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Meanwhile, masked neo-Nazis march in Washington D.C. (Original Post) dalton99a Feb 2020 OP
Fucking sickening! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2020 #1
I'm probably in the minority on this, rownesheck Feb 2020 #2
I'm in agreement. Different Drummer Feb 2020 #3
so am I because hate speech, as practiced by wnylib Feb 2020 #7
Agreed Nazis were evil in the past and evil now. blueseas Feb 2020 #14
+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #20
Chickenshits just like the chickenshit KKK with hoods. spanone Feb 2020 #4
To be brutally honest, they could've worn MAGA hats and it'd be a normal Trump rally. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #5
It's becoming the norm. Maybe babylonsister Feb 2020 #6
Every time these punks stage one of these marches Haggis for Breakfast Feb 2020 #8
Just like what happened in North Carolina many years ago. Scotch-Irish Feb 2020 #17
More of these khaki Nazi groups . This one they all have matching ubernazi wear which is typical lunasun Feb 2020 #9
Patriot Front struggle4progress Feb 2020 #10
Patriot Front struggle4progress Feb 2020 #11
Racist and Anti-Semitic struggle4progress Feb 2020 #12
If you have to hide your face during... 3catwoman3 Feb 2020 #13
They're so proud of what they're doing that they have to hide their identities. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #15
I'm kind of surprised MF45 didn't give a speech. sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #16
This nation can't be great until all vestiges of "white nationalism" are eradicated. nt Progressive Jones Feb 2020 #18
Those gluey masks don't hide much profile!1 UTUSN Feb 2020 #19

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
2. I'm probably in the minority on this,
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:19 PM
Feb 2020

but hate speech shouldn't be considered protected free speech. These bastards should be in prison.

wnylib

(21,661 posts)
7. so am I because hate speech, as practiced by
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:45 PM
Feb 2020

these goons, is domestic terrorism.

However, making it criminal could have unintended ramifications. How often we say in ordinary conversation things like, "I hate people who (fill in an action, like park in handicap spaces, litter, etc). Or more mildly "I hate it when people.......

Hard to define "criminal speech" without affecting harmless people.

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
8. Every time these punks stage one of these marches
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:46 PM
Feb 2020

They have ONE objective in mind: Cause a riot.

BEWARE: Their ultimate goal is a shoot out in the street, with people of color lying on the ground bleeding.

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
9. More of these khaki Nazi groups . This one they all have matching ubernazi wear which is typical
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:51 PM
Feb 2020
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Creepy AF

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
10. Patriot Front
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 10:58 PM
Feb 2020

Patriot Front (PF) is a white nationalist hate group that formed in the aftermath of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, of August 12, 2017. The organization broke off from Vanguard America (VA), a neo-Nazi group that participated in the chaotic demonstration. PF’s founder, Thomas Rousseau, led VA members during “Unite the Right,” including James Alex Fields, Jr., the young man accused of murdering anti-racist protester Heather Heyer after fatally driving his vehicle into a crowd of protesters ...

PF’s manifesto makes frequent reference to American historical figures, casting its politics as a revival of an allegedly authentic American identity based on “pan-European” colonizers. As Rousseau notes in his internal announcement of the organization’s split with VA, PF’s rebranding was aesthetic, not ideological. The group’s politics remain staunchly white nationalist, albeit less explicitly ...

PF’s activism typically consists of anonymously posting flyers, dropping banners off buildings or overpasses or performing miscellaneous acts of public service such as park cleanups. When PF orchestrates protests or public appearances, they are typically tightly choreographed and scripted to maximize propaganda value. Virtually all its activities are undertaken with propaganda value in mind ...

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/patriot-front

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
11. Patriot Front
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:00 PM
Feb 2020

... Patriot Front falls into the alt right segment of the white supremacist movement but presents itself as a “patriotic” nationalist group. A manifesto posted to the group’s website soon after it formed called for “American Fascism,” which it described as a “return to the traditions and virtues of our forefathers.” The manifesto also made clear that non-whites were not “Americans.”

Patriot Front graphics typically feature an upright fasces, often surrounded by a circle of 13 stars or placed on the breast of an eagle similar to bald eagle imagery associated with the U.S. government ...

https://www.adl.org/education/references/hate-symbols/patriot-front

struggle4progress

(118,379 posts)
12. Racist and Anti-Semitic
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:03 PM
Feb 2020

... white nationalist/supremacist organizations and individuals, like a cancer on the body politic, continue to mutate and step up their activities. According to the ADL’s Center on Extremism (COE), which tracks “white supremacist propaganda efforts,” “the 2018 data shows a 182% increase of incidents from the previous year, with 1,187 cases reported, compared to 421 in 2017.”

In the first weeks of November, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) reported that the “FBI agents arrested white supremacist Richard Holzer for allegedly plotting to bomb a Pueblo, Colorado, synagogue”; East Tennessee University campus officials were “opening an investigation after signs saying ‘It’s okay to be white’— a popular white supremacist slogan — appeared around campus”; “A man in Milwaukee is facing felony hate-crime charges for allegedly throwing acid on a Latino man because of his heritage”; and, students at Arizona State University Campus in Tempe, woke up one morning to find “posters with swastikas plastered around campus.”

Mass Live recently reported that “Stickers created by the white nationalist group Patriot Front have been put up on street signs and utility poles across Middleborough and West Bridgewater.” The Columbus Dispatch reported that “Stickers and flyers with pro-white messages and tied to white supremacists appeared at Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio State universities over the weekend.”

Boston Magazine’s Michael Damiano recently reported that, “local chapters of white supremacist organizations … using anti-Semitic and anti-immigrant rhetoric, … [have been] posting fliers, including ones denying the Holocaust, in public spaces and on synagogues throughout New England. …[H]ate-fueled incidents have included property crimes—vandals have damaged the New England Holocaust Memorial downtown, toppled a menorah in Harvard Square, and desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Fall River—as well as more-personal acts of violence” ...

https://buzzflash.com/articles/racist-and-anti-semitic-patriot-front-pummeling-colleges-universities-and-synagogues-with-white-supremacist-propaganda

3catwoman3

(24,071 posts)
13. If you have to hide your face during...
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 11:05 PM
Feb 2020

..an activity/endeavor, that tells you it’s something you shouldn’t be engaged in.

Big, tough chickenshits.

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