@mezzrow thoughts on the events this week and Trump's reaction to it/involvement?
Only picking on you as TX Bill has gone AWOL from this thread.
Over here, Dan.
https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/the-far-right.94508/page-38#post-5688458
@mezzrow thoughts on the events this week and Trump's reaction to it/involvement?
Only picking on you as TX Bill has gone AWOL from this thread.
The phrase " a day late and a dollar short" comes to mind.Trumps finally condemned it
"Did he say 'white nationalist?'" Spencer asks. "'Racist' means an irrational hatred of people, I don't think he meant any of us.'"
"Only a dumb person would take those lines seriously," Spencer adds.
CEO of Under Armour just stepped down from trumps committee
And on the very same day that Trump claims to disavow these groups a few hours later he is retweeting this pizzagate guy - yet as you say the mesage is sadly the same just rebranded.I was actually going to point out that many of these hate groups no longer refer to themselves as white supremacists; that stopped about 10 years ago. Their new label is "white nationalist" or the newer "alt-right," which is a new name for the same ole thing. For example, on Stormfront, there are several "position statements" on white nationalism, saying things like (paraphrasing) "we don't advocate violence toward other races" "we seek to live peacefully and separately from other races." There's been a shift in how some of these groups market themselves (not daily stormer) to make themselves more media friendly, such as promoting "nationalism" not "supremacism" and diminishing the use of, or banning swastikas, so that they can claim that "white supremacists" "neo-nazis" and the "KKK" are not affiliated with them. But the nasty, idiotic message remains.
more of this 'both sides' crap.America seems to be tearing itself apart. Lots of people, just ordinary folk in the main, on both sides of the political divide really need to have a good look at themselves or it will never heal......
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