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Vehicle plows into counter protesters in Charlottesville
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Excuse me but that's a fucking moronic position by the ACLU. Don't think for a second that these Nazi fucks who's rights they defend wouldn't have them up against a wall the second they took power. The exact same thing happened in Germany where centrists tried to debate and reason with the NSDAP, we all know where they ended up.
Marvel
could never
Yup.
Dressing up in all that tactibro gear would be enough to earn an arrest and sentencing. Rightfully so too.
crisdecuba
Member
Nvm sorry
Virginia's National Guard had to explain to people how to distinguish them from the private militias:
https://twitter.com/VaNationalGuard/status/896402001067683841.@VaNationalGuard ready to assist local law enforcement in #Charlottesville, can be identified by MP patch #cvilleaug12
Audioboxer
Member
Yeah, it is something seeing that. In most other civilised western countries you'd be stopped and/or arrested trying to walk around like that in public. Again, there is no point in turning this into a big guns debate, but when you've got people with the ideologies these guys do being able to walk around in body armour and carrying assault rifles it really should bring into question "are we the ones who are out of touch with reality here?". Protest, dissent, and so on is still legal and tolerated in most democracies that have debated the responsibilities of Government around guns and decided maybe anything shouldn't go? A step forward for America should maybe be addressing the rifles and armour, first, before all-out gun reform. Small steps, but even those get met with insane hostility, such as looking at anything Obama tried to say or do around gun reform. You're tackling a hydra with many heads and an insane amount of funding/support.
You've really got to think it's only a matter of time before situations like this where we're now seeing bloodshed erupt into a full-scale gun war. Then again, that's a civil war and it appears some are calling for that. The whole situation is fucked and hard for outsiders of the country to look in at and come up with solutions as to what can be done. Someone earlier in this topic did say between a certain era Nazi demonstrations were banned in America? Is this true? If anyone follows my post history I'm a pretty big advocate for free speech and protections against Governments being big brothers where they can arrest, shutdown and control all speech. However, I have routinely said I do believe in SOME hate speech protections and I think most people could be swayed to allow a minimum of Government intervention to stop Nazi demonstrations. This is why I say it's not the ACLU's fault (they merely fairly uphold what the law is), but the Government/politicians and political parties of the country to hash out law/reform/bills/etc.
JonnyDBrit
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Thinking back on all the posts (not here, but like, twitter, imgur, etc) I've seen over the previous year or so talking about how it was on protesters if something were to happen involving a car because they chose to be an inconvenience and get in the way.
This is that mindset made real. Not so clever now, is it?
That 'private militias' are allowed is fucking crazy.
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Marvel
could never
Hahahahaha.This is so good.
Lil'DigiOp
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This is looking like open warfare. I agree with others saying this may be a turning point in the social climate.
The cruel irony is that I bet the majority of these dudes grandfathers would cut their fucking dicks off for celebrating this nazi shit. Its fucking insane how real the fucking 'Hail Hydra' concept is.
Then again, we did let a lot of nazis go, adopt their technology, grab their riches..... of course the ideology would remain.
The cruel irony is that I bet the majority of these dudes grandfathers would cut their fucking dicks off for celebrating this nazi shit. Its fucking insane how real the fucking 'Hail Hydra' concept is.
Then again, we did let a lot of nazis go, adopt their technology, grab their riches..... of course the ideology would remain.
It's insane that this is legal.
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I'd LOVE to see what happens if the US suddenly revokes those embarassing rights for arms, but alas, it won't happen.
RustyNails
Member
See a Nazi, punch a Nazi. This should be a public service reminder everywhere.This is so good.
NHarmonic.
Member
One of the most powerful photos I've ever seen
Good looking evil right in the eyes
This is really powerful, holy shit the US is so fucked up culturally.
This is so good.
I didn't see the second pic coming. Much like that Nazi.
Amazing stuff.
This is so good.
The smug, self-satisfied look in the first photo makes the second much sweeter.
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
This time it's because moderates chose to stand by and let these Nazi fucks skitter out from under their rocks.
I hope everyone who is identified at that rally loses their job or is expelled from their university. No more free speech bullshit.
Welcome to the NRA. Entrenched in Republican politics.
PSA Edit:
Only thing missing is some MAGA hats
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
Looks like we never quite finished the first one.
It really isn't though. It's unfortunate who they defending are, but they are defending the rights and not necessarily the individual's ideology. You have to make that distinction.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Those posts happened on GAF too. It was the first thing I thought of when I saw the videos.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Second image is soothing.This is so good.
