This is my nightmare.


I live in southern California, and work a professional-level job that requires a degree in social science. While there is racism around for sure, it's mostly of the indirect, institutional kind embedded in society, the type we do "trainings" to avoid (not that it isn't damaging to people of color, I'm just using this as a comparison on the probability of physical danger or property damage). So when I hear about "proud" white supremacists, for the most part I roll my eyes and think they're just about the most pathetic bunch of idiots out there.

This documentary scared the crap out of me - the fact that a group of violent extremists, some of them extremely well-spoken, even educated, and deliberately preying on the disenfranchised and offering a "reason" for all of their troubles adn a place to belong, is SCARY. All I could think, from the very first moment, was DON'T LET THEM IN, DON'T SELL THE LAND, TAKE IT OFF OF THE MARKET AND PUT A TENT ON IT, NIP IT IN THE BUD, DO ANY LEGAL THING YOU CAN TO MAKE SETTLING THERE UNATTRACTIVE!! Because once they had a foothold there, look what happened! Lunatics walking around with guns drawn, engaging in any and all behavior to provoke a rise (even discussing that poor family's murdered daughter).

If I had been the sole black man in town, I don't know that I would have stayed. I may have discovered exactly how cowardly I am (I prefer to think of it as "pragmatic," of course).

It just really drove home for me that these people ARE out there, committing violent acts, and must be monitored closely, even if for the most part all I see are some lame slack jaws in despicable slogan T-shirts more likely to inspire mockery than fear.
They're coming to get you, Barbara!

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While there is racism around for sure, it's mostly of the indirect, institutional kind embedded in society, the type we do "trainings" to avoid (not that it isn't damaging to people of color, I'm just using this as a comparison on the probability of physical danger or property damage). So when I hear about "proud" white supremacists, for the most part I roll my eyes and think they're just about the most pathetic bunch of idiots out there.

So basically you're saying covert racism is acceptable and open racism is unacceptable. Gotcha.

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Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying? Definitely don't read my entire comment, troll.

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No, you said, "there's racism there, sure..." as if it say it's something to shrug your shoulders at. You dismiss the racism in your area while make a big stink of the racism in Leith. That's what I got from your comment.

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Okay. The racism I am accustomed to dealing with is of the micro-aggression and micro-insult variety. It is absolutely not okay. However, it is of a more insidious and subtle variety than watching an armed man literally goose-stepping on the periphery of my property, shouting n***** and doing anything in his power (including influencing disenfranchised, felonious career criminals) to provoke violence against me. If you cannot see the difference between something that can be fought in civil court and, while serious, does not involve bodily harm and property damage, vs death threats and physical assault, then there's no point explaining it. Sorry if the "big stink" offends your delicate sensibilities, I can't tell if you're a histrionic social justice warrior ready to shout "trigger warning" or a racist committed to picking up on any perceived hypocrisy to fuel the flames of your hate.

They're coming to get you, Barbara!

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"micro-aggression and micro-insult variety. It is absolutely not okay" - Feminazi detected

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