Anti-immigrant neo-Nazi rally draws 75 backers, 500 protesters

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-neo24.html

LANSING, Mich. -- A group of white supremacists demonstrating outside Michigan's Capitol was far outnumbered by 500 protesters who were screened by metal detectors and kept separate by 6-foot-high chain-link fences. snip

''I don't think it's OK to preach hate,'' said Laura Harms of Lansing, who carried a pink sign that read ''People Power.''

When protesters shouted at the neo-Nazis, group leader Jeff Schoep replied: ''I will not be shouted down. ... You will not stop us. You will not silence us.''

Group leaders said they picked Lansing as a rally site in part because of Michigan's sluggish economy and white supremacists' growing frustration with illegal immigration. Several speakers from the neo-Nazi group criticized Jews and mainstream political parties.

[marmar]

1. Whenever there's division, strife and dischord in the country...

These clowns emerge. All we need is this unstable element tossed into the mix! :scared:

[bryant69]

2. I don't know

I mean I don't want them doing anything violent or anything, but when it comes to immigration, these Neo-Nazi clowns aer like two small steps away from Mainstream Republican thought. I think it's nice to have them around to remind us of that.

Bryant
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[4morewars]

3. White Terror

http://www.blackcommentator.com/70/70_cover_white_terror.html

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"...the homeland security colors didn’t change in May of this year, when federal agents arrested a white racist couple dealing in weapons of mass destruction in a small town near Tyler, Texas. The feds seized a cyanide bomb capable of unleashing a deadly, poison cloud, chemicals and components for additional WMDs, gas masks, 100 conventional bombs, an arsenal of automatic weapons, silencers and half a million rounds of ammunition."

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"at no time have federal authorities treated white hate groups as clear and present dangers to national security."

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Indeed, there are striking similarities between the FBI’s modus operandi with the Ku Klux Klan in the Sixties and the Bureau’s behavior towards today’s white terrorists; the feds watch, but don’t do much of anything to stop them. There is no question that the Aryan Nations, National Alliance, Christian Identity, various reconstituted Klans, skinheads and hundreds of other homegrown Nazi organizations have been heavily infiltrated by various law enforcement agencies. After all, they are full of criminals of the kind that routinely trade evidence for extended sojourns outside of prison. In addition, the American domestic arms trade is a roadmap to the violent Right, a national grid full of above ground gun markets and fairs. All it takes is some cash to join the circuit and meet the folks.

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"On the December 5 edition of Democracy Now! University of Texas journalism professor Robert Jensen attempted to explain the silence over racists armed with WMDs. “Cases like this – of domestic terrorism, especially when they involve white supremacist and conservative Christian groups, don't have any political value for an administration, especially this particular administration,” said the professor. “ Therefore, why – if one were going to be crass and cynical, why would they highlight this? “On the other hand, foreign terrorism and things connected to Arab, South Asian and Muslim groups, well those have value because they can be used to whip up support for military interventions, which this administration is very keen on.”

[Pathwalker]

4. They cost our town a bunch of money we don't have,

just as they've done in the past, too. Also, they tried to stop placement of the fences that kept everyone apart, and they tried to stop the diversity rallies around town, arguing that it would keep people away from their rally. They lost both cases.
Why these morons keep choosing this VERY diverse city is beyone me - other than it being the state capitol.

[marmar]

5. They vowed to hold their next rally in Detroit...

:popcorn:

[4morewars]

6. They don't have the grapes !

Cowards, each and every one of them.