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Joy Reid? @JoyAnnReid 34m34 minutes agoIf you're just waking up and missed it, torch wielding white nationalists marched on a church in Charlottesville VA last night.
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Ilsa
(61,698 posts)between "you will not replace us" and "Jew will not replace us."
Airbnb cancelled accounts of anyone trying to rent in the area.
Marthe48
(17,021 posts)If I owned any business in Charlottesville, it'd be closed this weekend. And since the government of Charlottesville ok'd this travesty, I'd be thinking of moving. And if I ever go thru Charlottesville again, you can bet I'll keep in travelling. Will never spend a nickel there.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Zoonart
(11,878 posts)but this would not be possible without social media. These rallies are promoted and put together on Facebook and twitter.
Without social media, the rise of the salt-right platforms would not be possible. Without the internet, Stormfront was a pathetic news letter.
People in their communities restrained these idiots by shunning them socially. Now they can connect with hundreds of thousands of other brain damaged individuals with a keystroke. They feel free to speak out for the first time in a generation because of Donald Trump, but also because they can find like minded. pathology on the internet and do it all behind the curtain of Internet anonymity.
Pandora's box comes to mind.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Social media does embolden them and they probably hope their hatred will go viral.
I'm watching a live feed in Charlottesville now. Looks like police have finally arrived to move the nazis on. Wish they'd turn the water-cannons and dogs on them.
Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Thier ability to organize has increased exponentially with social media. I think that Facebook has to do as twitter and remove these accounts from their platform.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Zoonart
(11,878 posts)Marthe48
(17,021 posts)n/t
no_hypocrisy
(46,190 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)for the school year.
This seems all about shock value/theatrics. I agree with others posting elsewhere - they want to be so public - circulate the images. If employers see - they can decide whether than is good PR for the business/organization.
no_hypocrisy
(46,190 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,190 posts)wanted to turn into another golf resort. All the Trumps have in that area is Eric's winery.
underpants
(182,879 posts)So sad.
underpants
(182,879 posts)bigtree
(86,005 posts)twitter.com/TheRealMorley/status/896348229041885184
PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)Hoyt
(54,770 posts)canetoad
(17,184 posts)What does that tell us about these jerks.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Losers! In every way, all these men are losers.
PunkinPi
(4,878 posts)I guess she didn't get the memo --> https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/599zmx/neo-nazi-to-troll-army-we-have-to-be-sexy-at-the-big-alt-right-rally
<snip>Anglin also cops to having "problems with women." All of this advice is addressed to men, and he assumes that his audience is 100 percent male. "We need to keep women on the sidelines. Not speaking, not leading, and with no official membership in anything." But he wants to attract women and suggests that buying a fitted shirt and getting ripped will not only score his crew political clout, but get them "groupies"</snip>
Marthe48
(17,021 posts)because he ain't getting any woman any other way.
marybourg
(12,634 posts)spanone
(135,874 posts)mn9driver
(4,428 posts)Blood and soil. Any bets on whether Trump will condemn it? Just kidding-- there is no chance of that.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...62 million voted for a nazi-vibe president and administration.
Bets he'll defend the hateful gathering.
tblue37
(65,488 posts)his fans were attacking homeless people during the campaign.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,195 posts)Oh, hell, let's put it in the original German: "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer!"
alfredo
(60,075 posts)Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)their wives find out the Tiki torches are missing.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)'but the minute his beer buddies show up.....sigh"
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Isn't his daughter and son-in-law Jewish?
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,114 posts)He is proud of this movement's resurgence. This is Trump's base. The White House is chock full of White Supremacists and Neo Nazis.
gademocrat7
(10,669 posts)This is the face of pure evil.
bucolic_frolic
(43,287 posts)looks like something out of the Middle Ages
So the Civil War will be groups of rural marauders marching to population centers, large and small?
raging moderate
(4,308 posts)Call them what they are. Nazis, chanting Nazi slogans. This is serious.
El Mimbreno
(777 posts)Lat's call a Nazi a Nazi.
sarisataka
(18,770 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)to make one of MLK.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Scariest shit I've seen in a long time. Producer says she's okay and they'll get her back but she seems to have been shoved away as supremacists shoved in.
I am so ashamed.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...crazy volatile out there.
No cops in sight...
QED
(2,749 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Thanks Trump.
Smh.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,214 posts)But do we hear anyone like Franklin Graham, Pat Robertson or any of Trump's spiritual advisors denouncing them? HELL NO!
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)nt
Kleveland
(1,257 posts)Here is a collection of "bad people" for you.
Lock them up!
Hate and violence has no place in our country!
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)Marthe48
(17,021 posts)The Nazi salute was NEVER an American gesture. Millions of people died to defeat the hatred that salute represents. You are losers, and no posing or parades will change that.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)If any of my veteran relatives from that generation were alive, they'd be appalled. And then they'd start knocking some skinheads together. :/
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)from a military recruiter the other day. After I explained that my son was now also my ward, the conversation relaxed and I told him, don't worry, my family and my husband's family has had many members in various branches of the Armed Forces. After I enumerated a few and that they were veterans, he heartily agreed that we deserved to skip a generation of military service. He was nice to chat with. Marine Corps.
Marthe48
(17,021 posts)My husband had a great-great who served on the Union side of the Civil War. Lots of WWII, Korean War and Vietnam vets, and several in the younger generations who have served or are serving.
Hope you and your son stay well. I'm glad the recruiter was kind
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)I hope cameras capture the faces. I hope they are shared locally, nationally and worldwide. I hope these people carrying torches and chanting "blood, soil" are recognized for the despicable cretins they are and shunned by all wherever they go.
My heart is very saddened by this news. We are regressing and I'm afraid we are closer than we realize to the national mood that encouraged and enabled the rise of Nazi Germany.