"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
I believe in the non-violent brand of civil disobedience of MLK, Gandhi, Tolstoy, and Mandela. So I would not go with placards and weapons, but if I were brave, I might join a group of people who had peaceful, non-violent means of protesting. If I were really brave I would go and offer hugs to everyone--Nazis, whites, blacks, Jews, Muslims, old, young. But I'm not particularly brave. So I might be more inclined to stay at home, watch it on TV and feel depressed and judgmental.
"Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it--every, every minute?" Emily Webb, Our Town
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Like IL I don't think we need to give them any air time or recognition. If everyone ignored them they might find it not worthwhile.
Well it is sad to see the white supremacists getting more influence from the political class than any time since the 1924 Democratic convention, but I don't think that's the whole story. Validation from a fellow yahoo is nice, but I think what they really want is a fight to help them build their mythology of struggle and victimization and gain attention. That is a primary goal of identity politics, and I think in many ways you could think of these guys as the original identitarians.
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