Man drives car through counter-protesters at white supremacist rally in Charlottesville

[Twilight Sparkle]

6 hours ago, BowtieCanuck said:

Everyone blames the 'media' but when it comes down to it, social media has played a far bigger role in separating and radicalizing each side of the political spectrum in America. People might not believe everything they see on the news, but they sure seem to believe everything they read on social media.

"verified accounts" play the biggest part in who people listen to :x

[Warhippy]

7 hours ago, VanCityE said:

really man wow

throwing some pretty big BS here 

you making a Lying social media campaign ?

like wannabe cnn one day or what

You can play ignorant if you want.  This is pretty easily verified and quite common knowledge.

 

The fact you're claiming ignorance or pretending like it's no big deal though....

[Canorth]

8 hours ago, VanCityE said:

oh please you sound like a whiney hillary lover.

i wont comment again we all know youll argue anything i say with ridiculous BS

HE DENOUNCED ANY VIOLENCE ON BOTH SIDES INCASE OF ANY RETALIATION

there could be a number of reasons

Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists applaud Donald Trump's response to deadly violence in Virginia

'Trump comments were good, He didn't attack us. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him,' says white nationalist.'

 

Neo-nazis have applauded Donald Trump’s response to the violent clashes between white supremacists and anti-fascists which swept Charlottesville and left three people dead.

 

The US President has refused to condemn the actions of the neo-Nazis, skinheads, and members of the Ku Klux Klan who descended on the Virginia city on Saturday carrying flaming torches, yelling racial abuse, carrying assault rifles and wearing paramilitary clothing.

 

Speaking from a stage in a golf clubhouse, President Trump decried “violence on all sides” rather than explicitly taking aim at far-right extremists.

 

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said. “On many sides.”

 

The billionaire property developer then left the conference, turning a deaf ear to reporters' shouted questions, including whether he wanted the support of white nationalists who have allied themselves with him or whether he deemed the violence to be terrorism.

 

But while Mr Trump has sparked widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum for failing to denounce the largest gathering of white nationalists in America for decades, his response has been actively celebrated by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

 

The founder of Daily Stormer, an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist site which considers itself to be part of the alt-right movement, hailed the fact President Trump “outright refused to disavow” the gathering of white supremacists.

 

“People saying he cucked are shills and kikes,” said its editor Andrew Anglin. “He did the opposite of cuck. He refused to even mention anything to do with us. When reporters were screaming at him about White Nationalism he just walked out of the room.”

 

Another Daily Stormer commenter said: ”Trump comments were good. He didn't attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us. He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate... on both sides! So he implied the Antifa are haters.”

 

Antifa, shorthand for antifascist organisations, refers to a loose coalition of decentralised, grassroots groups opposed to the many guises of fascism which began in Europe in the 1920s.

“There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all,” the Trump supporter continued. “He said he loves us all. Also refused to answer a question about white nationalists supporting him. No condemnation at all. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him.”

 

Richard Spencer, a leading white supremacist who rose to fame for being punched at an anti-Trump protest, was similarly supportive of President Trump’s response to the violence which erupted between those opposed to the removal of a statue from a local park of Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee and counter-protesters.

 

After Mr Trump tweeted earlier on Saturday “We ALL must be united and condemn all that hate stands for,” Spencer, who is credited with coining the term “alt-right”, replied: “Did Trump just denounce Antifa?”

 

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[Warhippy]

3 minutes ago, Canorth said:

Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists applaud Donald Trump's response to deadly violence in Virginia

'Trump comments were good, He didn't attack us. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him,' says white nationalist.'

 

Neo-nazis have applauded Donald Trump’s response to the violent clashes between white supremacists and anti-fascists which swept Charlottesville and left three people dead.

 

The US President has refused to condemn the actions of the neo-Nazis, skinheads, and members of the Ku Klux Klan who descended on the Virginia city on Saturday carrying flaming torches, yelling racial abuse, carrying assault rifles and wearing paramilitary clothing.

 

Speaking from a stage in a golf clubhouse, President Trump decried “violence on all sides” rather than explicitly taking aim at far-right extremists.

 

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” he said. “On many sides.”

 

The billionaire property developer then left the conference, turning a deaf ear to reporters' shouted questions, including whether he wanted the support of white nationalists who have allied themselves with him or whether he deemed the violence to be terrorism.

 

But while Mr Trump has sparked widespread condemnation from across the political spectrum for failing to denounce the largest gathering of white nationalists in America for decades, his response has been actively celebrated by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

 

The founder of Daily Stormer, an American neo-Nazi and white supremacist site which considers itself to be part of the alt-right movement, hailed the fact President Trump “outright refused to disavow” the gathering of white supremacists.

