SkyDekker

From my point of view the Progressive Liberals want to enslave the population to benefit the elites. We had a civil war over that issue. We may have another one. So you support a trust fund billionaire to free the population from the elite. Logic not part of the skillset I see.

Like a good Christian who beats his wife and maintains it can't be that bad cause she doesn't leave him.

Uhm no. The object is to control a large group of people for the purpose of enrichment.

Of course not. Would make it harder to hide the racism behind "I am a southerner".

Why do they all turn up to an urban rally wearing woodland camo? I thought only little girls played dress-up. You're Nazis. You don't need to dress like a fuckhead to get the message across any more. The fact that you're attending a white supremacist meeting does it all for you... They are probably some militia, supposedly there to protect the 1st Amendment. When you look at that picture doesn't it give you a sense of freedom and openness?

From a reddit post: OK, a lesson on Confederate Monuments from a Southerner, for those who may still be confused. Confederate Monuments were not built for historical reasons, they were constructed as a negative response to Reconstruction, in celebration of the rise of the Second KKK (and a movement known as the Invisible Empire), and a negative response to the Civil Rights Movement. They were constructed in places that never were part of the Confederacy (like Ohio and Indiana), in white enclaves that wanted a symbol to keep out economically mobile black citizens. Much of this born of the Lost Cause movement that has been romanticizing the Confederacy as plucky rebel under dogs who fought heroically for their way of life. The truth though is that the Confederacy was started by wealthy plantation owners so that they could maintain their slave work force. And to a large extent it was not fought by those families but by conscripted poor farmers, tradesmen and immigrants right off the ship. You will often hear the terms Neo-Confederate and Neo-Nazi used interchangeably, that is because they both come from the same school of thought which classified the races in a hierarchical ladder of "fitness" which gained popularity in the 1890's and was used to convince people of the evolutionary superiority of the "white race". It was during this time that the roots of Nazism started to form, and the Neo-Confederate Movement (KKK, Invisible Empire, etc) started to gain influence in the United States. While Nazis had few decades to really get a foothold, the Neo-Confederates quickly latched onto white resentment against economically successful minorities and were able to gain considerable political power. While those monuments started going up all over the South (and other places) the State Houses began passing Jim Crow laws and setting the stage for what came to be known as the Civil Rights Movement. In conclusion, these monuments have nothing to do with the history of the Civil War, they are Totems of Racism. They have nothing to do with heritage, they are rallying points of White Supremacy. They have no place in our society if we want a culture of inclusion and equality.

Bullshit. http://www.nbc29.com/story/36099395/city-of-charlottesville-grants-two-permits-for-counterprotests-of-unite-the-right They had a permit, actually two permits for the counter protest. Or some basic googling.

The answers to this would fascinate me. Stacking the courts at all levels. Trump will likely be kept propped up by the Republican party to allow for one more SC nomination.

Held sacrosanct by those who call themselves patriots

This is surely one of the most jaw-dropping Speaker's Corner posts in many, many years. Credit to Ron where credit's due IMO. You'd never get that kind of open admission from rushmc. Agreed.

Because nothing fosters free speech as heavily armed people in camouflage outfits.

Huh! And all this time I thought the moon controlled to the tides. Live and learn. The sun and moon do. Just not with magnetic force. They do it with synchronized youtube videos. Pretty sure I saw a youtube video about that, so it must be true.

You may not be a member, it is pretty clear from your posting that you tend to agree with their positions. Ron doesn't agree with all your opinions over on the left, therefore he's a Nazi. OK, gotcha! Yes, that's exactly why.... /s

A rather long way to type out a 4 letter word.

You may not be a member, it is pretty clear from your posting that you tend to agree with their positions.

I have a feeling that the only tragedy you see is that your white supremacist colleagues don't look so good.

You are once again missing the point. There is significant evidence to suggest that cops tend to target certain minorities significantly more. Let's give you two scenarios and see if you can spot the difference. Person A performs a rolling stop at a stop sign and gets pulled over by the police who happened to be sitting at that intersection. Person B is followed by the police for 20 minutes and gets pulled over for supposedly not coming to a complete stop. The response to that is not: well everybody who performs a rolling stop in front of a cop gets pulled over. Person B has nothing to complain about.

I find it ironic that many who have said things like: Trump won, get over it. Hillary lost, get over it. Have an issue with statues of confederates being removed. Weren't they the losing side?

Considering the make-up of your prison population and the demise of hippies I think the War on Drugs has been wildly successful.

Not defending the RWR. Simply pointing out that LWR were pretty violent after the election. 1 crazy radical doesn't represent all of them. Unless they are Muslim or "thugs" off course.

If Trump is ever found guilty of anything, they won't believe it either. Demagoguery rules for many. I see it as a bit of a last stand for the "old white guy" who cannot fathom that the world has changed.

Have you not figured out that no one will take anything from that website seriously, ever? Doesn't matter, the same people who read that think Trump won the popular vote and are fine with the idea of postponing the 2020 election.

Actually, unless it is contraband, they would likely first have to get another search warrant.

They actually look better this way....

Flying on the top deck of a 747 had been a childhood dream for me. Was able to do it 8 years or so ago now. Unfortunately only a short hop from Bangkok to Phuket, but still great to get to fulfill my boyhood dream.