Originally Posted by Guest

Alas, again I see a list of grievances with no suggestion about how to de-escalate the conflict between opposing groups of demonstrators.

Here is a fallacy in your reasoning. You state that "this movement which uses nazi propaganda and language and symbols pre dates any affirmative action and I think referring to that is making up excuses for these people."

What you ignore is that these people were not born neo-Nazis. They were attracted to the movement for some reason. I am suggesting that we explore what this reason may be, and see if we can do anything to modify their attitudes.

As I said in another post, I have personally interviewed neo-Nazis, usually in their own homes. In some I could discern that their attraction to the movement was economically based because they felt they were impoverished due to Affirmative Action depriving them of the jobs they felt they were entitled to.

However, in the eyes of others I saw the gleam of madness such as can be seen in photos of Charles Manson. These true believers were regarded as dangerous, and we checked up on them regularly.

I suspect, but cannot say for sure, that in recent years attention has been diverted from the neo-Nazis to the threat of Islamic terrorists. In addition, of course, the flood of illegal aliens whose presence in our country was facilitated by President Obama, has diverted the attention of many law enforcement officers.

But, again, people join movements not because the movements have been around for years, but because something in the message of the movement resonates with their education or experience. If we can learn why they joined a movement, perhaps we can modify their attitudes.


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Carl in Tampa