Courtesy of Mother Jones:
A 22-minute documentary released Monday on HBO’s Vice News Tonight offers a chilling look behind the battle lines in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, with a reporter who embedded with some of the white supremacists who engaged in the violence that ended in the death of one counter-protester and two state troopers. The video has already received nearly 7 million views in the last 17 hours on Facebook.
“Charlottesville: Race and Terror,” follows Christopher Cantwell, an unabashed white supremacist who spews racist invective while traveling around with a band of neo-Nazis. Cantwell is a prominent “alt-right” shock jock who came to Charlottesville to speak at the “United the Right” rally. In the documentary, Cantwell and a posse of assorted white supremacists speak forcefully about the warped theories underpinning what they consider to be an impending and inevitable race war.
Yesterday Donald Trump attempted to excuse the behavior of these people, and to suggest that the media was not being "fair" to them.
And they are now showing their appreciation for that.
Courtesy of TPM:
White supremacist leader Richard Spencer asserted Monday that President Donald Trump wasn’t being “serious” when he denounced hate groups by name, two days after blaming “many sides” for violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“The statement today was more kumbaya nonsense,” Spencer said at a press conference. “You can say racism is evil; we should all love one another; the sun should always shine, seven days a week; everyone should be above average; everyone should be a wonderful athlete; everyone should love each other. It’s just silliness.”
“It’s not serious, and I don’t think anyone takes it seriously, including the President,” he added.
That attitude has emboldened these groups to plan even more White Supremacist marches.
And while making those plans they are aggressively going after their perceived enemies.
Courtesy of Raw Story:
Logan Smith, the 30-year-old man behind the @YesYoureRacist Twitter account, has been receiving death threats for his work exposing the identities of people who attended the white nationalist rally in Charlottesville this past weekend.
“I have been receiving death threats for the past 20 hours or so,” Smith, 30, said in a phone interview. “They have been threatening my family, too. The overall response of course has been 99 percent positive, but there’s always that extremely small but extremely loud and extremely angry minority that bites back… There’s a lot of them – and they are mad.”
“These people aren’t afraid anymore,” he said. “They’re not hiding behind their hoods like they did before the civil rights era. They are out and proud. I think if they are so proud of their beliefs and proud to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with neo-Nazis and KKK members and white supremacists of all stripes, then I think their communities need to know who they are.”
It has been pointed out by a number of commentators that while these folks seem upset that folks like Logan Smith are working to identify them by name, they are the ones who feel emboldened enough to march around without their hoods.
So what did they expect?
And soon they will all get the recognition they deserve, because Illinois just passed a measure identifying the Neo-Nazis as a terrorist organization, and I have a feeling that other states may soon follow suit.
Will things get worse before they get better?
Oh yeah.
But ultimately things WILL get better.
I think.
Update: So remember that guy talking all tough in the interview with Vice?
Yeah, well that guy is now freaked out that he might be arrested.
This is what these guys look like when they are called out on their shit.Too good, Christopher Cantwell, one of the #Charlottesville neo-nazis cries his eyes out at threat of arrest https://t.co/XteAzcofSa
— Henry Langston (@Henry_Langston) August 16, 2017
Here is Chris Cantwelll response video to the aftermath from the above mentioned Vox documentary...
ReplyDeletehttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lyeTj002DCo&feature=youtu.be
Crying? There's no crying in neo-nazi land!!
DeleteWhat a whiney little bitch. He has all of his guns and he's crying because he can't legally force this country to be a Nazi Fascist state?
DeleteThis is the same blustering shithead that stated that Heather Heyer was asking for it and her murder was justified.
Oh, he's terrified he's going to die? He doesn't want to be a martyr to the cause?
Does anyone believe this asshole is cool as a cucumber when he has his penis extender on his body? He's only scared shitless when he's unarmed? What a fucking coward.
I hope the entire internet is calling his number. Bet he's ditched that phone already.
Pissy little whiner.
The expression "unleash the hounds of hell" comes to mind. I expect more blood shed this weekend.
ReplyDeleteI thought I read somewhere that Sessions has stopped investigating/monitoring these groups and no longer is considering them hate/terrorist groups.