Very disheartening. Having lived in the Austin area for so long, the memory of living in the old South with casual country racism is faint. But it was there, dormant like a hatred volcano and Trump has awakened it.
At least the local and Lexington government responses have been more presidential.
At least the local and Lexington government responses have been more presidential.
Albino_Yeti
Member
No need for hysterics. These Nazis are in no way a majority, or even a large minority, of citizens in America. A civil war isn't going to happen. At the veeeery worst, a small band of neo-Nazis tries to take on the cops or something, and gets steamrolled by the National Guard.
The Living Tribunal
Member
The smugness in that first pic makes the second one so sweet. I also genuinely don't think I'd be able to stop myself at just one punch.This is so good.
We need to confront anyone feeding into the Nazi/white supremacist narrative that they are somehow victims or the ones being oppressed by the talk of punching Nazis, etc.
That's how they are actively trying to make weak-willed people sympathetic to them and their cause.
Nazi ideology and white supremacist ideology are not legitimate political positions. They are centred around the desire to exterminate certain demographics from our society.
We need to stress this at all times.
That's how they are actively trying to make weak-willed people sympathetic to them and their cause.
Nazi ideology and white supremacist ideology are not legitimate political positions. They are centred around the desire to exterminate certain demographics from our society.
We need to stress this at all times.
Too simple.
It's the no shows, 48% of voters that don't vote. It's the Bernie bros that wanted this, for things to get worse so a Dem socialist utopia would magically form (don't forget the numbers Clinton lost by in some states, spreads smaller than Gore 2000). Its Clinton for running a neutered campaign and being too cautious.
Most of all it's the GOP that have appeased and used white nationalist rhetoric to define an "other" and focus their bases fear and tribalism on. White Nationalists and the KKK long ago muted their message and slid into their ranks to spread their vile views when they aligned with GOP power brokers that thought they could control it. Now Frankensteins monster has other ideas.
One of the most powerful photos I've ever seen
Good looking evil right in the eyes
He's afraid she's going to pull his hood off.
Audioboxer
Member
You'll get piled on with many saying every Republican voter is a Nazi. While I do think that is hyperbole, it's still rather disappointing to see any "Western superpower" with small pockets of "civil war". To tackle that you then need to look at what holds back progress in America, and it routinely does seem to be right-wing voting and hysterics around gun control and a country in 2017 not doing more to tackle ideologies as harmful as you can get. Islamic terrorism is harmful? Well, we better do all we can! White supremacy and Nazi ideologies are harmful? Well, it's complicated. It shouldn't be complicated.
Some might be going to sleep thinking 50% of the country is literally going to be violently fighting the other 50%. That won't happen, no need to hide in your bunker just yet. The vast majority of people are not going to get violent and start killing as that is not going to achieve anything in their lives. Not to mention it just ends up with them in prison or killed in action. However, as I just said, tackling the overall issues sees a lot of circumstantial blame laid on people who keep voting in ways that allow the status quo. Find me Republicans who support gun reform. There might be a small amount, but there's not enough and America is indeed a country with a gun problem. Find me Republicans going in as much as some Democrats are about this attack. There might be a small amount, but routinely it isn't enough. America currently has a right-wing Government in charge, so you'll routinely see right-wing ways of handling situations like this and it's often not pretty.
So while you might not see a country wide civil war, you might end up seeing civilians slaughtering civilians whilst a Government in control of the country makes a mess of actually being a civilised, Western, liberal democracy. That's incredibly embarrassing and while many countries looking on are imperfect and with their own problems, sometimes some shade from those countries/civilians is indeed justified when they echo "we might have problems, but we're not that fucked up". No country is without racists, supremacists and terrorists, but others do a much better job of America with handling them.
See, violence on many sides. So much for the tolerant left.This is so good.
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Yeah just typically look for a "professional" looking soldier and not some redneck CIA/PMC wannabe.
Jag
Member
Guy in the orange is a fucking hero.
ElectricBlanketFire
Member
Welcome to the NRA. Entrenched in Republican politics.
PSA Edit:
Only thing missing is some MAGA hats
Any idea who made this?
The problem is that there are almost 63 million Americans who support or, at the very least, condone the behaviour of Donald Trump. This is a man who has made more than just questionable statements that add fuel to the Neo Nazi and white supremacist fire.
SolidSnakex
Member
It's a photoshop since the original version of what that was for is...extremely racist.
Too soon bruh.
And if you're being serious, there's a difference between protesting for acceptance, unity, and denouncement of radical ideologies that go contrary to what America stands for and fucking Nazi who....idk fucking committed mass genocide.
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