Posted on 08/13/2017 7:02:14 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Trump lit every one of those torches in Charlottesville.
Yes, the white supremacists have always been with us. A parade of racist bigots is no surprise to anyone familiar with our history, especially those who have been the target of hatred and violence for centuries.
But when the mob of white men marched in Charlottesville carrying flaming torches Friday night shouting “Heil Trump” as the curtain-raiser for a day of violent clashes with counter-protesters that left three people dead, they showed the world that America is once again playing with fire.
And Trump was the one with the match.
Yes, there are many sides in the culture war that the racists keep trying to hitch their flaming wagon to.
But this abomination that happened in Charlottesville over the weekend is not up for debate. It’s not a cultural take or a political platform. Racism, bigotry and terrorism in the name of white nationalism isn’t a “side.” It’s a poison.
And doing anything other than calling it what it is, defining it and snuffing it out is simply unAmerican.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I am White.
I am proud of my Nation.
If that makes me a ‘White Nationalist’ - so be it!
Unfortunately too many believe it, or refuse to see otherwise. Willful ignorance. I’m currently in a Twitter “discussion” with someone who says there are no reasoned conservatives in the Trump admin, that Trump, Bannon et al practice “dog whistle racial policies,” whatever that means (I asked for examples, crickets so far), and to prove racism he posted a pic of Trump with the caption quoting him saying he is proud of his German heritage. Ok...
“people saying “all white people are racist and need to be exterminated” lit those torches.”
+1
Like, are whites supreme as astronauts? As Nobel prize winners? Engineers? Fighter pilots? Drug dealers? Inventors? Programmers? Fisherman?
They think they have us in a box.
In many ways they do, as you pointed out, no one dares be proud of being white. If one stands up for traditional American values and pride in the accomplishments of America, they are painted as White Supremacists or Nazis.
No organizing of any resistance to the agenda of the left will be permitted.
I will be looking though a 6x12 scope
I will be looking though a 6x12 scope
From the same people who always say, We Must Not Condemn Islam after every terrorist attack.
Only because we've stood by and let the loudmouths and communists (but I repeat myself) control the narrative for 50 years. That's coming to an end now, and the vitriol spewed by the antifa thugs, B(L)M, and other commie front groups is a sign that the inevitable reaction is coming from the Right.
And high time ...
I'm white. I'm male. I'm Christian. I'm heterosexual. And I'm proud.
Good points.
Define nation.
Not all whites are racist and not all racists are white.
Still the GOP is willfully inareticulate with regard to theGOD I wish the REpublicans would grow a spine history of the KK a DEMOCRAT PARTY organization & its military wing responsible for murders & arson for decades. God I wish the Republicans wqould grow spine
And that’s what the elimination of monuments is really all about... the coverup of certain unpleasant things in Democrat history.
Is this a joke?
Have you ever sung our NATIONal anthem?
or as Webster says “A community of people composed of one or more nationalities and possessing a more or less defined territory and government.”
Interesting choice of words. Say, Petula, are you aware of the racist roots of The KKK?
Of course the author of this article....’Petula Dvorak’..is simply spouting the never ending leftist anti-Trump jargon she’s wrapped in, signed sealed and delivered.
So tired of reading their crap here on FR.
WHY did I KNOW it was a WASHINGTON POST story when I first saw the HEADLINE on FR’s main page. /s
The word nation is often defined as proceeding from a shared heritage first as opposed to merely sharing the same area of land first.
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