WARNING: This is a post for CONSTRUCTIVE discussion/debate/argument. It isn't a post to bray like a donkey or jump to conclusions about my motives or beliefs. I just want people to have a CHANCE to not be slaves to prevailing sentiment IN CASE there are other valid conclusions that can be drawn about what happened. If we can't think rationally, we're doomed to World War 3.
So, I heard about the recent riots/fighting in Virginia caused by the clash between protester groups differing in opinion. The main label I noticed was that one group was 'white supremacist' (I also heard 'Neo-nazi'). Now, I didn't research it too much yet, which I think is important for the reasons that I'm writing this. I want to hear responses from people who agree with the label and I want to hear reasoning behind it.
In my opinion, the chant 'white lives matter!' and the raising of the confederate flag are not enough to categorize a group as white supremacist. At worst, they are misguided in their disdain for the extreme groups of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Extreme Feminism, and Anti-Christianity groups. This disdain causes acting out, but that isn't a disdain for black people, women, or atheists/agnostics. That is acting out against the 'problem groups' within those demographics, which are those who act violently, oppressively, and dictatorially. Additionally, even the violent crimes that I have heard about are not necessarily 'white supremacist' behavior; the problem is that there is SO MUCHHHH CONFLICT and so many additional protesters, that these could have been rage-fueled attacks against the opposition/those opposing what they see as a valid expression. Additionally, we need to know who threw the first punch and/or fired the first round.
That being said, if there were groups in Virginia that were chanting racial slurs, racial hate speech, racial superiority speech, or targeting minorities and attacking them unprovoked, that would be 'white supremacist' behavior, or the only thing that you should rationally categorize as white supremacist behavior (because labels like these are dangerous and can cause problems in themselves, so should be used only if they are DEFINITELY accurate). So, I just want to hear what people were saying/see videos released of the racial hate, racial superiority, or unprovoked assault in VA. If these exist, then there were at least some groups acting as 'white supremacists'. But, if it was just 'White Lives Matter' being chanted and a confederate flag being raised, I can't agree; the issue is that that isn't enough to put a label that could start the escalation to a Civil War on a group and those acts aren't enough to be deemed racist.
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