White Supremacist rally in Charlottesville

[BobOblah]

When it comes to race in America there's always a backlash to progress

 

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https://twitter.com/TeeCee_85/status/899248164892495873

 

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https://lawnewz.com/high-profile/id...obama-mcauliffe-set-up-charlottesville-riots/

Idaho Rep Claims It’s ‘Plausible’ Obama, McAuliffe Set-Up Charlottesville Riots

An Idaho state representative is doing some backpedaling after posting an article promoting a conspiracy theory claiming that the Charlottseville riots could have been a set-up to make President Donald Trump look like a racist. State Rep. Bryan Zollinger (R) posted the article on his Facebook page. His comments, in which he claims the theory is “plausible,” are drawing even more controversy.

“I’m not saying it is true but I am suggesting that it is completely plausible. We know that many protesters were Soros funded and we also know that Donald Trump is not a racist,” he wrote. “So while I’m not saying I believe the article, I’m glad to see someone out there asking people to think for themselves and use some logic and reason rather than spout what the media, otherwise known as the communications brach of the Democratic Party is selling.”

Zollinger, who is also a local attorney, was responding to a comment by Joel Agate who was upset that the lawmaker posted the conspiracy theory article to begin with.

“As we’ve seen throughout the campaign and the beginning of his presidency, no one has to do anything to make Trump out to be some kind of racist. These are his words, his responses to people who aren’t rich, straight, white men. Nobody, except perhaps members of his own inner circle, is making him say these things,” Agate wrote.

The original article, which was shared by Zollinger, was posted on the conservative news website American Thinker over the weekend. The piece claimed “the conflagration in Charlottesville is beginning to feel like a set-up, perhaps weeks or months in the planning.” The author questions whether the “set-up” might have been the work of Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, and President Barack Obama. The article and the subsequent commentary by Zollinger immediately drew some blow back.

Zollinger has posted a new comment apologizing if his comments offended anyone.

“I found some of the theories to be plausible and others to be to be maybe somewhat far-fetched,” Zollinger stated. “I truly believe and try to live by the mantras of love one another and do good to those who hate you and pray for those that are cruel to you. If you ever feel I have not lived by this mantra or offended you, please contact me and let me apologize.”

 

[Shizlansky]

The former leader of the damn KKK was there.

Why would he want to help Obama by hurting his boy Trump?

White ppl are fucking stupid.

 

[playmaker88]

Where is his resignation.

 

[Undefeatable]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/former-trump-campaign-spokesperson-slavery-part-american-good-history

Former Trump Spox: Slavery Is Actually Part Of America’s ‘Good History’

Former spokesperson for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Katrina Pierson, appeared on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning to defend keeping Confederate statues on display as politicians and activists call for their removal, saying Americans love their “good and bad” history.

“Those monuments have been there for a very long time and suddenly Nancy Pelosi wants to actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of America, American culture and American history,” she said. “Americans actually love their history, their culture, good and bad, because it helps them learn and it helps keep people educated about why America is so great to begin with.”

John Hopkins University professor Wendy Osefo, the other guest, pushed back, saying people should understand the actual history behind many of the Confederate monuments, which she said were erected after 1865 as a way for the Ku Klux Klan to revolt against African Americans gaining political power.

“So this is not a symbol of patriotism. This is a symbol of hatred and division. And while it is a piece of American history, it’s not necessarily the good part of American history. It’s actually nefarious,” Osefo said, saying the statues should be placed in museums, not on state grounds.

“It absolutely deserves a place because bad history is still good history for this country,” Pierson said.

“Slavery is good?” Osefo asked.

“Considering where we are today, where we are today. Absolutely,” Pierson said.

When asked to clarify what she meant, she said the statues should stay up as a history lesson to children.

“During those times, during those times — think about it for a second. Where would we be today if not for that Civil War? How would our children even know… How would our children even know how special and how wonderful this country is that we can even be having this discussion today?” she said.

