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White Nationalists Marched on a Church in Charlottesville VA Last Night (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2017 OP
NPR reported that the phrase woul DC alternate Ilsa Aug 2017 #1
Good on Airbnb Marthe48 Aug 2017 #54
Somebody needs to put a stop to this white wing junk right now. Hoyt Aug 2017 #2
I wonder if tRump will be their surprise guest speaker? n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #17
I know I will get flamed for this, Zoonart Aug 2017 #29
Probably true. Although these groups were active at local level even before telephones. Hoyt Aug 2017 #46
Correct to a point. Zoonart Aug 2017 #47
I agree. I hate to see any kind of censorship, but I hate white wing racist crud more. Hoyt Aug 2017 #48
Let them start their own SM platform. Zoonart Aug 2017 #49
Good idea. Hoyt Aug 2017 #53
You mean there isn't a Racist forum for losers out there? Marthe48 Aug 2017 #55
Jesus, white nationalists attempting to turn Charlottesville into Munich 1932. no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #3
Cowards acting to intimidate -but do so while students aren't yet back salin Aug 2017 #6
I'm pretty sure students are returning in a week. no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #7
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #8
I'm surprised tRump isn't there! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #18
He *would have* been, except Charlottesville refused to rezone property that he no_hypocrisy Aug 2017 #20
It's Whitestock underpants Aug 2017 #4
pallidpalooza underpants Aug 2017 #5
#Tikinazis bigtree Aug 2017 #12
Nazis of Pier One PunkinPi Aug 2017 #27
LMAO. Except for the color, these photos look very similar. Hoyt Aug 2017 #50
I don't see any women in the mob canetoad Aug 2017 #9
They are marching because they can't get any???? nt DURHAM D Aug 2017 #10
Bingo! smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #40
I spot one, first photo, lower left. PunkinPi Aug 2017 #25
he should plan to accessorize with a rope and a net Marthe48 Aug 2017 #57
Or "geezers". marybourg Aug 2017 #34
well, at least they don't have hoods on....they're proud racist motherfuckers spanone Aug 2017 #11
It has more of an early Nazi vibe. mn9driver Aug 2017 #13
his base bigtree Aug 2017 #15
He'll say his supporters are just passionate. That's what he said when tblue37 Aug 2017 #42
tRump will probably helicopter in to celebrate it! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #19
"One people, one nation..." Buns_of_Fire Aug 2017 #28
Blut und Boden Blood and Soil. alfredo Aug 2017 #58
Wait 'til Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #14
"Randy never lights the torches for me...." GusBob Aug 2017 #36
Has Trump denounced this? left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #16
Of course not, this is his base. smirkymonkey Aug 2017 #44
I am at a loss for adjectives to describe how I feel when I look at those pics. n/t demmiblue Aug 2017 #21
Trump is their leader Johnny2X2X Aug 2017 #22
Dispicable, disgusting behavior. gademocrat7 Aug 2017 #23
Surreal bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #24
No. NAZIS. raging moderate Aug 2017 #26
And they've been empowered by trump El Mimbreno Aug 2017 #30
Cheap copy of the original sarisataka Aug 2017 #31
They should melt the statue and use the metal Flaleftist Aug 2017 #32
My God. The reverend that Joy was interviewing just now may have been attacked on air. nolabear Aug 2017 #33
I think she's fine, just ducked out of trouble bigtree Aug 2017 #41
Nazi regalia seen in Charlottesville QED Aug 2017 #35
fuck you republican terrorists Sunlei Aug 2017 #37
This is unreal. cwydro Aug 2017 #38
And every one of them is "Christian" TexasBushwhacker Aug 2017 #39
It's amazing that somehow you "know" that Bob Loblaw Aug 2017 #45
Okay Sessions, you want to fill up your for profit prisons? Kleveland Aug 2017 #43
Live video. Lint Head Aug 2017 #51
Get out of my country Marthe48 Aug 2017 #52
Well said! NT Ilsa Aug 2017 #59
Thanks Marthe48 Aug 2017 #60
My disabled son received a call Ilsa Aug 2017 #61
We had a lot of vets on both sides Marthe48 Aug 2017 #62
Well, they can come out in the open now -- thanks to their Fuhrer. Tatiana Aug 2017 #56

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
1. NPR reported that the phrase woul DC alternate
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:02 AM
Aug 2017

between "you will not replace us" and "Jew will not replace us."

Airbnb cancelled accounts of anyone trying to rent in the area.

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
54. Good on Airbnb
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:43 PM
Aug 2017

If I owned any business in Charlottesville, it'd be closed this weekend. And since the government of Charlottesville ok'd this travesty, I'd be thinking of moving. And if I ever go thru Charlottesville again, you can bet I'll keep in travelling. Will never spend a nickel there.

Zoonart

(11,866 posts)
29. I know I will get flamed for this,
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:50 AM
Aug 2017

but this would not be possible without social media. These rallies are promoted and put together on Facebook and twitter.
Without social media, the rise of the salt-right platforms would not be possible. Without the internet, Stormfront was a pathetic news letter.
People in their communities restrained these idiots by shunning them socially. Now they can connect with hundreds of thousands of other brain damaged individuals with a keystroke. They feel free to speak out for the first time in a generation because of Donald Trump, but also because they can find like minded. pathology on the internet and do it all behind the curtain of Internet anonymity.

