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Racial problems will not go away until people accept white supremacists are not the only racist groups in our country. It strikes to the core of racism when one group that supports entirely on race and is not seen as racist but another is. We should condemn all racist groups, not just white ones.
Trump -- again -- fails to condemn alt-right
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Trump has called out those engaging in violence. I don't recall him specifically calling out antifa or the black bloc either. There is no more reason to condemn the alt-right than there is to condemn the far left. CNN is tilting at phony windmills ... again.
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Here's the thing. Many of us have heard about radical Leftist groups (Nation of Islam, Black Panther Party, The New Black Panther Party, elements of the Black Lives Matter movement, etc) and call them out on their activities regularly. How many of us know about The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord, The National Policy Institute, American Vanguard, and other radical Right wing groups and how many still, knowing where and who these people are, say and do nothing? It's the silent affirmation that emboldens these groups and it's only when tragedies like Charlottesville happen does anyone talk about condemning these groups
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SSG Michael Hartsfield
SSgt Ray Stone - Look. These groups are, sadly, considered extremist groups. You don't have to like it but they are. The hypocritical thing is while these groups tend to get the lion's share of coverage from the conservative media, neo-nazi and white nationalist groups are barely a blip on their radar AND while the conservative media will almost gleefully demonize the former, they will make excuse for and underreport the latter.
BLUF, these "alt-right" groups have been here and have worked under the radar and behind the scenes because people that don't do anything about them or call them out on their bullshit. That was the point I was making.
PO1 Robert Payne you are right. Nothing says "It is not really silent affirmation but just lack of them doing anything significant," like shooting up a church, bombing a church or a mosque, making citizens afraid to go there i.e. Vidor, Texas or marching down a street with Confederate and Nazi flag (which is ironic seeing as how both of those groups lost the fights they were in).
BLUF, these "alt-right" groups have been here and have worked under the radar and behind the scenes because people that don't do anything about them or call them out on their bullshit. That was the point I was making.
PO1 Robert Payne you are right. Nothing says "It is not really silent affirmation but just lack of them doing anything significant," like shooting up a church, bombing a church or a mosque, making citizens afraid to go there i.e. Vidor, Texas or marching down a street with Confederate and Nazi flag (which is ironic seeing as how both of those groups lost the fights they were in).
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Left and media just doing a tit for tat. Obama wouldn't say "islamic terrorists" or whatever they claim he wouldn't say, so now Trump won't say "white supremacists". The problem is the hate groups on both sides and not what a sitting POTUS will or will not say. We fought a war in Europe to stamp out Hitler so his disciples have no place in our society. No place for any hate group but they are so deeply rooted now that we are stuck with them. I don't see any way that the laws can be changed to stop people from flying whatever flag they choose, and as long as they remain non-violent we should just ignore them. They won't go away but will eventually become less relevant if we just ignore them. I agree with anyone that opposes them but not necessarily their tactics. So if antifa is a bad thing because of what they do, that's something we will have to debate. I can't accept that opposing someone that opposes white supremacy is wrong, only the tactics they may employ. I will not accept anyone that supports white supremacy no matter what they call themselves, KKK, Aryan Brotherhood, alt-right, Spencer's Stooges, doesn't matter. Conversely, anyone that opposes them with violence or any other illegal activity is equally wrong.
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MAJ Byron Oyler
I could not have gone to Charlottesville, VA as no group there supported any of my views.
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