“How special slavery is? Do you know how many people died?” Osefo said, prompting co-host Ainsley Earhardt to try to rein the two guests back in.

“This country was founded on slaveowners who actually put into place — to change the laws,” Pierson said.

“You’re completely out of line,” Osefo said.

https://twitter.com/jnitros/status/899619888704237569

This is one of the reasons why I have moved on from America's issues being simply Black vs White. For me it's about anyone of any color who supports and maintains white supremacy. And this is the perfect example of how we have a very large a vocal contingency of Blacks that are indeed white supremacists. Disgusting.

Katrina Pierson isn't black though. There is only ONE black woman on that panel.

We need to get rid of this idea that bir-racial people are black.

Hell, Pierson is probably not even half-black.

I don't see how this helps more than going at anyone of any color who supports and maintains white supremacy but ok...........

OK, what I said doesn't really affect your point.

I was struck though by how much closer Katrina Pierson looks to the white host than to the black woman.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/former-trump-campaign-spokesperson-slavery-part-american-good-history

Former Trump Spox: Slavery Is Actually Part Of America’s ‘Good History’

Former spokesperson for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Katrina Pierson, appeared on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning to defend keeping Confederate statues on display as politicians and activists call for their removal, saying Americans love their “good and bad” history.

“Those monuments have been there for a very long time and suddenly Nancy Pelosi wants to actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of America, American culture and American history,” she said. “Americans actually love their history, their culture, good and bad, because it helps them learn and it helps keep people educated about why America is so great to begin with.”

John Hopkins University professor Wendy Osefo, the other guest, pushed back, saying people should understand the actual history behind many of the Confederate monuments, which she said were erected after 1865 as a way for the Ku Klux Klan to revolt against African Americans gaining political power.

“So this is not a symbol of patriotism. This is a symbol of hatred and division. And while it is a piece of American history, it’s not necessarily the good part of American history. It’s actually nefarious,” Osefo said, saying the statues should be placed in museums, not on state grounds.

“It absolutely deserves a place because bad history is still good history for this country,” Pierson said.

“Slavery is good?” Osefo asked.

“Considering where we are today, where we are today. Absolutely,” Pierson said.

When asked to clarify what she meant, she said the statues should stay up as a history lesson to children.

“During those times, during those times — think about it for a second. Where would we be today if not for that Civil War? How would our children even know… How would our children even know how special and how wonderful this country is that we can even be having this discussion today?” she said.

“How special slavery is? Do you know how many people died?” Osefo said, prompting co-host Ainsley Earhardt to try to rein the two guests back in.

“This country was founded on slaveowners who actually put into place — to change the laws,” Pierson said.

“You’re completely out of line,” Osefo said.

https://twitter.com/jnitros/status/899619888704237569

This is one of the reasons why I have moved on from America's issues being simply Black vs White. For me it's about anyone of any color who supports and maintains white supremacy. And this is the perfect example of how we have a very large a vocal contingency of Blacks that are indeed white supremacists. Disgusting.

Katrina Pierson isn't black though. There is only ONE black woman on that panel.

We need to get rid of this idea that bir-racial people are black.

Hell, Pierson is probably not even half-black.

I don't see how this helps more than going at anyone of any color who supports and maintains white supremacy but ok...........

It doesn't. Some of these niggas just have an irrational hatred for biracial people. Like what sense does it make to single a biracial coon out and say they don't belong because he or she is biracial when there is no shortage of fully black people doing the same shit. It's just stupidity and does nothing but divide the community.

 

[JJ_Evans]

This was indeed funny, but I don't think they've lost in 2017.

While minorities and progressive white people were telling other minorities and progressive white people to not vote or waste their vote on 3rd party candidates, these racist ass white nationalists were organized with a plan that resulted in them voting in..........

-Donald Trump

-Republican Senate

-Republican House

-Republican State victories

And

-They set the Supreme Court up for themselves for the next 30 years

That's not a loss.

