Stephan: We are a country with a serious hate problem consuming White men, and the submissive women who support them. Further complicating this trend is America's obsessive gun psychosis, which involves pretty much the same Whites. In my opinion, all of this arises because the United States is becoming a majority-minority nation, and these second-class losers armed with weapons see themselves as soldiers in a war, a fantasy army that tells itself they are the patriots, they are the defenders of the nation and see this nonsense confirmed by the Republican Party and the Murdoch family's propaganda operation, and its smaller manifestations Infowars, Breitbart, Daily Caller and the like.
The only way to repair this -- and yes I know they have lots of problems -- is to vote Democrats into office. I know all their limitations but, at least, the Democrats still support democracy, equality for women, and non-Whites. And they have at least some sense of what needs to be done about climate change. Not perfect. Not even close. But the Republican alternative is the end of democracy, guns, guns, guns, White supremacy, the suppression of women, and nothing of consequence being done about climate change.
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Law enforcement arrested 31 members of a white nationalist organization known as the Patriot Front near a Pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Saturday, on a charge of conspiracy to riot. The men were packed into a U-Haul truck and detained a short distance away from the gathering, which was being held at public park.
The men, who traveled from at least 10 outside states, are expected to be arraigned Monday on the misdemeanor count.
“It is clear to us based on the gear that the individuals had with them, the stuff they had in their possession and in the U-Haul with them, along with paperwork that was seized from them, that they came to riot downtown,” said Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White.
Given the location, I’m surprised that agency didn’t join the group. The citizens are ultra-right wing.
That they did not gives room for hope.