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Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:29 AM Aug 2017

Nazis excluded from military service by policy, but concerns persist

To avoid enlisting neo-Nazis, skinheads and other white supremacists, military recruiters are told to watch for tattoos showing barbed wire, hobnailed boots and hammers. Also to look for tattoos of lightning bolts, skulls and swastikas.

Dillon Ulysses Hopper was a Marine from 2006 through January, his service record states. He became the leader of Vanguard America last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which tracks extremist groups. Hopper spent more than two years with the Marines as a recruiter

“FBI reporting indicates extremist leaders have historically favored recruiting active and former military personnel for their knowledge of firearms, explosives, and tactical skills and their access to weapons and intelligence in preparation for an anticipated war against the federal government, Jews, and people of color,” the report added.

Some militias espouse white supremacist ideology or operate alongside such groups, while others avoid public racial stances. The largest militia group is Oath Keepers, formed in 2009 by a former paratrooper and Yale graduate, which openly recruits active-duty military and veterans, police and medics. The group, which claims tens of thousands of members, is “one of the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today,” stated the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has also detailed clashes with neo-Nazis who criticize Oath Keepers for lacking racism.

https://www.stripes.com/news/neo-nazis-excluded-from-military-service-by-policy-but-concerns-persist-1.483558#.WZg7WOlK3RZ

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Nazis excluded from military service by policy, but concerns persist (Original Post) Sunlei Aug 2017 OP
Anyone that has served in the military LiberalFighter Aug 2017 #1
Or maybe they really NEED some of those services, like V.A. mental health care. nt JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2017 #2
IMO, no hate groups/clubs should be a policy for police departments & their retirement benefits. Sunlei Aug 2017 #3
+1 dalton99a Aug 2017 #4

LiberalFighter

(50,504 posts)
1. Anyone that has served in the military
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:01 AM
Aug 2017

that become involved in any Nazi connected group should lose all access to military services and pensions.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
3. IMO, no hate groups/clubs should be a policy for police departments & their retirement benefits.
Sat Aug 19, 2017, 10:14 AM
Aug 2017

Their postings on social media should be recorded in their personal 'job' files.

Police with complaint records shouldn't be pawned off to other towns & cities like the church did with pedophile priests.

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