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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: 3, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 22 2019, @04:01PM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 22 2019, @04:01PM (#805094) Journal

    And when multiple women accuse the same man, what are the odds it's some grand conspiracy?

    Dunno . . . when I was younger, and more naive, it never would have crossed my mind that 16 women accusing the same man of rape could be lying. But, women don't exactly think like men. More, liberated women don't think like normal women. Today, I'm not willing to make any bets.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday February 22 2019, @04:22PM (4 children)

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Friday February 22 2019, @04:22PM (#805109) Journal

    Yeah, we aren't right-thinking anymore now that we've gotten out of the kitchen and don't spend our lives trying to please men.

    Runaway, for the love of Cthulhu... Stop. Posting. You make yourself look worse and worse every time you do and you don't even realize you're doing it. You've the forum's equivalent of that embarrassing, racist old uncle at Thanksgiving who everyone suspects is in the early stages of Alzheimer's. Maybe you *are* in the early stages of Alzheimer's, for all we know.

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @06:39PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @06:39PM (#805221)

      You don't believe the promotion of victim culture has empowered vulnerable narcissists from Mattress Girl through multiple Brett Kavanaugh accusers to Jussie Smollett? Or that the media would happily return us to the hysteria of 17th Century witch trials to earn a few extra clicks?

      • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @10:19PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @10:19PM (#805350)

        It sure has, but as with every other aspect of humanity the shitheels are a minority. Taking such crimes as the norm is an even worse crime that undermines the legitimate cases which are the majority.

        Are you comfortable with the fact that Trump promoting racism has increased racist attacks in the US? I'll take false accusations of sexual misconduct over getting curb stomped by some asshole with an inferiority complex.

        queue "show me how Trump is racist" bullshit evasions

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @11:32PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 22 2019, @11:32PM (#805377)

          Are you comfortable with the fact that Trump promoting racism has increased racist attacks in the US?

          Obama supported BLM, Trump has done nothing remotely comparable.

          • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @12:34AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @12:34AM (#805402)

            Neo Nazis march and one commits vehicular homicide but "both sides".

            Keep supporting the traitor in chief, totally makes you look like a stable genius!!@!