Richard Spencer & Robert Burnham

A few days ago, we stumbled upon a heated exchange taking place on someone’s Facebook Wall. Within the course of a few hours, and over 140 comment posts, the people who took part in the argument offered a revealing and entertaining look at the current mindset of Red State America; their political hangups, fears, and fantasies were all on display. We've reproduced selections from the thread here for the readers of AltRight, accompanied by some light-hearted narration. The names and faces of all characters have been bastardized in the interests of protecting the innocent and making fun of the guilty.

It all began with a modest proposal to use thermonuclear weapons against a nation-state Washington has deemed its enemy. 

Super Patriot: Hit the LIKE BUTTON if YOU think IRAN's capital should be NUKED!

By the end of the day, this post was “liked” by 60 caring, freedom-loving Christians who think vaporizing a city of 8.5 million people, of whom at least two or three are children, is a wonderful idea. Within a few mintues, an antiwar right-winger threw down the guantlet with an in-your-face "dislike"; after such a gesture, the thread was destined to explode. 

Andy YoMan: dislike

 

One of the Super Patriot's early commenters is on the fence in this one: she apparently wants to sort ‘em out before we kill ‘em! What a puss…