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tenderfoot

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3. Then why did the ADL blast it?

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 26, 2017, 09:45 AM

Nov 2017

Or are they just being too sensitive?

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People are furious with the New York Times over their normalised profile of a Nazi [View all] Soph0571 Nov 2017 OP

I thought it was going to be about Stephen Miller. Fake news! nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2017 #1

In order to understand the mentality of American Nazis, you need to understand no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #2

Then why did the ADL blast it? tenderfoot Nov 2017 #3

Not so much sensitive as short-sighted. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Nov 2017 #6

Here's another "Short-sighted" opinion from a Bosnian tenderfoot Nov 2017 #7

+1000 paleotn Nov 2017 #13

It actully has been a pattern for sometime throughout the news industry. They were normalizing this still_one Nov 2017 #15

I'm planning a class on the rise of the Third Reich. hedda_foil Nov 2017 #18

Hedda, I'd be delighted to share some titles, but give me a little time no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #20

You're right. The big question is how he got to that point in the first place. hedda_foil Nov 2017 #25

A starter's list no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #34

Replying to this to save this list for myself. Decoy of Fenris Nov 2017 #35

This one just came out. no_hypocrisy Nov 2017 #23

Thank you. I have it bookmarked to read. hedda_foil Nov 2017 #24

No! All you need to do to understand the mentality of American Nazis maxrandb Nov 2017 #10

No, it was normalizing him; the writer even admitted he didn't understand the Nazi muriel_volestrangler Nov 2017 #17

This is the USA loyalsister Nov 2017 #21

In normal circumstances, I'd agree Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #36

Michael Brown did not steal cigarettes...I have a subscription to the New York Demsrule86 Nov 2017 #4

I understand nazis. They ARE FUCKING NAZIS ismnotwasm Nov 2017 #8

... blogslut Nov 2017 #9

+1000 paleotn Nov 2017 #12

That! nt Soph0571 Nov 2017 #26

Rise of racisim in America?? paleotn Nov 2017 #11

Yet another Proof of Godwin's Law in action... Wounded Bear Nov 2017 #14

"Preaching the gospel of white natonalism" is just protected free speech in a nation that forgot to Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #16

AMJoy had a good segment on this story Gothmog Nov 2017 #19

Actual Nazis WERE normal people. alarimer Nov 2017 #22

That is the important message in the NYT article. LAS14 Nov 2017 #27

I dont know what you do about people like that alarimer Nov 2017 #31

you nailed it, most Americans would be Good Germans steve2470 Nov 2017 #30

Most did nothing about all the lynchings by the KKK alarimer Nov 2017 #32

excellent point about Jim Crow! nt steve2470 Nov 2017 #33

AM JOY 11,26,17 NYT PUBLISHES PROFILE ON NAZI SYMPATHIZER Gothmog Nov 2017 #28

kick and rec! nt steve2470 Nov 2017 #29