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posted by martyb on Friday February 22 2019, @05:18AM   Printer-friendly
from the keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer? dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday February 22 2019, @11:56AM (3 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Friday February 22 2019, @11:56AM (#804988) Journal

    "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."

    Wow. Just wow! Needing to belong to something that will make you feel "like a real live boy", standing around like a bunch of boy scouts doing 'secret' hand shakes and shit....

    .....someone needs to get a life!

    Honestly!

    Did they have sex with each other later?

    I UNDERSTAND the need to fight back at something, but REALLY? Nazi salutes? Really? Don't be sheeple: do something with your life OTHER THAN following a dick bigger than your own.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday February 22 2019, @01:01PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 22 2019, @01:01PM (#805001) Journal

    Don't be sheeple: do something with your life OTHER THAN following a dick bigger than your own.

    Yeah, follow Gaaark and hail him, he's dick is smaller than yours.

    (grin)

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    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday February 22 2019, @02:01PM (1 child)

      by Gaaark (41) on Friday February 22 2019, @02:01PM (#805024) Journal

      Nah, never follow, always lead even if you are leading no one.

      Never just blindly follow dicks.

      And YOU'VE been talking to my wife, haven't you! ;)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @09:07AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @09:07AM (#805513)

        Soylentils!!!

        I follow Gaaark, he of the lesser dick! He is the teacher of the world, the Jagad Guru, but a different one than Tulsi Gabbard follows. His way is the way of peace and reconciliation, of love an harmony, of not having to put up with pricks like TMB and Runaway! And that pompous ass aristarchus! So join me, in the cult of the Gaaark!

        (Oh, one downside, he's Canadian. Kind of puts the kibosh on the whole "enlightened teacher" thing. Eh?)