Five ways to know you’re speaking to white supremacists [View all]

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And other useful tips for Steve Scalise and budding politicians everywhere

http://news.yahoo.com/five-ways-to-know-you-re-speaking-to-white-supremacists-004845526.html

There was a simpler time in America, a time when racists wore white hoods and carried torches, when Nazis wore swastikas and a skinhead could shave his scalp without being mistaken for a metrosexual. But those days are long behind us. Now, apparently, white supremacists hold conferences with guest speakers and video hookups to their colleagues overseas, kind of like a Davos for the intellectually vacant.

There are no hard and fast rules, of course, but let’s consider a few useful guidelines for knowing when you’ve got a problem, just in case you’re thinking about a career in national politics.

1. The group was founded by David Duke.
2. Banners that say things like “White Power” hang from the ceiling.
3. The name of the group is the European-American Unity and Rights Organization.
4. The hotel hosting the event is ashamed.
5. No one actually cares about your tax stand.