It wasn’t just one supremacy group that showed up in Charlottesville, VA for the Unite the Right rally. There were two. Moreover, they’ve been lurking through America’s cesspool for quite some time, but on Saturday both emerged.
We all know about the first group. They’re the white supremacists who rallied to protest the removal of a Confederate statue; however, their other intended goal was to sow some racist and political mayhem.
First of all, the Daily Stormer publicized the rally with this anti-Semitic notice, which is reminiscent of 1930’s German Nazi propaganda:
And then at the rally there were chants like this:
You heard that right. They're chanting "Fuck you faggots." 2017. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/pMwbSXZ3wW
— Christopher Mathias (@letsgomathias) August 12, 2017
They also brought out the timeworn “Heil!” chant, updated to include the current president. You’d think they’d come up with something more original, but I guess they know what works:
#Charlottesville Nazi marchers march shouting "Heil Trump" https://t.co/fj4cR41qqU
— Lonnie Hicks (@Lnnie) August 13, 2017
There were also flags with swastikas, naturally:
In addition, the ex-KKK leader and reliable turd-in-the-punchbowl David Duke showed up for the festivities, too.
Charming, aren’t they?
However, another supremacy group showed up as well. Only rather than the superiority of their skin color or nationality, this group believes in the superior morality of their cause.
These are the moral supremacists, and they’re every bit as toxic as the racial supremacists. They want to silence the speech of anyone who dares challenge their self-righteous beliefs. They’re also very willing to use violence to promote their supremacy.
Moral supremacists rose up right after the election of Donald Trump. They’re the people who rioted at Berkeley in February when Milo Yiannopoulos was scheduled to speak on campus. They deemed his speech immoral, so they shut him down. Here’s one of their leaders, Yvette Felarca. She’s a real piece of work.
In addition, there’s the “Antifa,” the self-styled “anti-fascists,” who think it’s their job to take an anti-Trump message to the streets. As a leftwing writer in The Nation wrote:
As with fascisms, not all anti-fascisms are the same, but the essential feature is that anti-fascism does not tolerate fascism; it would give it no platform for debate.
You read that correctly — no free speech, no debate. The moral supremacists are there to shut their opponents down, with violence if necessary.
statesman: RT NBBarrios: Gathering ends with the chant, "any time, any place, punch a Nazi in the face." pic.twitter.com/LwQAR97h9O
— Austin Fox. UT (@myfoxaustin) August 13, 2017
Then, after Charlottesville’s rioting ended, the moral supremacists showed up on social media in droves.
One journalist shamed anyone who didn’t openly condemn the violence:
If you are not condemning this attack, you are the problem. If you're asking for "both sides" to stop, you are the problem. #Charlottesville
— Tom Sepulveda (@TomSepulveda) August 12, 2017
He continued:
There aren't many sides to this. There are Trump supporters & their Nazi cronies. And there's Americans who oppose them. #Charlottesville
— Tom Sepulveda (@TomSepulveda) August 13, 2017
So if you voted for Trump, you’re in league with Nazis. That’s about half of American citizens.
This guy went even further. He said if you’re white, you’re related to the Charlottesville Nazis:
White people, time for us to have serious conversations with our families. The nazis marching are our cousins, nephews, brothers, uncles…
— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) August 12, 2017
That’s puzzling to me. My father fought the original Nazis in World War II. Do I get a pass from this conversation?
Then there’s this group that insists that white people must speak out against bigotry. If they’re good Americans, that is.
Now's the time for every decent white American to speak out against the bigotry in #Charlottesville#UniteBluehttps://t.co/H5G27Bey3D pic.twitter.com/doWYEB4lth
— UniteBlue (@UniteBlue) August 13, 2017
And if you’re a Republican, you’re a terrorist like James Fields, the guy who drove his car into the crowd of protestors and killed a woman. He’s reported to be a registered Republican. This leftist wants us all to know that.
Quick facts on the Trump Republican terrorist in #charlottesville
who weaponized his car to murder fellow Americans pic.twitter.com/fGN9DZHvvl— #FreeCali NaphiSoc (@NaphiSoc) August 13, 2017
Finally, there’s the über-feminist and man-hater Jessica Valenti. And she says that just because most of the white supremacists in Charlottesville were white men, that doesn’t mean white women get off easy. Oh, no no! Jessica wants you to know that if you’re a white woman who voted for Trump, you’re just as bad as the marching white supremacists.
Don't be fooled by the mostly-male white supremacists in Charlottesville. The 53% of white women who voted for Trump are there in spirit too
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) August 12, 2017
Some months ago I predicted to my husband that someone would get killed in one of these melees. And while the white supremacists chalked up the body count in Charlottesville, eventually the moral supremacists might claim a victim too, as they “punch a Nazi,” and maybe do worse. Both groups are loathsome, and represent the worst of the nation. A pox on both their miserable houses.
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On the bright side, Yvette may soon learn what life in prison is like.
The nazis marching are our cousins, nephews, brothers, uncles…
Ummm, not in my family. And if one of my cousins was involved in this, he wouldn’t even be allowed in family Christmas parties (and all the jerks get invited to family Christmas parties).
He’s reported to be a registered Republican.
Hey! They finally found one!
It’s always a problem when a bunch of a-holes are advocating for the same thing you are. It doesn’t invalidate your position (and we have to be careful not to claim that about others).
I’ve always said that when the crazies endorse me for President, my answer to those demanding I denounce them will be, “Oh heck no! This simply proves that even some of the nutjobs can see I’m right, right through all their otherwise blinkered view of the world. Obviously, you’re nuttier than they are if you oppose my ideas.”
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