 

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https://twitter.com/vtoast3/status/899755339582537733

 

[SolemnSauce]

A lot of y'all sound more scared than anything

 

[playmaker88]

https://twitter.com/vtoast3/status/899755339582537733

Lil coon needs to take a field trip. Fuck his parents

 

[blackgod813]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/former-trump-campaign-spokesperson-slavery-part-american-good-history

Former Trump Spox: Slavery Is Actually Part Of America’s ‘Good History’

Former spokesperson for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Katrina Pierson, appeared on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning to defend keeping Confederate statues on display as politicians and activists call for their removal, saying Americans love their “good and bad” history.

“Those monuments have been there for a very long time and suddenly Nancy Pelosi wants to actually help these anarchists and these violent protesters tear down pieces of America, American culture and American history,” she said. “Americans actually love their history, their culture, good and bad, because it helps them learn and it helps keep people educated about why America is so great to begin with.”

John Hopkins University professor Wendy Osefo, the other guest, pushed back, saying people should understand the actual history behind many of the Confederate monuments, which she said were erected after 1865 as a way for the Ku Klux Klan to revolt against African Americans gaining political power.

“So this is not a symbol of patriotism. This is a symbol of hatred and division. And while it is a piece of American history, it’s not necessarily the good part of American history. It’s actually nefarious,” Osefo said, saying the statues should be placed in museums, not on state grounds.

“It absolutely deserves a place because bad history is still good history for this country,” Pierson said.

“Slavery is good?” Osefo asked.

“Considering where we are today, where we are today. Absolutely,” Pierson said.

When asked to clarify what she meant, she said the statues should stay up as a history lesson to children.

“During those times, during those times — think about it for a second. Where would we be today if not for that Civil War? How would our children even know… How would our children even know how special and how wonderful this country is that we can even be having this discussion today?” she said.

“How special slavery is? Do you know how many people died?” Osefo said, prompting co-host Ainsley Earhardt to try to rein the two guests back in.

“This country was founded on slaveowners who actually put into place — to change the laws,” Pierson said.

“You’re completely out of line,” Osefo said.

https://twitter.com/jnitros/status/899619888704237569

She went to far

 

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https://twitter.com/vtoast3/status/899755339582537733

https://twitter.com/trumpgirls/status/899788759092215808

 

[marc123]

https://twitter.com/vtoast3/status/899755339582537733

I listened. dude is personalizing it. there are shitty ppl on both sides. left n right. BUT odds are if you are racist, you vote republican.

 

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-pre...aul-ryans-trump-messed-up-on-charlottesville/

‘The President Was Clear’: Pence Counters Paul Ryan’s Comment That Trump ‘Messed Up’

Vice President Mike Pence spoke with Ainsley Earhardt today on Fox & Friends, and he responded to Paul Ryan‘s criticism about how President Trump handled the civil unrest that followed Charlottesville.

The House Speaker held a town hall last night where he said that Trump “messed up” last week by being morally ambiguous about whether there was any comparison between white supremacists and their counter-protesters. Ryan also said that he would prefer it if the president didn’t tweet so much, even though Ryan doubted that would ever change.

“The president was clear in the aftermath of the tragedy in Charlottesville, that we denounce bigotry and hate and violence in all of its forms,” said Pence. “I think the American people heard him. They heard his heart. I think at the end of the day – now that that’s been said and the people know where the president and I and all of us stand in this administration – now the American people want us all to move forward in ways that will bring this country back together.”

Pence also spoke about Trump’s speech about Afghanistan, the ongoing debate about Confederate statues, and what people can expect when the president speaks tonight in Arizona.

https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/899958542941261824
https://twitter.com/davidwright_cnn/status/899965869589233664
https://twitter.com/djrothkopf/status/899971720781672448
https://twitter.com/eclecticbrotha/status/899981750503452672

 

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https://www.mediaite.com/tv/alan-dershowitz-liberals-in-statue-debate-doing-what-stalin-did/

Alan Dershowitz: Liberals in Statue Debate ‘Doing What Stalin Did’

During an interview with Fox & Friends, Alan Dershowitz slammed the hard left by describing their efforts to tear down Confederate monuments as Stalinist.

