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Doodley

(9,091 posts)
6. The media legitimize it by calling it "white nationalist." That is a term that most of these racist
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:54 AM
Aug 2017

are happy to be called. It is racist.

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
2. I think the moniker is correct. These people want a white only ethno state. They are white
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:38 AM
Aug 2017

nationalists. They are also racists but there are many more white racists that don't subscribe to that philosophy. If you only describe them as racists then other racists think somehow they themselves are not racist because they are not like those folks marching with torches.

Doodley

(9,091 posts)
7. They think they should have superiority over others because of the color of their skin. That is
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:59 AM
Aug 2017

completely unacceptable and they should be shamed by the media, not normalized by it. White nationalist is a legitimate position to hold in America without the fire and fury of the president, mainstream politicians or the media. Where is the outrage?

raging moderate

(4,305 posts)
4. Or maybe "Nazi."
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 10:41 AM
Aug 2017

"Blood and Soil" is a slogan lifted verbatim from the old German Nazis of the thirties. Since they were mostly Germans talking about a country inhabited mostly by Germans for perhaps a hundred thousand years, it was somewhat understandable that they would feel that way. In the US, where the rally crowd's European ancestors obtained the land by slaughtering the original inhabitants only a few hundred years ago, their effort to claim that slogan is totally insane. But when has that ever stopped them?

Doodley

(9,091 posts)
8. I agree. I don't know what disgusts me more. The acceptance by
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:02 AM
Aug 2017

the media and politicians in America or the racists themselves.

Doodley

(9,091 posts)
10. Not really. My problem is we have a racist president, and racists marching in the streets
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 11:12 AM
Aug 2017

because the hate anyone who isn't white and the media have zero outrage.

 

elehhhhna

(32,076 posts)
12. Screw the media
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 02:36 PM
Aug 2017

we have Internet now and millions of people are outraged. These guys will be doxxed and their futures will be messy.

The police are getting any slack here either. Tiki torches are lit containers filled with accelerant. If they're tipped, They spill. This will not stand.

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