"Starchild (who is assaulted in this video) has been a mainstay at #Libertarian events for decades.
"He has served in positions of leadership at virtually every level. A dedicated activist, his recognition was so widespread, even speculation on his next outfit became a ritual before every convention.
"To watch him get and assaulted by #MAGA insurgents—for holding a sign saying "No Wannabe Dictators" at his own convention—speaks volumes as to what #MisesPAC has done to the #LibertarianParty"
I didn't see anybody cover this #LibertarianParty activist get assaulted by MAGAts, despite #Trump's speech going on at the same time.
#MisesPAC is not just pro-#MAGA but pro-fascist, having come together right after #Charlottesville. Libertarians actually kicked them out for the "Blood and soil" shit.
KKK marching down a public road carrying banners saying DEATH TO JEWS is anything but peaceful.
christofascists SCREAMING DIE AND GO TO HELL to people at abortion clinics is anything but peaceful
a horde of white dudes carrying tiki torches & chanting JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US is anything but peaceful
1 & 3 refer to #Skokie & #Charlottesville, while 2 is still on-going across the country; yet none elicited the kind of police violence Biden approves against #StudentSpring
Trump, at a rally in Waukesha, #Wisconsin, called for tougher action against campus protests & again suggested some of the protesters were paid actors. He called on college presidents to “remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the locals & take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”
"[#Biden] said he ran because of #Charlottesville.… Well, if the people that know Charlottesville, when you extend that statement, it’s a big hoax. Charlottesville is peanuts compared to what you’re looking at now."
He also, again, described 2017’s deadly neo-#Nazi rally in #Charlottesville, Virginia as “peanuts” compared to pro-#Palestinian student protests across the country
Five years ago I decided against a doctoral fellowship at UVA because even at a distance it was clearly a rat race. now they dont even bother feeding the rats #UVA#charlottesville#gradschool
Nazis appeared to find a friendly reception at the Conservative Political Action Conference this year.
Throughout the conference, #racist extremists, some of whom had secured #official#CPAC badges, openly mingled with conference attendees and espoused #antisemitic conspiracy theories.
The presence of these individuals has been a persistent issue at CPAC. In previous years, conference organizers have ejected well-known #Nazis and white #supremacists such as Nick #Fuentes.
But this year, racist conspiracy theorists didn’t meet any perceptible resistance at the conference where Donald #Trump has been the keynote speaker since 2017.
At the Young Republican mixer Friday evening, a group of Nazis who openly identified as national socialists mingled with mainstream conservative personalities, including some from Turning Point USA, and discussed so-called “#race#science” and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
One member of the group, Greg #Conte, who attended the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in #Charlottesville, Virginia, said that his group showed up to talk to the media.
He said that the group was prepared to be ejected if CPAC organizers were tipped off,
but that never happened
"Robert E Lee statue that sparked Charlottesville riot is melted down: ‘Like his face was crying’" by Nora Neus (The Guardian).
"The melting was the culmination of a years-long effort to remove the Confederate statue from downtown Charlottesville. The issue became a flashpoint in 2016, and sparked a deadly white nationalist riot a year later, in 2017, which resulted in the death of the counter-protester Heather Heyer and two police officers, whose helicopter crashed.
After a series of lawsuits, the statue was finally removed in 2021 to much fanfare. It had been sitting in a warehouse in an undisclosed location until even more lawsuits made their way through the justice system. Then, on 26 September this year, the final lawsuit ended. The statue could be melted down."
In zwei aktuellen Fällen fühlten sich die Angeklagten angeblich "bedroht" und attackierten deshalb Menschen mit dem Auto. Ob die Richter da mitspielen?
If you don't think elements of the so-called Christian Right, encouraged by the GOP, have gone wild with hatred for LGBTQ+ people, like red-eyed, frothing, rabid dogs, you haven't heard about the town in New Hampshire that wants to ban ALL PUBLIC ART. This case deserves national attention. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-hampshire-town-art-debate-1.7014430
Confederate monument from Charlottesville, Va., melted down to create new, more inclusive public art.
NPR reports on what's happening to the massive bronze sculpture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that stood in a downtown city park for nearly a century.