Analysis | A Nazi salute, KKK hoods and Trump: Magazine covers after Charlottesville are jarring

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by Bungalove

I tell you one thing. If white nationalists, neo-Nazis, or the KKK come to my area or the nearest city to where I live, this old Jewish broad will be standing in the front row of counter-protesters. Never again!

Absolutely. And if they're anything like that crying weenie who posted that video of himself, they'll crawl back under their rocks when faced with real opposition.

[i_love_autumn]

Originally Posted by kc_sleuth

during the his two terms, obama was attacked and bashed mercilessly by the right...and he was infinitely more presidential than the current officeholder.


now that the shoe is on the other foot, it is complete hypocrisy to start bellyaching. trump failed the simplest of tasks as president...to acknowledge that nazis hold all of the culpability for charlottesville, and that their is no place in this country for their toxic ideology.

a-m-e-n!

[swbtoo]

Originally Posted by hellopity

Absolutely. The magazine cover is brilliant. White supremacists have been emboldened under the current president and they have been more vocal than ever. Many of them and their sympathizers infest social media and websites to spread their hateful speech. Some are direct, while others disguise their agenda with appeals to 1st amendment rights, "I think they are disgusting but I support their right to free speech", "both sides are to blame", and similar rhetorical nonsense.

The fact is most people understand these white supremacy hate groups are fully enjoying their 1st amendment rights. We just understand it is imperative that we as a nation denounce white supremacy and their ideas, specifically and loudly, everytime we hear it and especially when the white supremacists are emboldened. We don't tolerate squishy "both sides are at fault" rhetoric and it seems like the nation is waking up. I mean, even loyal GOP folks are calling out Trump's moral vacuum in his response to recent events. Bravo USA!

Brilliant? It's propaganda, plain and simple. The magazine knows the power of a picture -- it's still worth a thousand words and each viewer will put their own words to it. Led by the emotions, you might say.

p.s. there aren't enough of these people combined to make any impact unless the press gives them the coverage and emboldens them, just to have them go stir up more trouble. That makes news, and sells more magazines/newspapers. That IS the goal, isn't it.

Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould

The Economist cover has trump using a megaphone that looks like a KKK hood and Time has a Nazi salute with a flag.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.c8e506755850

Propaganda. So obvious.

Originally Posted by Marlow

It's newsworthy when the POTUS calls Nazis and the KKK "fine men."

He didn't say that.

White supremacists were not happy with Trump naming them when he did. Yet the left and the press ignores that. They focus, instead, on the first comment which was all-inclusive. Maybe it's a comprehension problem? Intentional misleading?

[cb2008]

Originally Posted by Salmonburgher

No.


Amazing.

Had no one showed up to contest the Nazis, there would have been no violence.

What happened to the Left?

They used to understand:

Contesting th Nazis is also free speech. Violence towards the protestors is crime. This is still the U.S.A where do YOU live?