative View: Some, such as Eulogius of Cordoba, even regarded Islam as a precursor to or form of "the Antichrist".

Influences: Scholars have noted that early Islam was influenced by the Christian and Jewish communities prevalent in the Middle East.

Mutual Views: While Christians sometimes saw Islam as heresy, Muslims viewed Christians as "People of the Book" but criticized certain doctrines like the Trinity.

This classification allowed medieval Christians to frame Islam within their existing theological framework rather than acknowledging it as a completely new, independent faith.

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Belloc saw both Islam and Protestantism as heresies.

https://www.upgoat.net/viewpost?postid=67f541ffb9deb

From his Catholic perspective both were hostile to the Roman church.

Protestants and Catholics get along better these days. The tendency to more see Muslims as the other has as much to do with 'foreigness' and modernity as anything else.

The Quran is replete with Biblical references. 'Allah has no son' and all that.

Islam is basically recycled Arianism. And Arius lost to the orthodox view by an up or down vote.

I had a Brazilian immigrant and 6th generation Seventh-day Adventist compare Jehovah's Witnesses to Islam. Not a bad comparison. Both very anti-pagan, anti-trinitarian. And JWs do consider themselves Christians.

Alternatively, maybe both Christians and Muslims are Jews?

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fcopdj3dfjhef1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1242%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D51ef4e0b41981fef30cf660eda533ab74cfed7af

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The Illinois secession movement points to serious issues (OccidentalEnclave)

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https://www.smilepolitely.com/opinion/the-illinois-secession-movement-points-to-serious-issues/

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