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The Southern Poverty Law Center has a chilling bio on Cantwell and his sick, twisted views. His goals include the normalization of racism and the violent overthrow of the government. In a recent interview on an alt-right radio show he advocated for "gassing" Jews. The exact quote below:
If you listen to the first time I was on the show, all right, like, I did not get the Jew thing. Like I thought of Jews as white people with bad ideas, right? Like, I had no idea Karl Marx was a Jew. I had never associated Jews with communism, right? And it was like the second that I made that connection, I was like, they all have to die Im not even a Hitlerite but Im like ok, lets fucking gas the kikes and have a race war because once I realized they were responsible for the communism, then I was like, oh, wait a second, yeah, thats a fucking really good reason to fucking genocide a group of people. Interviewed on the Alt-Right show Exodus Americanus, June 26, 2017.
More from SPLC:
In Cantwells world, Blacks are prone to violence and have lower IQs; Jews spread communism and cant be trusted; immigrants are outbreeding whites; and a race war is all but inevitable.
Cantwell has called for the violent overthrow of the U.S. government, and, in previous years, for the assassination of ordinary law enforcement officers and other government workers. Democrats and communists need to be physically removed from the country, Cantwell insists, and white men should consider polygamy to increase number of Caucasian babies being born.
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/christopher-cantwell
This is the type of human excrement for whom Donald Trump provides cover.
speaktruthtopower
(800 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)and asks for donations from similar-minded sick assholes.
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,057 posts)Marx was an atheist, and a German. He was born in Germany. Jewish is not a race, but a religion, and Marx did not believe in religion.
This guy's brain is at half mast. At best.
Squinch
(50,950 posts)Russian domain? How does that square, I wonder.
Justice
(7,188 posts)PA Democrat
(13,225 posts)What happened to all the tough guy bluster? What an asshole.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)He has a SHOW??? Well, I couldn't understand why folks listened to Stern, either, just not into the shock-jock bullshit. Or the racist/supremacist crap. Most don't last long around here - they think they're macho.
Let him come on up. I'll show how to physically remove.......... and won't have to lift a hand. Oh, picking berries is fun. Just be sure you don't have a visitor. Picture was about 2 city blocks from my cabin.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)I'd feel at home at your cabin. Hubs & I are building our own at the edge of a National Park where we'll have black bears galore.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Blackies are neat bears, but be SURE to bear-proof any food waste or garbage....... unless you'd welcome a blackie break-in!
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)At Rocky Mountain National Park. My 2 friends had gone on a different hike. I went on one that was shorter and easier. I get back to camp and was sitting on a rock in our campsite enjoying the wind rushing through the aspens. I heard a twig snap and turned around. I didn't see anything and went back to communing with nature. Then a few minutes later I felt a presence. Turned around and there was a black brear, probably around 250 pounds, staring at me from about 20 feet away. Like dumbasses we had used bear canisters but we're too lazy to store them outside the campsite. I got up slowly and backed away as he slowly moved In. My trekking poles were hanging in a tree and I carefully reached for them and started banging them together. after some coaxing he moved along. I didn't crap myself but my knees were literally knocking together. We don't leave the bear cans in the campsite anymore. The bear was a beauty. I'll never forget its face. Thanks for the pic.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I was in my tent, dead to the world (about 4 a.m.) and felt my hiking companion's dog sit on me from the outside of the tent. Yelled at the dog............
it wasn't the dog. He was in the tent with us! Blackie ran one way, and I ran the other!
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)I had been laying in my tent but had gotten out because it was a little hot. And it was daylight. A nighttime encounter seems more intense.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)the dog was a Great Dane, and I think he outweighed the bear.
BannonsLiver
(16,387 posts)Duppers
(28,125 posts)Five decades ago (Yes, I'm that old.) I was charged by a blackie on the AT in the GSMNP. Was washing up breakfast dishes in a high stream when I heard snorts and a rustling in the bushes. Then a black head appears some 30' from me. Talk about adrenaline, I ran fast as I could to the 3-sided log shelter. (The bear could've out run me if she had wanted to.) My hubs and our friend hopped up to the top bunks when they saw me coming, then dragged me up. We all began banging & yelling loudly. (Hubs insisted on bringing along his 45 & had gotten it out as a last-resort back up, fucking heavens forbid.)
She (we assumed it was a she) came into the clearing and took a look as if to say, "Fine, you're scared; just stay out of my way." She didn't seem too angry then and just quickly went her way down the mountain. Perhaps she had cubs stashed near by?
When hiking back country, you often come upon a strong odor with the realization, "ah-ha, a bear's in the vicinity." You get used to it. I've read that the Great Smokies have the highest density of black bears in contiguous US. I like that they're protected within the Park - you'll not find many roaming outside the Park. I sure don't like hunters.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)I didn't smell the one that sat on me, but we had a campfire going and citronella twists inside the tent. My first encounter was in a berry patch - and my dog smelled it and took off for the car. I, being all of 12, followed the dog to the car and got in.......... my folks were still in the blueberries, but neither me nor dog got back out!
And yes, the smell is usually the first indicator. And they're smart - blackies in particular. They KNOW where the protected areas are!
They prefer to avoid confrontation, and noise is your best offense - turn that MP3 up LOUD.
Except Kodiaks................. they're just plain mean.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)They forwarded pics of these curious guys on their decks!
Yep, no one should ever feed bears as they'll quickly become pests and you may get the poor bear killed.
They've such well-developed olfactory senses and love sweets. Here's a story and video of one hungry furry robber of a candy store near us...
http://www.wfmz.com/news/video-bear-breaks-into-candy-store-enjoys-caramel-apple_2016052609095962/16410189
raven mad
(4,940 posts)Tourists just do NOT "get it", that it's not "cute" to leave stuff out for them. And the bear dies because of it. Take heed of ADF&G's advice - they know what they're talking about. http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=livingwithbears.main
And remember, YOU are in THEIR territory. https://elknetwork.com/alaska-biologists-shoot-kill-bear-suspected-killing-teen/
http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/gold-mine-worker-killed-black-bear-alaska-second-fatal-attack-two-days/
Don't forget, the regime under sTrumpet encourages killing them. http://www.globalanimal.org/2017/03/28/this-isnt-hunting-its-slaughter-gop-shoots-down-wildlife-protections-for-alaskan-wolves-bears/
Duppers
(28,125 posts)I hate Trumpster-minded assholes. No regard for life.
Read my bear tale above. Enjoyed your posts, Raven. Thanks.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)both your encounter and the candy thief. I wonder what it is about bears that they LOVE sweets? AND they have a sense of humor. Seriously.
And yep, I know about noise being a good warning for the bears. Walking the trails, we always kept conversation going. Our hiking buddy/friend/guide/classmate, Harvey, was half Cherokee and had spent much time in the mountains with his family. He knew more jokes than anyone I've ever known and was a tall-tale teller extraordinaire. He seldom shut up. Hubs & I would get too winded to talk on steep climbs but he'd keep motor-mouthing on & on. Good times.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)But our kitty WANTED that bear..................
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)WTF???!?? Drumpf Fuhrer must go!!!!