White Nationalists Are Tearing Each Other Apart Over Ukraine

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-nationalists-are-tearing-each-other-apart-over-ukraine

In the days since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, a vast majority of Americans have rallied in support of the beleaguered nation, and many have condemned Vladimir Putin and his allies. This rare moment of national unity reflects the blatant injustice of Russia’s unprovoked military aggression, and the clear, senseless pain and suffering the Kremlin’s offensive has caused.

But no matter how open and shut this crisis seems to most people, a small yet vocal subset of Americans are still torn over how to interpret and react to it: white nationalists.

“They have responded unevenly” to the crisis, David Lawrence of HOPE Not Hate, an advocacy group that combats racism and fascism and monitors far-right chatter, told The Daily Beast. “It’s a divisive issue for them.”

These virulent racists are all scrutinizing the conflict through the same “framework of antisemitism [and] pro-authoritarianism,” explained Alexandra Stern, one of a dozen experts who monitor and analyze white nationalist groups The Daily Beast spoke to for this story. Yet they’re reaching radically different conclusions about it. In the process, they’re laying bare long-simmering fault lines within their twisted movement—and sparking petty conflicts that may create serious fractures within key far-right alliances and organizations.

“The division within the movement is pretty stark,” a spokesperson for one niche—but far from innocuous—white nationalist group told The Daily Beast.

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[SheltieLover]

1. Kicking for visibility

[tanyev]

2. Racists in disarray.

[BeyondGeography]

3. I tried reading that

But the anti-Semitic stench overwhelmed me.

[BComplex]

4. May they all turn on each other with a vengeance

and all turn up dead from it.

[Whiskeytide]

5. Funny. I wondered about that when Putin said ...

… he was invading to kill Ukrainian Nazis. The local orange Nazi supports Putin, but Putin is a Nazi killer? Our Nazis must be very confused right now.

[Chainfire]

6. For the far right radicals the only problem is figuring out who to hate the most.

Thus the cause of the friction. If you will notice, in domestic instances, they always support the person using the gun in a conflict. They are in utter confusion when both sides fight with guns.

Their grand Red-headed Daddy is also sending the conflicting messages, Putin is his good friend, but he would bomb him in a sneaky "false flag" operation. What's a dolt to think? Maybe Fox will clear it up and tell them what to do.

[lindysalsagal]

7. And in other news, half the country suffers from IQ depletion from lead exposure in childhood

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216457198