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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 Arik on Friday February 22 2019, @03:32PM (3 children)
How about instead of trying to estimate that, we investigate each and every accusation thoroughly? Hmm?
It's perfectly possible for people to form conspiracies like this, and it's far from unheard of.
Every attempt to short circuit the process of justice and leap to conclusions based on mere allegation is corrosive to society and only contributes to our ongoing breakdown.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by dry on Saturday February 23 2019, @04:58AM (1 child)
One of the big problems is the whole legal process can be degrading and traumatic to the woman. Usually the defence tries to show the woman is a liar, a slut etc and they try really hard. Often even the cops have the same attitude.
The legal system is really shitty in some cases, such as sexual assault, unluckily, there doesn't seem to be better alternatives.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @08:20AM
Asking derogatory questions vs. being arrested.
Hmm... I know what we need to do make the process less hostile.
Less questions - more arrests! Problem solved!
(Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Saturday February 23 2019, @01:50PM
Most rape victims - including men that are sodomized - are too traumatized to contact the police immediately, which means the physical evidence is usually gone before they feel well enough to discuss the problem with anyone. And often they never feel well enough to do that. Again, look at male rape victim statistics, the numbers are smaller but the pattern is the same.
This isn't like stealing a computer or shooting someone's dog on camera, where it's comparatively straightforward to establish guilt or innocence. Rape is incredibly hard to prosecute, many women who do contact the police are told to drop it because the district attorney doesn't believe they can get a conviction. So rape occupies a niche: something that happens all of the time that the perpetrators usually get away with.
Do you really believe there is some kind of giant conspiracy against Harvey Weinstein and others like him just to get... what? Just to topple a Hollywood mogul for fun?