Charlottesville erupts.

[sean miguel]

New Jersey became the first state in the country to classify Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization.



https://www.njhomelandsecurity.gov/analysis/anarchist-extremists-antifa?rq=antifa

 

[sean miguel]

"If you insist on identity politics, you can't act surprised when groups you don't like demand their own pride movements and you can't blame them for reacting to your deliberate provocations. If we are to have identity politics, we have to have them for everyone.

If you select as your primary target the the architects of western civilization -- straight white men -- don't be surprised if you lose the war you started.

Personally, I hate the politics of gender, orientation and skin color. But if there are any remaining white nationalist sentiments in America, it's the Left sustaining and nourishing them."

-Milo Yiannopoulos on the Charlottesville, VA protests

 

[Will E Worm]

ACLU confirms Charlottesville police ordered to stand down

Police says "We'll not intervene until given command to do so."

https://twitter.com/ACLUVA/status/896386562484731904?s=09

 

[xfire]

ACLU confirms Charlottesville police ordered to stand down Police says "We'll not intervene until given command to do so."

That was apparent when they allowed the riot to continue after the first skirmishes between the belligerents.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

But is Will excited and hopeful that mass murder will break out in VA?

 

[meesterperfect]

It was the protesters who brought out the Nazi flags. The protesters who were protesting the removal of the Confederate statue.

Again look further than just what the media shows you.
I'm sure the media focused on only those people.
For all we know they were paid to go there with Nazi stuff.

And I'm sure 99% of people who are against the removal of anything Confederate are not Nazi flag waiving idiots.
Common sense should tell you that.

 

[xfire]

Confederate and Nazi racial ideology aren't that far removed from one another.

 

[bobjustbob]

The right to assemble and speak should not be infringed upon. March and hold up your signs and wear your things. I don't have to agree with it. Do I want to see Neo-Nazies and KKK marching down my block? Fuck no. I'll shout from the sidelines but I'm not going to throw shit at them. Mind your manners and respect the rights.

Yea, those things were written over 200 years ago. Call it my religion but those guys knew what they were talking about. I'm going to defend it no matter what... only in the name of free speech. But don't think that wearing your swastika or hood won't come with some repercussions. There's a thing called hate crime now and it's not very lenient.

 

[Supafly]

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

Confederate and Nazi racial ideology aren't that far removed from one another.

Replace either of those groups with Antifa and BLM and you could make the exact same statement.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

President Trump unequivocally condemned the KKK, white supremacists and Neo Nazis earlier today. He also got a nice swipe at Jim Acosta. It was a good day.

 

[Johan]

It was about time. I wonder what took him si long.
Could it be that they all voted for him ? Or that his chief strategist endorses their views ?

 

[sean miguel]

It was about time. I wonder what took him si long.
Could it be that they all voted for him ? Or that his chief strategist endorses their views ?

After the Dallas police and the Charleston church shootings committed by a BLM and a White Nationalist supporter respectively, President Obama in his first remarks after each, condemned hatred, violence, racism but did not name specific groups as he came out and said each time he was showing constraint in his comments while the facts were still being gathered.

http://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ing-in-charleston-s-c/?utm_term=.4ef8f1a5f685


So what's the issue? President Trump on Saturday condemned violence, hatred and bigotry.

do we really need the President, any President, to tell us that the KKK and Nazis are evil? Like we're children?

 

[xfire]

"If you insist on identity politics, you can't act surprised when groups you don't like demand their own pride movements and you can't blame them for reacting to your deliberate provocations. If we are to have identity politics, we have to have them for everyone. If you select as your primary target the the architects of western civilization -- straight white men -- don't be surprised if you lose the war you started. Personally, I hate the politics of gender, orientation and skin color. But if there are any remaining white nationalist sentiments in America, it's the Left sustaining and nourishing them."
-Milo Yiannopoulos on the Charlottesville, VA protests

Wow, thanks for dragging that thing back up. As usual, of course, he's wrong, white nationalism is exclusively a far-right ideology, what Milo Chugsalottacock is suggesting is to blame the victims of white nationalism for it's existence which is patent bullshit.

Replace either of those groups with Antifa and BLM and you could make the exact same statement.

I'm not 100% on board with characterizing "Antifa" as some sort of legitimate organization. As for BLM, my understanding is that there are groups that operate under that name that have no connection with the actual organization. At any rate, racist and prejudiced philosophy from any group is unacceptable.

President Trump unequivocally condemned the KKK, white supremacists and Neo Nazis earlier today. He also got a nice swipe at Jim Acosta. It was a good day.

Considering his record-setting low approval rating he figured, fuck it, won't hurt.

 

[Johan]

After the Dallas police and the Charleston church shootings committed by a BLM and a White Nationalist supporter respectively, President Obama in his first remarks after each, condemned hatred, violence, racism but did not name specific groups as he came out and said each time he was showing constraint in his comments while the facts were still being gathered.

http://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...ing-in-charleston-s-c/?utm_term=.4ef8f1a5f685

The difference is that Trump criticised both the victim ans the perpetrator, as if they were equally responsible for what had happened.
At Least Obama did not said police brutality and racists cops were to blame as much as the shooter was.

 

[sean miguel]

The difference is that Trump criticised both the victim ans the perpetrator, as if they were equally responsible for what had happened.
At Least Obama did not said police brutality and racists cops were to blame as much as the shooter was.

The President did no such thing. He issued a blanket condemnation just as Obama did.

your confirmation bias is showing.

 

[Johan]

"from many sides"

This means that, to him, those who protested the nazis are as guilty as the nazis who rolled over them.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Why does this only stop at the governor, and why only when it's a Democrat? The President seems to have done this already (or come close), and I hear or see no calls for recall from you or most other conservatives.

Sorry, I have been busy the last few days and haven't had to time to check out the board until this morning.

Nice to see that everyone is lighting their hair on fire over a schizophrenic in a fit of rage.

What American citizens has Trump denied constitutional rights?

 

[xfire]

Tiki Torch Maker Disavows White Supremacists After Weekend Marches

https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiki-torch-maker-disavows-white-155154352.html

 

[Jack Davenport]

Damn right...
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/us/politics/trump-press-conference-charlottesville.html