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Contrary1

(12,629 posts)
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 03:31 AM Sep 2013

Town takes on white supremacist

"deracinated" ? I wish there was a remote uninhabited island somewhere that neanderthals like this guy could move to.

White nationalists aim to take over tiny North Dakota town

(CNN) -- The words "welcome to Leith" are etched on two wooden boards, nailed to a pair of poles stuck in the grassy North Dakota prairie. With wildflowers immediately to the front, a dirt road yards away and a few stray buildings and trees in the distance, the sign seems appropriately simple for the tiny town.

Yet in the last few weeks, Leith has become anything but simple.

Paul Craig Cobb wants to transform the town 70 miles southwest of Bismarck into a community that mirrors his white supremacist views. He did so quietly at first, asking residents whether their land was for sale. But recent reports from The New York Times and the Southern Poverty Law Center exposed his mission and turned it into a national story.

In an interview with The New York Times, Cobb said he hoped his plans in Leith would "excite" white people and "give them confidence because we're being deracinated in our own country."


More with video, if you can stomach it: http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/07/us/north-dakota-white-only-town/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

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Town takes on white supremacist (Original Post) Contrary1 Sep 2013 OP
Must be a slow news day at CNN. ManiacJoe Sep 2013 #1
I read about this a while ago...The town council has a plan to hand him his asshat. Chan790 Sep 2013 #2
"two wooden boards nailed to a pair of poles" onethatcares Sep 2013 #3
Now, isn't that a snootful of snobbery. Skidmore Sep 2013 #9
my apologies completely onethatcares Sep 2013 #10
Dont tell this rube this, it'll blow what little mind he has DiverDave Sep 2013 #4
According to Russell Peters, we'll be beige. riqster Sep 2013 #5
Morning, youre up early. DiverDave Sep 2013 #6
Yup, not my normal schedule. riqster Sep 2013 #7
One of my sons friends, of Indian parentage, took 41st, I think DiverDave Sep 2013 #8
 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
2. I read about this a while ago...The town council has a plan to hand him his asshat.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 04:41 AM
Sep 2013

They've threatened that if he attempts to wage some sort of race war for control of the town...the last act of the town council will be to disincorporate...he can't take control of a town that doesn't exist, he and his friends can't elect a town council for a town that doesn't exist. They can't pass laws for a town that doesn't exist and they can't reincorporate.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
3. "two wooden boards nailed to a pair of poles"
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:48 AM
Sep 2013

pretty much describes the intelligence of anyone that would live there.

But seriously, my first thoughts were about that Eastwood movie where he had the town painted red and "welcome to hell" painted on the same type of sign.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
9. Now, isn't that a snootful of snobbery.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 08:07 AM
Sep 2013

The people of this town sound like good people I would be proud to call my neighbors. I am not so sure about you. See... I live in a small village on the prairie too. Your superior intelligence is not informing your humanity.

onethatcares

(16,172 posts)
10. my apologies completely
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:06 AM
Sep 2013

but my comments were directed at the idiots that want a white supremacist city.

I'm sorry you took them wrong, or perhaps I did not phrase them correctly.

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)
4. Dont tell this rube this, it'll blow what little mind he has
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:59 AM
Sep 2013

In 10,000 years humans will be BROWN!

Well, maybe we should tell him...

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)
6. Morning, youre up early.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:06 AM
Sep 2013

I cant watch it right now, my son fell asleep on the couch...
I read a sci-fi story that had the human race as a blend of all races.
Thought that was a true statement...

riqster

(13,986 posts)
7. Yup, not my normal schedule.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:14 AM
Sep 2013

I also recommend his riff on the difference between how white kids and Indian kids are disciplined. Good stuff.

DiverDave

(4,886 posts)
8. One of my sons friends, of Indian parentage, took 41st, I think
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 07:21 AM
Sep 2013

in this years spelling bee...great kids (him and his brother) and sooo smart.

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