Radicalized White Nationalists in Virginia

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tha Post writes they demonstrated at UVA at a statue of Thomas Jefferson. What is the relevance of that location to the demonstrators?

Thomas jefferson was a huge racist who owned slaves

Didn't all the rich people have them?

Uh, no there were these people called abolitionists. It was racist to own people as property. Thomas Jefferson not excepted.

Thomas Jefferson is an interesting study in contradiction. He called slavery a "moral depravity" and a "hideous blot" while working on legislation to free them. Yet he owned hundreds of slaves himself and only freed them in his will. The link below provides some insight.

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Reassessing-Thomas-Jefferson/240440

His will only freed FIVE. His family sold the rest to pay his debts.

[Anonymous]

One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

DP here.

Identity politics does not equal equality for all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

Maybe work on your reading comprehension? It's never a bad idea to be able to read and understand others' words.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

Exactly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

Maybe work on your reading comprehension? It's never a bad idea to be able to read and understand others' words.

I read just fine. Identity politics is a misnomer here and you know it. I'm not kowtowing to someone else's intellectual dishonesty and blame shifting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

This is called mental masterbation to justify bullshit. Keep feeding yourself whatever tripe you want to call it to push hate and fear in our society and at some point, when you are more rational and mature, if that ever happens, come back and read your post and then look yourself in the mirror.

[Anonymous]

How many people were at this event? I highly doubt there were many people. The press is a joke.

Did they destroy the city like in Baltimore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

Exactly.

What exactly is this "equality for all"? Everyone who wants to go to college should be able to? Everyone should end up in the comfortable middle class? There shouldn't be people who earn $250,000 while others earn only $25,000?

I'm for equal opportunity, but it seems to me that many liberals are for equal outcomes. That's the difference. Some people are just more driven, harder-worker, and yes....smarter....than others. It doesn't help that we have to pretend that everyone has the same potential.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many people were at this event? I highly doubt there were many people. The press is a joke.

Did they destroy the city like in Baltimore?

The press is a joke for reporting that a racist protest which necessitated the National Giard on standby occurred at a flagship university? Why are you people so determined to live in ignorance?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the problems with the left pushing identity politics is that it's inherently divisive and thus is conducive to this sort of awfulness. You can't constantly promote race pride when it comes to every non-white group and then be surprised when something like this happens. Some people (especially those going through hard times) get angry when they are constantly told how privileged they are because of their skin color, and they lash out in horrible ways.

So people who want equality for all are to blame for neo Nazis. Got it.

Exactly.

What exactly is this "equality for all"? Everyone who wants to go to college should be able to? Everyone should end up in the comfortable middle class? There shouldn't be people who earn $250,000 while others earn only $25,000?

I'm for equal opportunity, but it seems to me that many liberals are for equal outcomes. That's the difference. Some people are just more driven, harder-worker, and yes....smarter....than others. It doesn't help that we have to pretend that everyone has the same potential.

No, it means if you are walking through a neighborhood, even one where you live, you shouldn't have to fear getting shot and killed by an officer of the law because of your skin color or some self-investigating racist with a gun.

It means, when your county has polling places, there should be the same number of voting booths in both the "white" areas and the "black" areas. The "black" areas should have fewer polling places and fewer booth per location. The reason you see lines in places like NC and OH is because the white leadership is manipulating how and where voting takes place to make it harder for the black people to vote.

Not everyone has the same potential, and it is more based on socio-economic factors than race, but disenfranchising democratic basics like voting cut off a path to political equality on a proportionate level, and seeing video of people getting shot in a car for being black is disgusting. And now that every phone has a camera, we are seeing what had been lore for past generations.

Let's start with the basics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many people were at this event? I highly doubt there were many people. The press is a joke.

Did they destroy the city like in Baltimore?

Based on the video, it looked like there were about 100 racists torch bearers and then about 40-50 counter-protestors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many people were at this event? I highly doubt there were many people. The press is a joke.

Did they destroy the city like in Baltimore?

Based on the video, it looked like there were about 100 racists torch bearers and then about 40-50 counter-protestors.

400 racists

[Anonymous]

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/346285-far-right-protesters-gather-at-university-of-virginia-ahead-of-saturday

Here is an article with pix and video.