Charlottesville VA - WTF???

[Manhattanboy]

I find it amazing the US hasn't blown itself apart over race. Forget WWIII, Trump could be the catalyst for a new US civil war.

[Wormius]

Well, with some citizens proudly flying nazi flags, I don't know what to say. Who even makes nazi flags? Like seriously, what for?

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...167144232.html

The video shows Braswell driving to Love’s home, spotting the flag and a Trump sticker on his truck, then asking, “Hey! What’s up with the Nazi flag?”

Love asks who she is and says, “What’s that flag got to do with you?” He tells her his name and, in language laced with profanity and hand gestures, tells her it’s none of her business and she should leave. He says he’s not a Nazi but “this is Nazi f---ing America.”

[PepsiFree]

Good for the lady in the video. Great way to handle an outward display of hate and discrimination.

[Trailer Fire]

TIL a guy I used to work with when I worked up north is both a neo-nazi and part of an outlaw motorcycle gang... he has 14 and 88 tattooed on the palms of his hands and has posted several pictures of him on his bike with his vest on that has a 1% patch.

Just another scumbag I'm deleting off Facebook.


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[ernie]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Well, with some citizens proudly flying nazi flags, I don't know what to say. Who even makes nazi flags? Like seriously, what for?

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/new...167144232.html

From the article:

“That used to be a religious symbol in India until Hitler got ahold of it,” Love told the Gazette. “A lot of people don’t know that. … I agree with the symbol as it started out as a religious symbol. But as far as backing Hitler and being a white supremacist and Hitler, I’m not into that.”

The Gazette reported that Love took the flag down and promised to replace it with another Confederate flag.

This is the thing...yes you are correct that before Hitler it meant something different. BUt things have changed. It means something completely different now and we RESPECT that the meaning has changed to something repulsive so we don't use it anymore in the developed world who has an undestanding of WWII history.

It's the same thing with the confederate flag...I don't care if you think it means something else or it meant something else in the past. The current meaning is offensive and it needs to be treated in the same manner. Of ocurse there is a difference if you truly want to be honest...the confederate flag never started out with a good meaning. It was always about slavery and racism.

And then the goof says "I don't use the nazi flag to stand for nazis but I'll take it down and replace it with a confederate one". Ya sure you don't use the nazi flag to stand for white supremacy and nazis. Uh huh.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Washington Post does a service to this issue, by looking at it through the lens of how this issue would be covered if it happened in another country.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.f997c840be70

[Resolute 14]

Speaking of people making poor decisions with flags... Hamilton racist flies confederate battle flag *at work*, gets into a shouting match with a member of the public, gets fired... refuses to attach his name to his beliefs and attempts an "it was just a joke, bro" defence.

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/h...ring-1.4257178

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Trailer Fire

TIL a guy I used to work with when I worked up north is both a neo-nazi and part of an outlaw motorcycle gang... he has 14 and 88 tattooed on the palms of his hands and has posted several pictures of him on his bike with his vest on that has a 1% patch.

Just another scumbag I'm deleting off Facebook.


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Ok, I get what the 88 tattoo is as well as the 1% or outlaw tattoo. But the 14?

[Resolute 14]

14 is a neo-Nazi leader's "14 words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children"

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by ernie

This is the thing...yes you are correct that before Hitler it meant something different. BUt things have changed. It means something completely different now and we RESPECT that the meaning has changed to something repulsive so we don't use it anymore in the developed world who has an undestanding of WWII history.

Not only that but that symbol (or some variation of it) is part of a religion sure, but he is still flying a Nazi flag. A swastika with a white circle on a red background is a Nazi flag. That flag is not part of any religion. He is clearly a liar and his excuse is pathetic. Are we suppose to be believe he is aware of obscure religious symbols in India but unaware of Nazis?

He is also using Trumps way of speaking with "A lot of people don’t know that." Which, at least for Trump, translates to "someone just told me this."

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

14 is a neo-Nazi leader's "14 words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children"

Ok, I thought it meant "I am a racist idiot with a%% backward views of how the world works"

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

14 is a neo-Nazi leader's "14 words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children"

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Ok, I thought it meant "I am a racist idiot with a%% backward views of how the world works"

I thought it was the number of teeth the average white supremacist had left in his mouth.

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

I thought it was the number of teeth the average white supremacist had left in his mouth.

It's that plus average IQ score.

[iggy_oi]

Originally Posted by Resolute 14

14 is a neo-Nazi leader's "14 words": "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children"

Maybe it's time to consider a new username?

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by Burninator

Not only that but that symbol (or some variation of it) is part of a religion sure, but he is still flying a Nazi flag. A swastika with a white circle on a red background is a Nazi flag. That flag is not part of any religion. He is clearly a liar and his excuse is pathetic. Are we suppose to be believe he is aware of obscure religious symbols in India but unaware of Nazis?

He is also using Trumps way of speaking with "A lot of people don’t know that." Which, at least for Trump, translates to "someone just told me this."

Boy, he seems like the EXACT kind of guy that would be at home in India. What with all the religious Swaskitas around. /sarcasm

It totally reads like someone told him, use "India" as a defense when someone calls him out on his bigotry.

[chemgear]

Jeeeeeeeez. Totally not racist. /s

https://twitter.com/Yoojin_Cho/statu...25436556161024

[DuffMan]

That's how Jesus pronounced it too, so it's ok.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Izzle

Boy, he seems like the EXACT kind of guy that would be at home in India. What with all the religious Swaskitas around. /sarcasm

It totally reads like someone told him, use "India" as a defense when someone calls him out on his bigotry.

Well, then he decides he would put up a confederate flag instead? Seriously, if peace was on his mind, he would have looked for a legitimate piece of work with the symbol on it, not a nazi flag.

[Coach]

Originally Posted by chemgear

Jeeeeeeeez. Totally not racist. /s

https://twitter.com/Yoojin_Cho/statu...25436556161024

It's not racist, in my personal view. They are just taking down a statue of my hero, a man who stood for slavery and segregation. What if I went down the street and took down a statue of their monkey person *cough* I mean "hero", who stood for equality and liberty for all people and other un-'murican nonsense like that. It has nothing to do with race.

[Duruss]

Can someone please explain the 1% thing. I tried googling it and got math hits.