ReplyDeleteSo not only do we have a president that condones their terrorist behavior but the justice dept is also turning a blind eye.
Who need ISIS when we have these domestic terrorists killing Americans and doing all the work for them.
Illinois has labled them domestic terrorists. be sure to get to your state government. NOW.
DeleteThat would be Homeland Security. They took them off the terrorist watch lists.
DeleteOne item I have not seen discussed ....
ReplyDeleteThe driver of the car that killed Heather Hayer was accused of domestic violence by his own mother.
Supposedly he spit on her and threatened her with a knife.
What is absolutely SICK about this .. his mother is paralyzed and is in a wheel chair.
What a sick fucking asshole.
Makes ya wonder if the murderer attempted murder on his mom? or maybe him and his dad decided to throw mommy from the car and run over her cause she is female?
DeleteOH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! POOR INNOCENT LITTLE LAMB!!! HIM GONNA CRY!!! POOR LITTLE THING-THE LIBERALS ARE GONNA EAT HIM!!!!you had better believe it!!
ReplyDeleteso peaceful-i'm sure John Lennon is so proud of him. good thing he had a gun! Heather died for a stupid, violence filled reason. this baby is just as quilty as that asshole. time to arrest-THE 'PRESIDENT" or as he likes to be called "the fuhrer". it.s time to stand , all you good women and men, Heather, the cops in the helicopter, and the injured call for justice-not revenge! we we be the peaceful, we will be the ones who care! we will not be the violent! better to die than be like "them"! and the driver is not going anywhere but to prison-we will make sure of that!
ReplyDeleteWe are stronger together. Stand together. Stay focused. Keep talking. Demand Justice. Demand those responsible for this mess be held accountable and punished.
ReplyDeleteYup.. yup and yup. ;)
DeleteWhat a snowflake
DeleteI am near speechless after watching Cantwell's video. Is he an example of Trump's nice guys because they got a permit, filed paperwork? Why is he wanted by police?
ReplyDeleteYes. Trump is pretending he never heard of David Duke. He knows the 'have permits', co-ordinating with the police etc. If he doesn't know, Bannon does and tells him. This race war talk has been going on for years. They are more organized now and they have better communication. Also there are more of them. Part of staging these events is to attract more people to join them.
DeleteI am 1:34 Anon When I watched the Vice video I identified Cantrell of course blubbering. Mr self proclaimed non violent was cocky about his arsenal of weapons and smug they refrained from ?mass murdering those who oppose their beliefs.
DeletePresident Trump congrats for kudos and a pass for them and their actions. David Dukes are fighting approved by Trump to take their country white, no Jews, no Catholics etc.
Want Out?
ReplyDelete"Group co-founder Christian Piccolini told Bee in a recently released clip (above) that they had received a $400,000 grant from the Obama administration, but that grant was taken away two weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency. They are now crowdsourcing funds to continue their work."
"Jo Miller, executive producer and showrunner of “Full Frontal,” said spreading the word about Life After Hate’s message also gives people a way to channel their energy if they are not sure what to do after seeing the violence in Charlottesville."
"“He was someone who was involved in a white supremacy organization, was having doubts, didn’t know what to do,” she said. “He remained in the organization. He was kind of on the fringes of the organization but still generally participating. He didn’t know where to go. He didn’t know how to get out of that life. His entire life was invested in the group. In a cultish way, his entire identity was wrapped up in belonging to this group.”"
http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/samantha-bee-full-frontal-life-after-hate-charlottesville-1202528089/
This guy was armed to the teeth, gleeful about the death of Heather Heyer, said that he himself was ready to kill, that it's no big deal for people to die.......and then he's in tears and peeing his pants because there might be a warrant out for his arrest? This is just bizarre. They all need to be rounded up and mentally evaluated, maybe spend the rest of their lives in a place with rubber walls and nothing more deadly than the plastic spoon that they eat their pudding with.
ReplyDeleteExactly! What a sick fuck he is.
DeleteAgree
DeleteNotice he also mentioned that UVA was a gun-free zone, and he is paranoid (my word) when he's not packing. Effing coward; cry, baby, cry!
DeleteWon't give his location, but here's my phone number. Sheesh.