 

“People saying he cucked are shills and kikes,” said its editor Andrew Anglin. “He did the opposite of cuck. He refused to even mention anything to do with us. When reporters were screaming at him about White Nationalism he just walked out of the room.”

 

Another Daily Stormer commenter said: ”Trump comments were good. He didn't attack us. He just said the nation should come together. Nothing specific against us. He said that we need to study why people are so angry, and implied that there was hate... on both sides! So he implied the Antifa are haters.”

 

Antifa, shorthand for antifascist organisations, refers to a loose coalition of decentralised, grassroots groups opposed to the many guises of fascism which began in Europe in the 1920s.

“There was virtually no counter-signaling of us at all,” the Trump supporter continued. “He said he loves us all. Also refused to answer a question about white nationalists supporting him. No condemnation at all. When asked to condemn, he just walked out of the room. Really, really good. God bless him.”

 

Richard Spencer, a leading white supremacist who rose to fame for being punched at an anti-Trump protest, was similarly supportive of President Trump’s response to the violence which erupted between those opposed to the removal of a statue from a local park of Civil War Confederate General Robert E Lee and counter-protesters.

 

After Mr Trump tweeted earlier on Saturday “We ALL must be united and condemn all that hate stands for,” Spencer, who is credited with coining the term “alt-right”, replied: “Did Trump just denounce Antifa?”

 

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With white supremacy groups coming to these conclusions

 

Trump HAS to come out and say something against them or he IS in fact legitamizing them.

[Warhippy]

The college town of Charlottesville, Va., is quiet this morning after two days worth of rallies between pro-white demonstrators and counter-protesters turned deadly, with a motorist ramming a car into a crowd.

 

 

The U.S. Justice Department opened a federal civil rights investigation after the vehicle struck anti-racist protesters Saturday while they rallied against white nationalists holding a "Unite the Right" rally. The rally drew a mix of white nationalists, far-right militias, alt-right supporters and extremist white supremacist groups like the KKK.

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, of Maumee, Ohio, faces several charges, including second-degree murder, in the attack, which killed Heather Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal from Greene County, Va. Nineteen others were injured at the scene. In all, 35 people were hurt in the rallies.

Police have not yet provided a motive for the car-ramming incident, but U.S. attorneys and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have opened a civil rights investigation, an FBI field office said.

 

James Alex Fields Jr., 20, has been charged with second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and one count related to leaving the scene in relation to a violent incident in which a car rammed counter-protesters. (Charlottesville Police Department/Reuters, Win McNamee/Getty)

Federal authorities were also looking into a helicopter crash on Saturday that killed two Virginia state police officers who were monitoring the clashes.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, declared an emergency and halted the white nationalist rally planned for Saturday, but that did not stop the violence.

Rival groups fought pitched battles using fists, rocks and pepper spray. Three men were arrested in connection with the violence and face charges that include disorderly conduct, assault, and carrying a concealed handgun.

 

"Please go home and never come back," was McAuliffe's message for the white supremacists, delivered at a news conference.

"There is no place for you here, there is no place for you in America," he added.

Virginia State Police Trooper-Pilot Berke M.M. Bates, left, of Quinton, Va., and Lt. H. Jay Cullen, of Midlothian, Va., were killed Saturday when the helicopter they were piloting crashed while they were helping law enforcement officers monitor the white nationalist rally. (Virginia State Police/Associated Press)

McAuliffe will visit two Charlottesville churches and speak to congregants on Sunday.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump said "many sides" displayed bigotry in Charlottesville, remarks that drew fire from across the political spectrum for not specifically denouncing white nationalists.

"We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides," Trump told reporters at his New Jersey golf course on Saturday.

 

Prominent Democrats, civil rights activists and some Republicans said it was inexcusable of the president not to denounce white supremacy.

"These were white supremacists and this was domestic," said Gardner, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the group charged with helping to get Republicans elected to the Senate.

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, said in a tweet directed at the president: "Repeat after me, @realDonaldTrump: white supremacy is an affront to American values."

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio from Florida tweeted that it's "very important" for the nation to hear the president describe events in Charlottesville "for what they are, a terror attack by white supremacists."

 

Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer, appearing Sunday for an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, called the fatal car crash on Saturday a "terrorist attack with a car used as a weapon."

"People are dying and I do think that it's now on the president and on all of us to say 'enough is enough,'" Signer said.

The planned rally stemmed from a long debate in the U.S. South over the Confederate battle flag and other symbols of the rebel side in the Civil War, which was fought over slavery.

 

Charlottesville, Va., council voted in April to remove a bronze Robert E. Lee statue in a park that has been the site of far-right protests and Ku Klux Klan rallies, as well as counter-protests like this one, held on July 8. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)

The Charlottesville violence is the latest clash involving far-right groups, some of whom have claimed allegiance to Trump, since his January inauguration, when black-clad anti-Trump protesters in Washington smashed windows, torched cars and clashed with police, leading to more than 200 arrests.

