Birmingham police remove banners stating 'diversity = white genocide' along interstate

[alp227]

Source: AL.com

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham police received reports of four banners hanging at various points along interstates in the city today that proclaimed "diversity = white genocide" that could be connected to a national organization trying to stage rallies today around the country.

The specific wording on the banners shows a likely connection to a group called the White Man March that is trying to organize events around the country today, but none was announced for Birmingham. An event is planned in New York City today by the self-proclaimed "pro-white" group, according to reports.

Birmingham police took action this morning after receiving reports about the banners. "We just removed the signs," Birmingham Police Lt. Sean Edwards said in a phone interview this afternoon.

Police had received calls starting this morning of banners hanging from various overpass locations on Interstate 59/20 in the downtown area as well as the 12th Avenue overpass on Interstate 65, Edwards said.

Read more: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2014/03/birmingham_police_remove_banne.html

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Thom Hartmann interviewed an organizer of this "White Man March" on Friday:

Also, a rally of this sort has been reported in Florence, KY near Cincinnati.

[shenmue]

1. I can't believe these people

They suck.

[TRoN33]

2. Most of them are illiterate anyways

[awoke_in_2003]

6. and most of them are armed and dangerous. nt

[rdharma]

3. Nothing says "LOVE" like some yahoo waving a KKK flag!

[sarcasmo]

20. Who also posts on Yahoo.

[olddad56]

4. What lies beneath the hatred? ....

It is simple, the underlying emotion beneath hatred is fear. Fear is the underlying emotion beneath any negative emotion. Love is the underlying emotion beneath any positive emotion. Fear isn't really an emotion, it is just the absence of love. Love is the only true emotion, no matter how you express it.

Thanks you Marianne Williamson for your wonderful book 'Return to Love'.

Too bad that fear is taught in so many churches when what we should be learning in any spiritual endeavor is love. People are actually taught to fear God in many religions when what God really is, is love.

Okay got that off of my chest, now I can go back to hating (fearing) Republicans.

[cosmicone]

12. Actually, neurobiologically, fear is the real emotion

and love is acquired.

Racial bigotry and xenophobia occur when a group is deprived of the power and/or resources they have traditionally felt entitled to due to changes in the milieu.

We see it frequently on DU when displaced IT workers comment about India and Indians for example.

Obama's election has made the fear of losing power and privilege very acute in the white community and the ignorant ones who are unable to adapt resort to bigotry in the hopes of clinging to power.

[atreides1]

15. Yoda said it best.

"Fear Leads to Anger. Anger Leads to Hate. Hate Leads to Suffering."

[Judi Lynn]

5. Had to listen to the interview. Unfathomable. How can they be this stupid? n/t

[NickB79]

7. All I have to say regarding the "pro-white" mindset

[calimary]

19. No kidding!

Actually, there IS a "White Entertainment Network." It's the network I regularly refer to as Pox Noise.

[avebury]

8. I am actually surprised that the police removed them.

I could see the Alabama DOT removing them for being on highway right of way and a potential hazard to the driving public.

[alp227]

9. Ha. Ironically, 50 years ago most cops in Alabama would have stood with those AL-hole protestors! nt

[olddad56]

11. I wonder how many of the cops wished that they could today?

[TroglodyteScholar]

16. Well, the fact is they did the right thing regardless.

It's progress.

[LiberalElite]

10. White man march in NYC HAHAHAHAHA - see this

The Gothamist is a NYC newspaper. BTW the population of the Jamaica section of Queens where Jamaica Ave. is, is primarily non-white.

http://gothamist.com/2014/03/13/save_the_white_people.php

[jtuck004]

13. Maybe we should have a Real Man March, invite everyone else. And them too.

Nah, too divisive.

Need a 99% march, because the real problem ain't a few over-beered pillow-case lovers.

It's about 1%, or only 3 million people who care more about filling their pockets than children eating a decent meal every day, who we, the other 312 million or so, let control our thinking.

[blkmusclmachine]

14. The BPD cleaning up the (white) trash. Good for them!

[Le Taz Hot]

17. Well, I managed to get to 2:20 before I wanted to upchuck.

So, those of you who say, "They'll just die off," take note. This is not some old codger wishing for the "glory days" of Jim Crow. This is a very young man.

[freshwest]

18. Uh, let's see. Diversity such as the Rainbow Coalition is Genocide? Aren't whites people, too?

The fact that these clowns are trying to play this gambit is illogical. Since white people are part of that rainbow of colors, if these clowns thought about it.

Except they didn't think. Diversity doesn't reduce the number of colors. They can still part of it, if they want.

But no, what they want is to be separate and rule at the same time.

DERP!