Charlottesville, Va Blut Und Boden

Americans across the board are seeing a decreased quality of life within the last couple of decades.

I'm not saying white men dont have legitimate complaints. Men who maybe could have have supported a family on one income 30 years ago and now are lucky to make $10 an hour today. I get that.


But being the victim of difficult economic circumstances is not the same as being purposely oppressed due to your race. And for those who do think they are being oppressed, I think they should look long and hard at who their oppressors actually are because it isnt any minority group

There isn't really any justification for white supremacy either way. Scapegoating minorities for one's problems is evil and marching around with Nazi flags and spitting on the proverbial graves of WWII vets who fought against this shit is just plain unamerican.

 

I was at a counter-protest to a white nationalist pro-Trump rally in Portland Oregon on August 6th and there were some fists flying, but it never turned into an all-out riot. But after Charlottesville the tensions will be riding high. If these white nationalists have any sense they'll start holding their rallies indoors with security outside. Otherwise Charlottesville may be remembered as "the first sign of violence" in these counter-protests.

 

Fighting Nazis one windmill at a time

 

I've run out of likes, and simply could not pass this by...

This is SO on point!

Very well said, Meliai.

 

And just how often do we see that crap? When was the last time you saw a REAL klansman? They are a puny minority of the white population and nationally they couldn't muster enough people to equal the non-white gangs in a single major city. So holding them up as "typical" examples of white people's attitudes is trite at best. At its worst, it's pure racism to make such a leap. Most white people in the US are not racists. Or we'd have a very different nation, surely that's readily obvious. A LOT of progress has been made in a fantastically short period of time. But that just doesn't seem to be good enough for some folks.

 

Being told you're a racist from grade school on up, just for being white, has an effect on people. I've been hearing this shit since the 70s, how evil and nasty "The White Man" is. But thankfully it's not "racist" to bag on white people. It's more like a sanctioned sport. Look how fast this asshole in Charlottesville is being painted as a "typical" example of the seething hatred that "ALL" white people have (nevermind he killed a white woman). But notice how nobody is organizing a march for this loser. Must be a cultural thing!

 

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I'm white. My family is white. Most of my friends are white. I definitely dont hold these fuckwits up as the ultimate example of whiteness, trust me.

 

The media finds these fringe activist groups who hate each other, and stirs up controversies just to hype up gang wars like Charlottesville.

The main reason they're doing this is to take away our constitutional amendment to freedom of assembly.

 

Good plan, neither do I. But look how fast that assumption was made.

 

I havent noticed any assumptions being made

As a white person I can't really relate to your experiences at all..I don't feel like anyone has ever tried to make me feel guilty for being white or made me out to be a racist just because I'm white

I assume by assumptions you mean some people have equivocated all white people with these white supremacists? But I havent really seen that at all.

 

Some sources are saying that the Unite the alt-Right organizers had a permit to protest. And it was the mayor of Charlottesville took away that permit and allowed the violent counter-protest mob to show up, and that's when the police dispersed and allowed the riots to ensue.

If that's the case, then the violence wouldn't have happened. The ACLU is defending the alt-right's freedom of speech. Even though I can't stand what the alt-righters and the ethno-state freaks are advocating, they do have freedom of speech. So it sounds to me like, once again, the violence is the responsibility of the counter protesters who fucked it all up.

I'll put my money on the theory that the police were ordered to stand down and let the riot materialize for political gains. One young woman and two helicopter pilots were killed.

 

So, while I was walking downtown with my sister black lives matter was out in droves, sporting signs that read, Kill All White People. My sister said something to them and I can assure you that if a white person held such a sign he would be arrested and or beaten by white and black people. I have a hard time believing that there were not victims on both sides of this event, and that all victims are strictly victims. Unforunately someone died. I have never in my life seen such signs held by white people, nor have I seen a kkk member or a white supremacist for that matter.

BLM with ANTIFA went their looking to provoke and riot. I am not saying this justifies mowing people down with his car but I am sure that people from both sides were injured from that car. And also sure that we are only hearing one side of the story.

When ANTIFA and BLM gather does the kkk show up to beat them up or do they let them have their say?

 

If Antifa is such a peaceful group, why did they bring weapons to the event and attack a CBS reporter for filming them?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkqccnXGHZE

 

Cornel West attributes Antifa with saving his life from violent Nazis during the protest

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/14/cornel_west_rev_toni_blackmon_clergy

This is a complicated subject and I'm a great admirer of nonviolent revolutionaries like MLK, Ghandi, etc.

I think its also important to remember they were murdered. Good people can't just roll over in the face of violent opposition.

Antifa on the offense destroying private property like they did on inauguration day is despicable.

But protecting nonviolent protesters from violent opposition? Cant say I have a problem with that.

 

Oh I just imagined it of course. Nobody would ever call people "oppressors" or "racists" for just being white. Whatever was I thinking?