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70. Code word for their fellow

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Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:22 PM

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fascists, nationalists, and supremacists. For whom the message is loud and clear.

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STOP with the Homeland crap. We are the UNITED STATES ! [View all] 4bonhoffer 19 hrs ago OP

DURec leftstreet 19 hrs ago #1

The homeland for this country is actually England Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #2

Well, some of my relatives were already here. txwhitedove 17 hrs ago #29

Golly Dave Id 16 hrs ago #48

I've always thought so The Blue Flower 19 hrs ago #3

The first time he used it, I was like... ybbor 17 hrs ago #19

Exactly my reaction relayerbob 17 hrs ago #22

Doesn't seem very "united" luv2fly 18 hrs ago #4

Homeland even predated the Germans ITAL 18 hrs ago #5

Its from the 1660s The Revolution 15 hrs ago #53

And, sadly, it stuck Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #56

"Die Heimat," German for The Homeland, is now the name of Germany's far-right neo-Nazi political party Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #6

Fatherland! usonian 18 hrs ago #7

Nazis used "fatherland," I thought gulliver 18 hrs ago #8

They used "die Heimat," the homeland, more frequently. Ocelot II 18 hrs ago #9

Interesting. It does seem they used both a lot. gulliver 18 hrs ago #12

I agree: PCIntern 18 hrs ago #10

Thank you I completely agree. AltairIV 18 hrs ago #11

100% CONCUR. But Hey---Dubya IS The Grandson Of Pro-Nazi Prescott. ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #13

Hear! Hear! EarthFirst 18 hrs ago #14

I hated that Nazi phrasing from its start IbogaProject 18 hrs ago #15

How about "The Fatherland" instead? Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #16

How about Motherland? BattleRow 16 hrs ago #39

Like "Mother Russia", maybe JustABozoOnThisBus 16 hrs ago #41

For a guy who nods off in meetings,amazing he still "woke". BattleRow 16 hrs ago #45

Собачий свисток Jilly_in_VA 13 hrs ago #65

And Trump said he wasn't going to learn that damn Spanish language! BattleRow 13 hrs ago #66

Too Russian. AZ8theist 16 hrs ago #43

England is the Motherland nt meow2u3 15 hrs ago #49

Mothers would not behave like these... Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #59

Always sounded weird to me. Creepy even. paleotn 17 hrs ago #17

Kicked and recommended Uncle Joe 17 hrs ago #18

I also destest the use of ' the Heartland' to describe the rural Midwest. Even more when those living there are called Celerity 17 hrs ago #20

That was always White Supremacy dog whistle. Iggo 16 hrs ago #47

There's nothing wrong with the term as they used it. "Fatherland" would be different Callie1979 17 hrs ago #21

See post 32. niyad 16 hrs ago #34

Still much ado about nothing. Many words weren't used 25yrs ago. Callie1979 15 hrs ago #51

So fighting psychological manipulation and propaganda is "making niyad 15 hrs ago #61

Your words. Never considered this word anything other than what it IS. Callie1979 14 hrs ago #63

German "fatherland" and Russia's "motherland"... both make me cringe...as "homeland" does. QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #23

Actually, the only time I don't mind the word "homeland" is in the closing lyric of Edelweiss. QueerDuck 17 hrs ago #24

I agree rhiannon55 12 hrs ago #68

When GW McIdiot created the Department of Homeland Security I thought ... aggiesal 17 hrs ago #25

Homeland WAS Nazi Germany Clouds Passing 17 hrs ago #26

Mainland is a better term. Kablooie 17 hrs ago #27

That would exclude Alaska and Hawaii Martin Eden 14 hrs ago #62

News radio in the car. BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #28

Like a wise man once said: Dave Bowman 17 hrs ago #30

Thank you for this great post Scubamatt 16 hrs ago #31

That term is not part of American political terminology prior to Bush JHB 16 hrs ago #32

Exactly. nt SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #40

Thank you. It bugs the hell out of me as well. niyad 16 hrs ago #33

ding. this. AllaN01Bear 16 hrs ago #35

Absolutely nailed it! You connected it/us to its insidious nature. N/T slumcamper 16 hrs ago #36

I agree with your sentiment and have thought that since 9/11. llmart 16 hrs ago #37

K & R SunSeeker 16 hrs ago #38

I agree NHvet 16 hrs ago #42

I agree! Americanme 16 hrs ago #44

"Homeland Security" has been a masturbatory term for American Nazis since day one. Iggo 16 hrs ago #46

the word "homeland" has much too much garbage attached to it to make it a descriptor of the United States. patphil 15 hrs ago #50

I've felt this way since they started using it. Sickens me. Raftergirl 15 hrs ago #52

Yup, too 'Nazi like' for me. Joinfortmill 15 hrs ago #54

Next Step Is Calling It the Fatherland. MineralMan 15 hrs ago #55

I agree 100% spanone 15 hrs ago #57

If my memory serves me well The Wizard 15 hrs ago #58

Well said 4bonhoffer. flashman13 15 hrs ago #60

Amen! Marvin Jones 14 hrs ago #64

You're right Renew Deal 13 hrs ago #67

I learned something new today! ShazzieB 12 hrs ago #69

Code word for their fellow B.See 11 hrs ago #70

I also agree Ialwaysvote 11 hrs ago #71

The Un-united States of America (hopefully, a soon to be resolved) damifino10 10 hrs ago #72

Current criteria for primarying Dems? MorbidButterflyTat 10 hrs ago #73

I agree, never liked the word homeland, it Nazism MacKasey 6 hrs ago #74

Kick and rec.Pure propaganda. 58Sunliner 5 hrs ago #75

The word "national" used to work just fine! colorado_ufo 4 hrs ago #76

It irritates me that our representatives don't strategically weaponize language like Republicans. live love laugh 2 hrs ago #77

We haven't been the United States since fox goptv got their FCC license & billionaires were allowed to bribe politicians yaesu 1 hr ago #78