Exactly. These people are mentally damaged. They are a danger to others. If they are allowed to roam free with weapons, more are going to die. It won't be a car the next time. They will hold formations, take out their weapons and start shooting people. They'll claim they were defending themselves but there will be video.
DeleteThey are simply bat shit crazy. They have lost touch with reality. The view of the world is completely skewed.
They need to be locked up and evaluated very slowly by professionals that treat the mentally incompetent.
FB."We shall overcome...
ReplyDeleteWe'll walk hand in hand...
We are not afraid...
Someday...today!
In these troubled times, do not overlook the power of song to rally the spirits and channel anger and despair into action.
For some of my younger readers, the Civil Rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" may have become the background music for school lessons and archival images frozen in the black and white of yesteryear.
But for those of us alive at the time, particularly those who witnessed the marches and protests first hand, this marriage of harmony and lyrics which the Library of Congress calls "the most powerful song of the 20th century" will forever be etched in the record players of our minds. These were not simply words. They were a courageous challenge to a system of hate and injustice.
The first time I heard "We Shall Overcome" was in a small black church in Albany, Georgia in 1961. A young Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had come to lead an early effort in the Movement that would prove largely unsuccessful and force him and his compatriots in the cause to rethink their strategy. But there was no denying the power of that moment of song with Dr. King in attendance.
I have since heard it too many times to count - including an attempt to play it on a trumpet over exuberant crowds as communism fell in Czechoslovakia.
Back in the 1960s "We Shall Overcome" was mostly sung acapella - backed by a mighty orchestra of justice. It is hard to remember now just how many of the voices who lifted the song to the heavens were at the time so marginalized by society that their quest for a fairer and more equitable America seemed utterly quixotic. But there is something about "We'll walk hand in hand ... We shall live in peace...We shall all be free...and We are not afraid" (not someday, but TODAY) that can channel an earthquake of improbable change.
There is no shortage of versions and lyrics for this song - many can be found online. I am sharing one from the Morehouse College Glee Club that I found particularly affecting. Take a listen and you may feel better. Isn't there something special about young, beautiful voices building a ladder of fierce and determined hope atop the pain of the past?
I shared many of these words last December but they seem even more resonant today."
Dan the Man Rather
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/neo-nazi-confederate-groups-tricked-paypal-to-fund-charlottesville-rallies/
ReplyDelete"PayPal’s significant role in raising money to organize the “Unite the Right” event goes against the company’s Acceptable Use Policy that explicitly bans “the promotion of hate, violence, [and] racial intolerance.” However, many of the group’s leaders utilized personal accounts or circumvented this policy in several ways."Online merchandise retailer Patriotic Flags, which is run by Kyle Rogers of the Council of Conservative Citizens, uses PayPal as its primary means of processing payments. The group offered several pieces of “Unite the Right” memorabilia items for Charlottesville attendees, including neo-Confederate jackets and flags of Rhodesia – a symbol touted by Columbia, S.C. mass murderer Dylann Roof."
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/neo-nazi-confederate-groups-tricked-paypal-to-fund-charlottesville-rallies/
Aww, look, the poor little snowflake is all afraid! Poor widdle guy!!
ReplyDeleteDid anyone pick up that David Duke said "ethnic cleansing"?
ReplyDeleteYeah, they think THEY are the ones being cleansed.
No, they did not bring "leftists" in from all over. Those were locals.
The police did NOT do their jobs.
The National Guard should have been there.
Absolutely. These are NAZIS.
Listening to some of them speak, I am surprised they are not committed to a mental facility for testing because they are outright crazy. They are delusional. They have severe mental problems.
As long as that Orange Anus is in the White House, we are going to see more and more of these gatherings and people are going to DIE.
Wherever the next one is, there better be National Guard all over because the local police are incapable of keeping order or protecting life. That one policeman looked scared shitless and clueless as to what to do.
America is very ill right now. We are in critical condition.
ReplyDeleteThe pus that is hate has festered, and Donald the divider has opened the wound with his many, many words.
Now, it is up to us people of this great country to come forward and heal this wound. Don't let it kill our democracy.
Don't let it be that easy.
Where is Mr. Clean when you need him. Sunlight is the best disinfectant. Barack can lead the country out of this abuse Trumpty created.
DeleteBut you have to ask him...