Pandora's box comes to mind.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
46. Probably true. Although these groups were active at local level even before telephones.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:19 PM
Aug 2017

Social media does embolden them and they probably hope their hatred will go viral.

I'm watching a live feed in Charlottesville now. Looks like police have finally arrived to move the nazis on. Wish they'd turn the water-cannons and dogs on them.

Zoonart

(11,866 posts)
47. Correct to a point.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:23 PM
Aug 2017

Thier ability to organize has increased exponentially with social media. I think that Facebook has to do as twitter and remove these accounts from their platform.

salin

(48,955 posts)
6. Cowards acting to intimidate -but do so while students aren't yet back
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:23 AM
Aug 2017

for the school year.

This seems all about shock value/theatrics. I agree with others posting elsewhere - they want to be so public - circulate the images. If employers see - they can decide whether than is good PR for the business/organization.

no_hypocrisy

(46,104 posts)
20. He *would have* been, except Charlottesville refused to rezone property that he
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:24 AM
Aug 2017

wanted to turn into another golf resort. All the Trumps have in that area is Eric's winery.

PunkinPi

(4,875 posts)
25. I spot one, first photo, lower left.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:42 AM
Aug 2017

I guess she didn't get the memo --> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/599zmx/neo-nazi-to-troll-army-we-have-to-be-sexy-at-the-big-alt-right-rally

<snip>Anglin also cops to having "problems with women." All of this advice is addressed to men, and he assumes that his audience is 100 percent male. "We need to keep women on the sidelines. Not speaking, not leading, and with no official membership in anything." But he wants to attract women and suggests that buying a fitted shirt and getting ripped will not only score his crew political clout, but get them "groupies"</snip>

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
57. he should plan to accessorize with a rope and a net
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:48 PM
Aug 2017

because he ain't getting any woman any other way.

mn9driver

(4,425 posts)
13. It has more of an early Nazi vibe.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:47 AM
Aug 2017

Blood and soil. Any bets on whether Trump will condemn it? Just kidding-- there is no chance of that.

bigtree

(85,996 posts)
15. his base
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:54 AM
Aug 2017

...62 million voted for a nazi-vibe president and administration.

Bets he'll defend the hateful gathering.

tblue37

(65,357 posts)
42. He'll say his supporters are just passionate. That's what he said when
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:15 AM
Aug 2017

his fans were attacking homeless people during the campaign.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,177 posts)
28. "One people, one nation..."
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:48 AM
Aug 2017

Oh, hell, let's put it in the original German: "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!"

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
22. Trump is their leader
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:16 AM
Aug 2017

He is proud of this movement's resurgence. This is Trump's base. The White House is chock full of White Supremacists and Neo Nazis.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
24. Surreal
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:39 AM
Aug 2017

looks like something out of the Middle Ages

So the Civil War will be groups of rural marauders marching to population centers, large and small?

nolabear

(41,963 posts)
33. My God. The reverend that Joy was interviewing just now may have been attacked on air.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:55 AM
Aug 2017

Scariest shit I've seen in a long time. Producer says she's okay and they'll get her back but she seems to have been shoved away as supremacists shoved in.

I am so ashamed.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,190 posts)
39. And every one of them is "Christian"
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:08 AM
Aug 2017

But do we hear anyone like Franklin Graham, Pat Robertson or any of Trump's spiritual advisors denouncing them? HELL NO!

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
43. Okay Sessions, you want to fill up your for profit prisons?
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:20 AM
Aug 2017

Here is a collection of "bad people" for you.

Lock them up!

Hate and violence has no place in our country!

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
52. Get out of my country
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:39 PM
Aug 2017

The Nazi salute was NEVER an American gesture. Millions of people died to defeat the hatred that salute represents. You are losers, and no posing or parades will change that.

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
60. Thanks
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 04:55 PM
Aug 2017

If any of my veteran relatives from that generation were alive, they'd be appalled. And then they'd start knocking some skinheads together. :/

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
61. My disabled son received a call
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 05:12 PM
Aug 2017

from a military recruiter the other day. After I explained that my son was now also my ward, the conversation relaxed and I told him, don't worry, my family and my husband's family has had many members in various branches of the Armed Forces. After I enumerated a few and that they were veterans, he heartily agreed that we deserved to skip a generation of military service. He was nice to chat with. Marine Corps.

Marthe48

(16,959 posts)
62. We had a lot of vets on both sides
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 08:02 PM
Aug 2017

My husband had a great-great who served on the Union side of the Civil War. Lots of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam vets, and several in the younger generations who have served or are serving.

Hope you and your son stay well. I'm glad the recruiter was kind

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
56. Well, they can come out in the open now -- thanks to their Fuhrer.
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 12:47 PM
Aug 2017

I hope cameras capture the faces. I hope they are shared locally, nationally and worldwide. I hope these people carrying torches and chanting "blood, soil" are recognized for the despicable cretins they are and shunned by all wherever they go.

My heart is very saddened by this news. We are regressing and I'm afraid we are closer than we realize to the national mood that encouraged and enabled the rise of Nazi Germany.

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