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icymist

(15,888 posts) Fri Aug 11, 2017, 10:45 PM Aug 2017

UVA Nazi march happening tonight! WTF America?!

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UVA Nazi march happening tonight! WTF America?! (Original Post) icymist Aug 2017 OP

Inevitable next step? Glorfindel Aug 2017 #1

No hoods hibbing Aug 2017 #8

Sickening, but part of a free society! Chasstev365 Aug 2017 #2

Let's do absolutely nothing ProudLib72 Aug 2017 #3

Also - they are trying to provoke violence salin Aug 2017 #13

This makes me absolutely sick. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #4

They have now been given they OK to appear in public again. kacekwl Aug 2017 #14

OMG... There's so many of them. In the past, they could only manage 7-8 racists to publicly march. hedda_foil Aug 2017 #5

The world (or the US) has gone crazy. This week has really just been jaw breaking. It will prob. kerry-is-my-prez Aug 2017 #6

Like it or not, Free Speech really only matters when you disagree with the speaker. Stonepounder Aug 2017 #7

.....So....will THIS get Obama's voters out to the 2018/2020 polls??? lindysalsagal Aug 2017 #9

they were giving out free beer certainot Aug 2017 #10

This is Trump Amerikkka. SergeStorms Aug 2017 #11

The Nazis of Pier One Imports says this tweeter Generic Other Aug 2017 #12

They look like clones canetoad Aug 2017 #15

Glorfindel

(9,729 posts)

1. Inevitable next step?

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:10 PM

Aug 2017

Jeez, I hope not!

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

8. No hoods

Reply to Glorfindel (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:25 AM

Aug 2017

I hope the people at this march are identified to their employers. The local Walmarts must all be out of their Tiki torches now, pretty good timing, I'm sure they were on season end discount.

Peace

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

2. Sickening, but part of a free society!

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:11 PM

Aug 2017

No one wanted American Nazis marching in Skokie, IL in 1978, (which they later backed out of), but freedom of speech can't be limited to those with whom you agree.

The very best thing to do to hate groups is deny them the attention they desperately crave by ignoring them!

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

3. Let's do absolutely nothing

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:20 PM

Aug 2017

No protests. No counter marches. No coverage of the stupidity. No mention of it outside of their own forum. Bullies go away if there is no one paying attention. At least that is the theory. Convince them that they are not worthy of a modicum of attention.

salin

(48,955 posts)

13. Also - they are trying to provoke violence

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:12 AM

Aug 2017

re: Portland and Berkley.

Online mockery is a great response.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

4. This makes me absolutely sick.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:26 PM

Aug 2017

I can't believe what is happening in this country.

kacekwl

(7,017 posts)

14. They have now been given they OK to appear in public again.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:19 AM

Aug 2017

Their leader trump , Fox news , right wing nut radio have made racism/fascism cool again. THEY are the patriots and have come out of the shadow where they used to have to hide in a "cosmopolitan" society. Sadly American is way more racist than you would think.

hedda_foil

(16,374 posts)

5. OMG... There's so many of them. In the past, they could only manage 7-8 racists to publicly march.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:28 PM

Aug 2017

This is truly frightening.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)

6. The world (or the US) has gone crazy. This week has really just been jaw breaking. It will prob.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Fri Aug 11, 2017, 11:35 PM

Aug 2017

just get worse. Will Trump be the new Hitler? If millions of people get killed, he will make most other dictators look almost small-time.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)

7. Like it or not, Free Speech really only matters when you disagree with the speaker.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:22 AM

Aug 2017

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
--Evelyn Beatrice Hall (not Voltaire)

You don't have to listen to people you disagree with, but you have to give them the same right to speak as you expect. Personally, I agree with some previous posters saying just completely ignore them.

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)

9. .....So....will THIS get Obama's voters out to the 2018/2020 polls???

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:26 AM

Aug 2017

He begged and begged them, and they stayed home.

certainot

(9,090 posts)

10. they were giving out free beer

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:34 AM

Aug 2017

SergeStorms

(19,201 posts)

11. This is Trump Amerikkka.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Sat Aug 12, 2017, 01:53 AM

Aug 2017

That flaming asshat has done absolutely NOTHING to renounce these people and their sick, racist agenda. NOTHING!

If anything, he's ENCOURAGED these sub-human scumbos to take a bigger role in America's future!

Trump is the president for about 35% of the population. The other 65% don't count, at least to Trump. He's focusing all of his energy (which, granted, isn't much) to working for THESE PEOPLE, AND THESE PEOPLE ONLY!

Trump Amerikkka MUST GO!