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An article at vice.com reports The Number of U.S. Hate Groups Keeps Surging, Largely Thanks to Young, White men:
The number of hate groups nationwide reached a record high in 2018, driven partly by the persistent growth of white nationalist groups catering to young, college-aged men.
There are currently 1,020 active hate groups in America — up from 954 in 2017, and 917 the previous year, according to an annual tally by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). The new, young face of hate emerged from the shadows during the 2016 election and organized through a shared language of memes and under the banner of the “alt-right.” Many hailed then-candidate Donald Trump, with his hard-line views on immigration, as a hero. In celebration of his election, the alt-right’s one-time de facto leader Richard Spencer led a room full of young men in suits to give Nazi salutes.
Since then, Spencer and other prominent actors, entangled in costly lawsuits and tired of being heckled by anti-fascist protesters, have faded into relative obscurity.
At the same time, groups like Identity Evropa — whose khaki-clad members were a formidable presence at the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017— have proliferated and expanded their reach by setting up new chapters across the country. Patriot Front also grew significantly in 2018 after splintering from Vanguard America, the group linked to the 19-year-old neo-Nazi who rammed his car into a crowd of protesters during the Charlottesville rally and killed Heather Heyer.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by cubancigar11 on Friday February 22 2019, @11:21AM (7 children)
Men don't have the privilege to complain, only women do. This is why "you are the snowflake" is apparently some sort of retort.
If someone's first response to a victim is "first of all, you are complaining about abuse so stop that" and yet maintain complete silence over the abuse being hurled over those victims, then at least some percentage of those victims are going to say "fuck it, I will play the same game".
The reality is that the real Nazis - the ones who think state and private sector are obliged to engineer society - the real definition of Nazism - have co-opted the ideas of the 60s and 70s and are hiding under the label of liberalism and its offshoots, and just like the real nazis their support base is unsuspecting public.
When shit hits the fan which it eventually will, I am sure we will find a large number of common people saying "I didn't know this was happening" just like the Germans after losing WW2.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @02:37PM (3 children)
What a load of projecting nonsense, you have swallowed too much propaganda. I get that you feel marginalized but that is because you are accepting the narrative which wants you to feel that way. Note that the narrative comes from your ideological "allies" to cover up the theft and destruction of US society.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 22 2019, @08:09PM
These poor victims can't handle the mean words.
That's definitely more important than the actual terrorism and murder this story is about.
(Score: 5, Touché) by cubancigar11 on Saturday February 23 2019, @07:37AM (1 child)
I am not in the USA and I see that problem in every country which is closely aligned to USA policy by will or force. YOU are the ignorant American who hasn't bothered learning an iota about other places. News flash: registering democrat doesn't make you a better person, more compassionate, scientific etc. It doesn't make you anything.
And note: I have called you ignorant American not ignorant liberal. IF you ever find your empty head out of your ass I would suggest you take steps to cure your ignorance. Why do you think it was important to point out that the hate groups are increasing "Largely Thanks to Young, White men"? The scourge of society - young, white, men. But if you ever find yourself wandering through a non-white democratic country you will find that the scourge of society is not white, it changes into whatever majority group makes up the labor class - young men.
And that propaganda is coming from... let me guess the republican party of the USA. Or patriarchy, quite possibly. Or maybe I am Russian. One thing is for sure - I want to destroy America.
Personally, I feel neither marginalized nor I have accepted any "narrative". In fact, I feel very empowered and slightly frustrated by how many fucking retards have yet to get their comeuppance in this world, but my life otherwise is quite well and I am very happy because ultimately I have stopped giving two shits about what happens to this world after I die. And believe me, the world will be a better place if more men felt that way.
You are an idiot. My ideological allies - pfft! I almost ignored this thread because I knew there is always somebody more disappointingly stupid than those whose existence I have already accepted to ignore.
You had no fucking great society, you idiot! Your ancestors fucking ran away from great societies to plunder and kill and refuse to pay taxes - like what - 4 or 5 generations ago? I am not a native English speaker yet YOU don't know what theft means. How many Americans have died due to hunger this year? Let me when that number reaches 5 digits and we will start talking about "theft".
People like you and a bunch of other people I see on this website make me question if ye olde website was just as big an echo-chamber of unwise narrow-minded little babies who can't be arsed to educate themselves.
If USA didn't have as much of an influence on the rest of the world through power, I wouldn't bother commenting - and I don't mostly don't. But somehow I still feel a duty to educate fellow geeks. Believe me - I am reining in my urge.
Here is what you need to do: find evidence of whatever you have said is true. Instead of talking out of your arse you tell me WHO has spread this propaganda (and you can't link to SPLC), what is my ideology (yeah - put a name on it), and who are my "allies".
(Score: 1, Troll) by aristarchus on Saturday February 23 2019, @11:28AM
Oh, crap! We have triggered CubanCigar#11! This after Fustawrench went ballistic in the election fraud journal, and Runaway was cruelly and deservedly mocked and insulted in his own journal! Where will it end? (I have read Cuban's post three times, still not sure what he is saying. Just saying. ) Oh, TMB is a twit, Runaway is a racist, and Cuban is a pansy. Did I leave anyone out?
(Score: 3, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Friday February 22 2019, @07:21PM (2 children)
Men don't have the privilege to complain,
I see a whole bunch of men complaining in this very thread.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DrkShadow on Saturday February 23 2019, @01:14AM
Can you cite any news article or popular story?
(Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Saturday February 23 2019, @06:58AM
You see that as a problem.
Which was what I said.