Brian Kilmeade began by asking Dershowitz for his thoughts about the news that the country’s oldest monument to Christopher Columbus was recently defaced amidst the pushback against statues. Dershowitz was concerned people might try to tear down statues of America’s slave-owning founding fathers, and he said that erasing national history is not the right way to inform the public about the country’s evolution.

“We have to take some of the statues that were put up more recently, for example, during the Civil Rights Movement and perhaps move them to museums where they can be used to teach young students about how statues are intended sometimes for bad purposes, to glorify negatives and to hold back positive developments. But the idea of willy-nilly going through and doing what Stalin did – erasing history and re-writing it to serve current purposes – does pose a danger, and it poses a danger of educational malpractice, of missing opportunities to educate people, and of going too far.”

Dershowitz also went after Antifa for using their opposition to fascism to justify violence and the stifling of free speech. He went on to say that moderate liberals have a responsibility to hold left-wing radicals accountable, but President Trump and centrist conservatives are obligated to condemn hard-right extremism too.

 

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https://twitter.com/igorvolsky/status/899818943149477889

 

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http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article168317272.html

Brandenburg takes a stand for preservation in culture war over Confederate statues

 

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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-universityoftexas-idUSKCN1B110C

Texas man charged with trying to blow up Confederate statue

(Reuters) - Authorities in Houston charged a 25-year-old man on Monday with trying to blow up a Confederate statue, federal prosecutors said, in the latest development amid demonstrations and fierce debate about race and the legacy of America's Civil War.

Word of the arrest of Andrew Schneck came just hours after the University of Texas at Austin said it removed four statues tied to the Confederacy from its campus because they had become "symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism."

White nationalists rallied earlier this month against proposals to take down a similar statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, and one woman was killed when a man crashed his car into a crowd of anti-racism counterprotesters.

The violence triggered the biggest domestic crisis yet for President Donald Trump, who provoked anger across the political spectrum for not immediately condemning white nationalists and for praising "very fine people" on both sides of the fight.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement that on Saturday night a park ranger spotted Schneck kneeling in bushes in front of the General Dowling Monument in Houston's Hermann Park.

In Schneck's possession were a timer, wires, duct tape and two types of explosive including nitroglycerin, according to the prosecutors who described it as one of the world's most powerful explosives. The items could have been used to make a viable explosive device, the prosecutors' statement said.

If convicted of trying to maliciously damage or destroy property receiving federal financial assistance, Schneck faces up to 40 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

Workers remove Confederate General Robert E. Lee statue from the south mall of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 21, 2017.Stephen Spillman

A growing number of U.S. political leaders have called for the removal of statues honoring the Confederacy. Civil rights activists charge that they promote racism while advocates of the statues contend they are a reminder of their heritage.

In Baltimore on Monday, authorities were investigating reports of vandalism at a 225-year-old monument to explorer Christopher Columbus, police said. A video posted online appeared to show two hooded figures striking the obelisk's base with a sledgehammer after taping to it a sign that read: "The future is racial and economic justice."

Baltimore took down four Confederate monuments last week.

Among the four statues removed overnight at the University at Austin was one of General Robert E. Lee, who led the pro-slavery Confederacy's army during the Civil War.

The school's president, Greg Fenves, said in a statement that the monuments had to go following the "horrific displays of hatred" in Virginia that shocked and saddened the nation.

There are about 700 monuments to the Confederacy in public spaces across the United States, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, with the majority of them erected early in the 20th century amid a backlash among segregationists against the civil rights movement.

Fenves said the statue of Lee will be placed in the school's Briscoe Center for American History and made available for scholarly study.

Austin Mayor Steve Adler said on Twitter on Monday: "Putting these statues in a history museum appropriately puts this past where it belongs."

 

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/stone-mountain-poses-test-confederate-symbols-49329970

Stone Mountain poses another test for Confederate symbols