I'm not saying they don't exist, and my response was admittedly too glib, but there aren't a lot of people out there who would show up to something like that. We've got 330 millionish people in the country, some are going to be some heinous bits of genitalia, but given how our minds work, we tend to notice a lot more of the pus-spewing ones than we do the neatly manicured landing strips.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
Haha uhhh no actually its not.
HATE GROUPS are HATE GROUPS no matter who's doing the hating and who's being hated upon.
Now you can rationalize this all you damn well want to.
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What I've been seeing a lot of is you and your "right wing this and that" posts.
You should feel lucky the mods don't infract you more often for dropping the "right wing nutjob" slur you're so fond of using.
Shit, I could never get away with that.
But back on topic, hate groups are hate groups ...you're either against them as a whole ...or you're not.
Selecting choosing to be against hate group X and supportive of hate group Y means you're support hate groups.
There are no hairs to split its a binary issue and always has been.
MAGA
When all you do is WIN WIN WIN
American Nazi Party first appeared in the 1930's and was acknowledged by Hitler though from what I understand Hitler didn't think much of American Nazis. The group disbanded during WWII for obvious reasons and formed again in 1959.
They were slowly dying off but recently social media has breathed new life into them.
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"This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can."
-- Capt. Copeland
When I referred to "right-wing nutjobs" in the past I was specifically trying to avoid smearing all right-wingers, despite the mass harm they cause to US citizens. Apparently that triggered some people so I am simply using the accurate label for their beliefs no matter where they are on the right-wing spectrum.
Again, they came out to endorse Trump, Duke and a few other right-wingers that are running for office. There was no mention of any left-wing endorsements whatsoever.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
If you think they incite violence, you are proper ignorant. There's always those that incite violence, but they rarely are part of the movement, they just like to cause trouble. It's a quite known thing in Europe where we see this happen at any kind of protest or march.
Do you really think those that deeply care about BLM and want violence to stop are going to incite violence, the same violence they are marching against? I mean, a toddler can even figure that one out.
I don't think we've ever had any rallies up here in Vermont, but they did arrest a guy last year up here for handing out KKK pamphlets.
You.. don't see a difference between a bunch of white guys with guns waving around confederate flags on the steps of a state capitol days before an election and others peacefully protesting against racist policies?
... really?
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That's funny, in PA the police came out to run security for them in full force.
There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
White supremacy groups are a minority in the US...shouldn't you be out trying to help them?
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