 

The protests at the University of Virginia on Friday night and those the following day involved supporters of the Ku Klux Klan, along with neo-Nazi groups.

They were objecting to Charlottesville's plans to remove a statue of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee from a downtown park. About two dozen people were arrested in Charlottesville in July when the Ku Klux Klan rallied against the plan to remove the Lee statue. Torch-wielding white nationalists also demonstrated in May against the removal.

Thousands of people turned out to rallies across the U.S. to denounce the violence in Charlottesville.

In Oakland, Calif., organizers distributed fliers with the slogan "Charlottesville, We Got Your Back."

There were rallies in several other cities, including New York, Boston, and  San Francisco.

More solidarity protests are planned for today in Washington State and Maryland. 

[tbone909]

10 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said:

Wonder how far things will go before the US will tear itself apart? 

Bingo

[Ryan Strome]

20 hours ago, inane said:

A car didn't plow through a crowd like it did it on its own. An asshole attempted to injure and/or kill multiple people. If this guy isn't white it's terrorism. 

Both the mayor of Charlottesville, Mike Signer, and President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster, have labeled the car attack at a Virginia rally on Saturday an act of terrorism. Police have not made any statements about the motive of the driver

 

https://www.rt.com/usa/399475-charlottesville-mayor-car-terrorist/

 

[Canorth]

38 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

With white supremacy groups coming to these conclusions

 

Trump HAS to come out and say something against them or he IS in fact legitamizing them.

Trump doing the right thing will always come second (or third).

fiddle to Trump doing what's best for himself - that being, not alienating any supporters or anyone willing to give him personal praise. Him backing off, or even ammending his original statement, would only weaken the image of the "tough guy" caricature that he has created for himself. 

[Rosalie73]

21 hours ago, Toews said:

Trump is a coward and incredibly pathetic. Is this what he would say if this was a Muslim?

No.

[Harvey Spector]

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee:

 

"I hope the person driving the car is prosecuted as a domestic terrorist"...

 

 

 

[Harvey Spector]

Donald Trump DISAVOWS David Duke/KKK again and again and again and again...

 

[canuktravella]

21 hours ago, Toews said:

I hope Alex Jones has a stroke.

alex jones is a hack  tries making money off selling iodine pills and crapp so brain dead preppers  to bad hackers dont empty all his bank accounts cant stand his pompous  amsrican loser attitude

[Scottish⑦Canuck]

11 hours ago, VanCityE said:

if america has so many nazis and white supremacists they can elect there own official 

i guess i am out of touch and out of the loop.

i thought he was elected by people who wanted real change and were tired of being lied to by usual politicians.

that he got elected for honest huge huge rallies, and tons of them.

i thought he promised jobs and lots of them , and a wall 

i don't remember him saying anything about white power but i'm a lightweight  

you can throw insults pretty good but your facts are shat

 

retaliate against the nazis who played lawn mower games today ?

where have you been , this thread is dedicated to it

 

Is this a post or a poem?

 

[Harvey Spector]

Fake news from the left spreading fake picture to to push a false narrative...

 

 

[Heretic]

22 hours ago, Coconuts said:

Truly sickening stuff, this is terrorism regardless of the ethnicity of the driver. 

Agree that it's sickening - but I thought terrorist attacks were "planned" events?  

 

Course I could be wrong, won't be the 1st time...

 

In Canada, section 83.01 of the Criminal Code^[1] defines terrorism as an act committed "in whole or in part for a political, religious or ideological purpose, objective or cause" with the intention of intimidating the public "…with regard to its security, including its economic security, or compelling a person, a government or a domestic or an international organization to do or to refrain from doing any act." Activities recognized as criminal within this context include death and bodily harm with the use of violence; endangering a person’s life; risks posed to the health and safety of the public; significant property damage; and interference or disruption of essential services, facilities or systems

 

[riffraff]

[Harvey Spector]

Barack Obama disavowing Antifa over and over and over again...

 

Barack Obama disavowing Radical Islamic Terrorism over and over and over again...

 

 

........................................

 

 

[Canorth]

28 minutes ago, Harvey Spector said:

Fake news from the left spreading fake picture to to push a false narrative...

 

 

The same guy posting a correction to his original tweet? 

 

I dont think thats how fake news works.

[Harvey Spector]

8 minutes ago, Canorth said:

The same guy posting a correction to his original tweet? 

 

I dont think thats how fake news works.

He got caught with his hands in the cookie jar...

[HerrDrFunk]

7 minutes ago, Canorth said:

The same guy posting a correction to his original tweet? 

 

I dont think thats how fake news works.

 

1 minute ago, Harvey Spector said:

He got caught with his hands in the cookie jar...

You do realize that photo is the guy's Twitter profile picture, right?