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The white supremacists being identified and outed on Twitter (Original Post) Lotusflower70 Aug 2017 OP
I think it is a good thing hibbing Aug 2017 #1
https://twitter.com/YesYoureRacist Generic Other Aug 2017 #2
Good RhodeIslandOne Aug 2017 #3
I struggled with that question a bit LostinRed Aug 2017 #4
Excellent point Generic Other Aug 2017 #7
It isn't even a matter of us exposing them. THEY exposed them. They were there specifically Squinch Aug 2017 #9
Exactly. dalton99a Aug 2017 #15
Same here but I'd I was marching for equality I'd want that made known too YCHDT Aug 2017 #14
Exactly. I regularly march for liberal causes. Want to photograph me? Great! Want to Squinch Aug 2017 #17
Good idea Hekate Aug 2017 #5
Every terrorist we can hang around the GOP's neck is one we should. Ninsianna Aug 2017 #6
Should have worn their hoods. Lochloosa Aug 2017 #8
Ten bucks says next time they will. Squinch Aug 2017 #10
Yeap YCHDT Aug 2017 #16
Oh Yes! Into the light! Raster Aug 2017 #11
Send the cockroaches scurrying back into the walls nt geek tragedy Aug 2017 #12
Wearing hoods is banned in most southern states just so these types can't march anonymously Lee-Lee Aug 2017 #13

hibbing

(10,096 posts)
1. I think it is a good thing
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 02:16 AM
Aug 2017

Since they were so proud to be there and were freely photographed at a public event. Whatever consequences they face in terms of their employment status is their own fault. Besides, when they get some press for getting fired, they will have 20 job offers waiting for them, unfortunately.


Peace

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
2. https://twitter.com/YesYoureRacist
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 02:30 AM
Aug 2017

Quite interesting to pull off the hoods and see the cowards for what they are. When evil hooded thugs think they are safe showing their stupid mugs in public, they make the DOJ's job easier.

Crossing state lines to incite a riot. Attacking citizens of Virginia. Using fighting words. Hate Crime. Anything less charge is an insult. And the stupid idiot in the WH and his Neo-Nazi staff, along with his nasty alt-right base are equally culpable. Lock them up!

LostinRed

(840 posts)
4. I struggled with that question a bit
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 03:05 AM
Aug 2017

In the end I have decided it is a good thing. They were there to incite hate and violence and should be exposed for their vile beliefs. Does it mean that other protesters will also be identified? Sure. But if your protesting for a noble cause, like the woman's march for example, would you care if you were exposed on Twitter? No. I expose my political beliefs on social media because I'm proud of them. If these guys aren't proud to be Nazi, well too bad don't go to a Nazi rally.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
9. It isn't even a matter of us exposing them. THEY exposed them. They were there specifically
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 05:49 AM
Aug 2017

to make their beliefs public. That is why a person participates in a march. They WANTED to be photographed, otherwise they wouldn't have their little tikki torches and matching Radio Shack employee outfits.

They simply got what they wanted. It isn't our fault that they are so monumentally stupid that they didn't realize that people would hate what they were standing for.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
17. Exactly. I regularly march for liberal causes. Want to photograph me? Great! Want to
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:54 AM
Aug 2017

spread the photo around and say that I am supporting liberal causes? Great!

But when we do it to Nazis we are harassing them and being vigilantes? Oh, hell no!

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
13. Wearing hoods is banned in most southern states just so these types can't march anonymously
Sun Aug 13, 2017, 08:40 AM
Aug 2017

Most anti-mask laws in southern states were passed expressly so this kind of thing can happen- that when someone wants to march with a hate group they must show their faces so their community knows who they are. They were intended as anti-Klan laws.

This is just an extension of that same principle.

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