SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
Feds Indict Steve Bannon for Finessing Racists, and I Don’t Know How to Feel
Michael Harriot broaches the obvious at The Root:
If a white nationalist robs a racist in the woods, can you hear me not giving a fuck?
Should we applaud the fact that the bigoted propagandist who gave us Breitbart, Milo Yiannopoulos and Donald Trump has been indicted for fraud? Or should we be happy that a bunch of xenophobic nitwits had their disposable income stolen? If ever there was a perplexing philosophical quandary, it is this.Chronic greyscale disease sufferer Steve Bannon, the chief architect in charge of making America great again, has been indicted for defrauding a clusterfuck of Caucasians out of their border wall savings, according to federal prosecutors from the U.S. Justice Department’s Southern District of New York.
Particulars?
According to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday, the SDNY Corruption Unit charged Bannon, along with co-conspirators Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. In a statement, SDNY’s Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss alleges that Bannon created a sham non-profit organization and shell companies that funneled over $1 million in donations from “We Build the Wall”—an online crowdfunding campaign that raised over $25 million to erect a privately funded version of Donald Trump’s border wall.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Runaway1956 on Saturday August 22 2020, @02:40AM
Black folk first. The vast majority of them were dragged here against their will for at least 200 years. The country kinda sorta owes them citizenship, I think. Especially since the 14th was written for their express benefit.
Native people? Actually, we didn't just allow them to walk in and set up housekeeping. Quite the opposite. We actually fought some genocidal wars against several groups of them. Today, not so much, but they fought long and hard against an oppressive government to earn the rights that they exercise today.
So, I'm not sure what point you're making with those two examples.
The question is, whether a sovereign nation even has the right to establish, and to enforce it's borders. I say that it does have that right.
Respect the laws, enter lawfully, and obey the law while you are here - or don't come at all. It's really that simple.