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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: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 22 2019, @03:48PM (6 children)
I thought that way. In fact, I thought that way fairly recently. But, I'm beginning to wonder if that's the right thing to do. The problem is, they haven't dried up and blown away, yet. They haven't gone broke, yet. They haven't learned that they are irrelevant, yet. They are still around, with a war chest of millions, funneling their propaganda into the lamestream media. And, people suck it up, taking it as gospel.
Maybe it would be better if some of the organizations that SPLC accuses were to sue them. Hell, it may not even matter if some, most, or all the suits are lost. Just tie the bastards up in court for forever, and suck all the money out of them.
The SPLC is an enemy of the American people. They contribute to the whole identity politics divisiveness in this country.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Friday February 22 2019, @08:26PM (1 child)
Truly, you are an idiot, Runaway!
Under US law, truth is an absolute defence against a charge of libel. None of these groups could have grounds to sue.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @08:54PM
Both sides, very fine people, the best. No one is less racist than Runaway! All those hate groups? Fake NEWBZ!
(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Saturday February 23 2019, @05:06AM
That's the key. I can't get worked up over such organizations because they're squandering the money of people who might be otherwise inclined to cause more harm in some other way. The supporters of SPLC will virtue signal in some way. Might as well be a way that is completely ineffective.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday February 23 2019, @03:05PM (2 children)
"There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs -- partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs."
-- Booker T Washington, UP FROM SLAVERY (1911)
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday February 23 2019, @03:17PM (1 child)
Booker T. Washington knew this guy? http://www.capitolhilloutsider.com/just-a-two-day-anger-fit-reverend-al/ [capitolhilloutsider.com] That's a great little cartoon in the top right of the story.
(Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday February 23 2019, @05:35PM
It's an old family business. :D
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.