So this bullshit just went down today at Politics & Prose. White nationalists disrupting...

[demmiblue]

So this bullshit just went down today at Politics & Prose. White nationalists disrupting @JonathanMetzl talk on his book Dying of Whiteness. Point made. @PM_Learn

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[RHMerriman]

1. You know, "real" protestors would have sat down and forced the

You know, "real" protestors who actually believed in their cause would have sat down and forced the book store to call the police and have them removed.

These individuals are about as tough as a bowl of jello and about as committed as, well, no one.

Cowards with no courage in their convictions.

[912gdm]

7. They arnt 'real' protestors

they are just a group of assholes who happen to find a peaceful place and flash mob the joint to get their jollies whilst scaring young children.


I take issue with a few of the authors conclusions, but I would never, EVER even think about showing disagreement in that way. That was disgusting what those 'protestors' did. Those little kids will remember that disturbance.


decades from now sociologists are going to have a field day analyzing this period.

[RHMerriman]

8. Understood...

Understood... 'twas

They are not the equivalent of these young men, are they?

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[912gdm]

9. Oh I wasn't sniping at you directly,

I was just reacting to the watching the video. It really pissed me off and I wrote my thoughts after the reply button.


for your referenced pic, no, they are in no way the equivalent.

[RHMerriman]

10. Yep; the idiots yelling at the bookstore are cowards, like so many of these

Yep; the idiots yelling at the bookstore are cowards, like so many of these damned shitbirds.

[912gdm]

11. what gets me is they are doing it in front of small kids

That is going to leave a mark...


and they are doing it to get their little internet jollies

[RHMerriman]

14. True, they are sociopaths...

True, they are sociopaths... and rude little pissants.

Beyond that, they are also cowards, since they obviously don't have the guts to accept the consequences of their actions.

[Leghorn21]

2. Some replies:

I hope you will all Spring me from jail if I'm ever in a similar situation because I'm gonna take a chair across that white boy.


They were chanting HERP DERP HERP DERP. At least that is what I hear in the video.


My much beloved neghborhood bookstore, ironically located on the same block as Comet Ping Pong, the pizza place that was attacked because of a truly insane conspiracy I won't repeat.


Probably their first time ever in a bookstore.

[NastyRiffraff]

3. Sickening

I love Politics and Prose. It's a place to gather, have conversations, learn, have fun. All the things White Nationalists despise.

[Leghorn21]

4. What they may have been chanting:

Wow... yuck! Are those the “proud boys”? What are they chanting, “aim”?😡🤮

American Identity Movement, formerly known as Identity Europa, a neonazi organization.

[prodigitalson]

5. I hope they are identified

and their employers (if they have such) are notified.

[msongs]

12. mission accomplished, free publicity on du and internet. nt

[demmiblue]

13. Broken link. n/t

[2naSalit]

15. So they are calling themselves AIM...

are they not aware that AIM is already in use by the American Indian Movement?

[demmiblue]

16. Jonathan Metzl (the author) is coming up on AM Joy. n/t