I Don’t Speak German, Episode 4 – Unite the Right, the Aftermath
In this episode, Daniel tells me about the aftermath of the disastrous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville 2017 (which we talked about last time). We also get a tad more theoretical about some of the reasons for some of the behaviour of the so-called ‘alt-right’, and chat about some related issues such as the recent controversy concerning the Covington MAGA kids.
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NOTES
Jason Kessler disrupted by his father.
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Covington Catholic Students confrontation full video (confrontation starts at ~1:13:00)
Robby Soave at Reason on Covington Catholic Kids
Jason Wilson at the Guardian on Covington Catholic Kids
Laura Wagner at Deadspin on Covington Catholic Kids
GQ “Scared White Supremacist Takes Off His Uniform.”
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League of the South signs consent decree, will not return to Charlottesville. March 2018.
“The decree specifically names the League of the South, its directors, officers, members and agents, national League of the South chairman Michael Tubbs and Kentucky chapter chairman Spencer Borum. These parties are blocked from “returning to Charlottesville, Virginia, as part of a unit of two or more persons acting in concert while armed with a firearm, weapon, shield, or any item whose purpose is to inflict bodily harm to any demonstration, rally, protest, or march,” on threat of court-ordered punishment.”
Jacob Goodwin and Alex Ramos sentenced for attack on Deandre Harris.
Daniel Borden sentenced for attack on Deandre Harris
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Jason Kessler tweets about Heather Heyer
“”Heather Heyer was a fat, disgusting Communist,” stated the tweet on an account belonging to Jason Kessler. “Communists have killed 94 million. Looks like it was payback time.” “
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Cloudflare boots Daily Stormer August 16, 2017
Twitter bans Nazis December 18, 2017.
Major sites ban Alex Jones and Infowars September 2018.
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“Rise Above Movement” (RAM) members arrested. October 2018.
Tom Brokaw “Brown Grandbabies.”
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Also, here’s the famous Vice documentary ‘Charlottesville: Race and Terror‘, which we refer to.
February 5, 2019 @ 11:43 am
While I can’t honestly say I’ve been enjoying these podcasts, they have certainly been fascinating, and helpful to me personally. I still find the people under discussion extremely scary, but somehow pointing out their disharmony and the almost farcical nature of their behaviour takes the edge off it. This allows room for some actual thinking about how to deal with them rather than just feeling like running away and hiding under the bed.
I’m glad you mentioned Shaun. My son (who is more politically active than I will ever be) introduced me to his videos on YouTube last year, starting with the one about Unite the Right, and up until now that had been the source of almost everything I know about this stuff.
I am almost a week behind because I have to be in a strong enough place emotionally to be able to pay attention to what you are saying each episode. My thanks to both of you, but particularly Daniel for spending so much time wading through sewage so others don’t have to.
February 6, 2019 @ 5:02 pm
Thanks for listening, and for your words.