It's interesting

[cawacko]

The rally was about whether a statue stays or goes.
Difference of opinion.

any idea who the PR person was that thought it was a good idea to have armed Nazi and KKK members marching to keep a Robert Lee statue?

[Darth Omar]

any idea who the PR person was that thought it was a good idea to have armed Nazi and KKK members marching to keep a Robert Lee statue?

It's an arms race between extremists.

Assuming you were a Klansman, would you go to a rally armed with anything less than a stick? I wouldn't. Not sure why people can't see this. Antifa tore Berkeley up over ann Coulter[!]. Klansmen have TV's and smart phones.

[cawacko]

It's an arms race between extremists.

Assuming you were a Klansman, would you go to a rally armed with anything less than a stick? I wouldn't. Not sure why people can't see this. Antifa tore Berkeley up over ann Coulter[!]. Klansmen have TV's and smart phones.

The goal was to keep the statues right? How do you think most people view armed klansmen and nazi's?

Is it surprising at all that there is now a rush to take down even more statues?

[Darth Omar]

The goal was to keep the statues right? How do you think most people view armed klansmen and nazi's?

Is it surprising at all that there is now a rush to take down even more statues?

Weren't the Klan reacting to the statue removal movement? All 8,000 of them?

[cawacko]

Weren't the Klan reacting to the statue removal movement? All 8,000 of them?

I thought it was just one statue that was being taken down, not 8,000, but I'm not sure.

Either way who would think it a good idea to have armed nazi's and klan members marching to support anything?

[dukkha]

any idea who the PR person was that thought it was a good idea to have armed Nazi and KKK members marching to keep a Robert Lee statue?

I would imagine those loathsome characters did not look for a PR's approval

[Darth Omar]

I thought it was just one statue that was being taken down, not 8,000, but I'm not sure.

Either way who would think it a good idea to have armed nazi's and klan members marching to support anything?

Why can't we talk about disarming Antifa?

The SPLC estimates Klan members at 5-8000. But Trump needs their vote lol!

[cawacko]

Why can't we talk about disarming Antifa?

The SPLC estimates Klan members at 5-8000. But Trump needs their vote lol!

I was talking about the statue. If your goal was to keep the statues standing would you want the Klan and Nazi's being the front men for you?

[cawacko]

I would imagine those loathsome characters did not look for a PR's approval

I live in SF so my connection to these statues if different from people who live there. But for me, if I wanted the statues to remain, I would not have the Klan and Nazi's marching in support of them.

[Phantasmal]

Why can't we talk about disarming Antifa?

The SPLC estimates Klan members at 5-8000. But Trump needs their vote lol!

What about white nationalist, Neo Nazis, Christian Identity, Aryan Nation, etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate..._United_States

Trump considers these people his base, he will not denounce them.

[Darth Omar]

What about white nationalist, Neo Nazis, Christian Identity, Aryan Nation, etc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate..._United_States

Trump considers these people his base, he will not denounce them.

Liar.

[Darth Omar]

I was talking about the statue. If your goal was to keep the statues standing would you want the Klan and Nazi's being the front men for you?

Nope.

The Klan sucks. I loathe them and everything they stand for.

[Phantasmal]

Liar.

Denier

Some leaders thanked Trump for his comments, he didn't tweet that they were wrong.

[cawacko]

Nope.

The Klan sucks. I loathe them and everything they stand for.

I didn't mean you personally just the collective of people who support the statues

[Darth Omar]

I didn't mean you personally just the collective of people who support the statues

I think the way this probably works in practice is people would show up advocating for either side of the statue issue.

Even in Charlottesville there was a minority engaged in violence, based on the video evidence. Most people were there watching and/or getting some video to put up on social media. And these were 'the good people on both sides' Trump was referring to.

It's kind of simplistic to take a black and white approach and say 'well, everyone there was either a Nazi, supported them, or they were The Good Guys. That's the media's brain-dead narrative.

And based on the video evidence, there's no justification to draw that inference.