YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

[kpete]

@BreeNewsome
The practice of blaming "both sides" for the current political climate is to avoid discussing white supremacy as a violent ideological movement whose most prominent modern leader is the current US president.

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

1. ANYTIME someone says "both sides" please show them this:

?itok=z1TPhnVg

New York, NY, January 17, 2018… The number of white supremacist murders in the United States more than doubled in 2017 compared to the previous year, far surpassing murders committed by domestic Islamic extremists and making 2017 the fifth deadliest year on record for extremist violence since 1970.

In its annual assessment of extremist-related killings, the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism found white supremacists and other far-right extremists were responsible for 59 percent of all extremist-related fatalities in the U.S. in 2017, up dramatically from 20 percent in 2016.

https://www.adl.org/news/press-releases/adl-report-white-supremacist-murders-more-than-doubled-in-2017

[OhZone]

2. Bigger pic?

?itok=E2Cs_R5z

[mucifer]

3. Lots more info at the link, too . Thanks for making it big!

[NewJeffCT]

8. and, Islamic Extremists

are Right Wing as well - just following a different religion

[quakerboy]

20. This exactly.

[lagomorph777]

15. Anarchists are not left-wing - they are wingless.

So what's the number on the left if you count only left-wing crimes?

[Poiuyt]

24. Thanks for this

[dalton99a]

4. Kick

[hibbing]

5. Perfect statement n/t

[rogue emissary]

6. K & R!

[saidsimplesimon]

7. Bree Newsome, awesome woman

She showed the courage to climb that flag pole, taken down that racist flag and get arrested for her efforts. Since then, I have always expected she would become a future political or civic leader worthy of support.

[Paladin]

9. K&R.

[CottonBear]

10. Bree Newsome is a brave, American hero speaking truth to power.

[SunSeeker]

11. I thought her name sounded familiar! Love that picture.

Thanks for posting.

[CottonBear]

17. You are welcome, SunSeeker.

It is an iconic photograph of a modern civil rights hero.

[Wintryjade]

14. Thank you, yes. A very fav of mine. My hero.

[Wintryjade]

12. Yes, the damage of "both sides" rhetoric. It ends conversation.

[libdem4life]

18. When it should merely open a conversation...one sorely needed. n/t

[PaulX2]

13. And A Majority Of The Members Of One Side Live In A Fantasy World Where Truth Means Nothing

I live in the reality based side that isn't evil.

Thank god.

[pdsimdars]

16. Can't let them get away with their false equivalency.

[Honeycombe8]

19. I don't think white supremacy had anything to do with the bombs.

Most of the people targeted are white.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

21. Another excellent source of information about hate crimes

can be found at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). These are the people that our own FBI turn to for the numbers.

I have supported them for years. Their work, breaking the back of the Klan in the 1980s/90s was nothing short of miraculous. They went after the money. And then the aryan movement fell apart.

Since the election, they have been feverishly working on behalf of minorities and marginalized folks everywhere. Their founder, Morris Dees, has lived with death threats for decades. At one point, their building was damaged in a bombing by white supremicists, but nothing slows them down.

They publish excellent reports 4 times a year about hate crimes, in addition to their "Teach Tolerance" workshops across the country. They are an invaluable asset to local police departments, nationwide. They work with school districts and teachers too.

[zentrum]

22. "Both sides" are..

....not saying "we are Nationalists'.

Everyone on the MAGA side knows the dog whistle that word is and that it's the signal word of White Supremacy.

[Tactical Peek]

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