Bigots On Th E March In The State Of Virginia

[mikey4444]

Charlottesville: State of emergency over US far-right rally.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40912509

"The mayor condemned the march as a "parade of hatred".

[vetuste_ennemi]

//It's not exactly ambiguous that, by modern standards, he was a racist. To be sure, so was society as a whole at the time.//

Possibly there were plausible reasons for these biases. (I don't say logical or necessary.) The scientific disparity between post-Enlightenment Europe and the New World is an obvious "evidence" in favour. (Remember Darwin and the guy he met on Tierra del Fuego?).

We have largely acknowledged and corrected these biases, Jim. I'm unconvinced that other cultures have acknowledged and corrected theirs. But that's a different thread.

The point to me is not that we forgive our forefathers their sins, but that we allow for them - there but for the grace of God etcwe understand the circumst

[jim360]

"The scientific disparity between post-Enlightenment Europe and the New World is an obvious "evidence" in favour."

Oh lord, there's a whole can of worms I'm not going to open any further...

[vetuste_ennemi]

I trusted you to understand my use of the word "plausible", Jim. Don't do a Mikey on me.

[vetuste_ennemi]

The word evidence is also quoted.

[jim360]

I did wonder if you were playing Devil's Advocate in the first half of your post, so left it at that.

I'm off for a while, watching The General. Been inspired, you might say.

[ToraToraTora]

the "bigots" are those trying to expunge history.

[mikey4444]

So the Far Right racists that descended on Charlottesville aren't bigots then TTT ?

Did you watch the link I posted earlier to day ? If you did, wouldn't you call them bigots ?

[ToraToraTora]

no doubt bigots exist on both sides mikey. Is it not bigoted to deny history? Are the bigots simply people who do not agree with you? Was a peaceful demonstration not attacked by left wing bigots? just a few observations.

[ToraToraTora]

what about this minority group of bigots having a march against the democratic will of the majority. I don't see you complaining about them.

[ichkeria]

Graham Phillips is certainly a bigot.
Leaving aside the blue-wigged "racists (?)" this is a "man" who has laughed at and abused Ukrainian soldiers as they have been tortured by thugs in E Ukraine.
A disgraced sex tourist, looks like he's trying to go semi-respectable :-)
Take your pick:
https://thetruthspeaker.co/2016/06/05/graham-phillips-a-brief-biography/
http://www.stopfake.org/en/british-citizen-exposed-as-a-tool-of-russia-s-fsb/

[mikey4444]

TTT...There was nothing remotely peaceful about the march by the Far Right.

They descended on Charlottesville with one purpose only, and that was to cause as much disruption as possible. They included members of the KKK, that well-known racist organisation.

Trump has missed an opportunity to reclaim some of his badly damaged reputation, by condemning the actions of these people, but has shown his true colours, by using weasel words.

[Zacs-Master]

Some people have a very strange notion of what bigotry is, but Tora's post typifies it.

'intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself'

[Khandro]

ichi; I'm not sure what your point is, I know the video 6 down, (the girl with the blue tear and Socialist Worker banner) have you seen it?
She isn't a bigot as much as a hapless uneducated young woman who hasn't a clue why she is there or what the issues are.
'Protesting' is now a fashionable thing to do with today's youth. It even has a name, (which I forget) 'Chic Protests', or something like that.

[gulliver1]

Well if anyone should know the meaning of Bigot , he should.

[tamborine]

Fender, Obama replaced Churchill with MLKing at White house.

[gulliver1]

Almost a ton Mikey

[ichkeria]

Correct Khandro: not a bigot. So a totally inappropriate post by ttt

[ToraToraTora]

"TTT...There was nothing remotely peaceful about the march by the Far Right. " - it was until attacked by lefty bigots who cannot tolerate anything but the views they have been issued and programmed with. it goes without saying that any sensible person is against slavery, the statue should stay as a reminder, can the left wing extremist not see that?

[Khandro]

ichi; It's called 'Riot Chic' and it's all the rage;

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/08/riot-chic-how-violent-protest-became-fashionable/

[RandyMarsh]

Yep. Glad the focus is on statues and not torch carrying racists chanting you will not replace us.