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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: 4, Touché) by hemocyanin on Friday February 22 2019, @04:24PM (3 children)
Rushing to judgment without real evidence or due process, is the foundation of lynching. Please don't adopt the practices of the KKK.
(Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Saturday February 23 2019, @01:55PM (2 children)
As I responded above, most rape victims - including sodomized men - are too traumatized immediately after to report the crime to law enforcement. So by the time they do, the evidence is gone. That makes it a damn difficult crime to prosecute. That doesn't mean we should let any women simply send any man to prison based on an unsubstantiated accusation. But if several people start accusing one person, especially if they have nothing to gain beyond a few moments of negative publicity for the accusation, I'm inclined to take it seriously. To my knowledge nobody had video evidence of Bill Cosby drugging a woman or Harvey Weinstein raping someone. That doesn't mean there's some crazy mass conspiracy to bring each of them down.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 23 2019, @05:06PM (1 child)
You really think multiple people wouldn't conspire for some form of secondary gain, especially when, but not limited to when, the target is rich?
I will continue to require evidence before I convict. Secondly, that whole "low number of false accusations" is based on what? We know that people get wrongfully convicted of things frequently but we have no idea of how many that is -- if we did, nobody would be wrongfully convicted in the first place.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/16/a-selfie-saved-a-texas-man-who-was-accused-of-a-violent-crime-heres-how-he-did-it [theblaze.com]
(Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Sunday February 24 2019, @03:06AM
I would have to think it over more, but I'm not inclined to agree with your standard. An extremely high standard of evidence for rape convictions might prevent, say, 10 innocent men from being convicted of crimes they didn't commit. A lesser standard might result in convictions of those men - and convictions of 500 actual rapists that escaped under the higher standard. What's the bigger evil? Currently most rape goes unpunished.