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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 03:51 PM Aug 2017

Why can't we just call them what they are?

It's LONG past time to stop giving these thugs political legitimacy by labeling them "far right" or "alt right". They are fucking terrorists and have no place in the USA.

Heather Heyer's cousin: Racism will get worse unless we stop it now
By Diana Ratcliff

Why is it that the death of a white woman at the hands of a white supremacist group has finally gotten the attention of white folk? Why have we been turning our heads the other way for so long? How many black families, Latino families, Asian families, Native-American families before us have been left broken from this ugly vein of hatred in our country? Too many. And to my non-white brothers and sisters, I am so sorry that many of us weren't paying attention before Charlottesville.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/opinions/heather-heyer-cousin-racism-has-no-place-in-america/index.html
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Why can't we just call them what they are? (Original Post) SHRED Aug 2017 OP
No argument here. Boomerproud Aug 2017 #1
K&R Solly Mack Aug 2017 #2
So many racist acts were done in the name of protecting southern white women marylandblue Aug 2017 #3
I just call them fascists Poiuyt Aug 2017 #4
Terrorists thbobby Aug 2017 #5
They are just ignorant. YOHABLO Aug 2017 #6
For sure hibbing Aug 2017 #7

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
3. So many racist acts were done in the name of protecting southern white women
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 04:04 PM
Aug 2017

Now that racism has killed a southern white woman, some eyes were openned. Unfortunately, a white life is still worth more than a black one, but if her death wakes people up, it was not in vain.

Poiuyt

(18,124 posts)
4. I just call them fascists
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 04:29 PM
Aug 2017

Neo-fascist, prior-fascist, American fascist. You can put whatever adjective on there that you want. They have enough characteristics of true fascists that I feel comfortable call them that,

thbobby

(1,474 posts)
5. Terrorists
Sun Aug 20, 2017, 06:14 PM
Aug 2017

White supremacist terrorism has caused far more deaths in last decade than any other (including Muslim) terrorists.

Muslim terrorism makes easy news stories. Good ratings and good profit for MSM.

These idiots are terrorists. Plain and simple.

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