That’s what it means to the proud boys, too.
Anyone who uses that sign, or any sign, to make an audience think of white supremacy, also very much means “white supremacy,” because it is supremacy they point toward, and supremacy they draw upon.
There’s no pretending. There’s no playing at genocide.
There’s no pretending. There’s no playing at genocide.
When the New York Republicans invite a gang of white supremacists to their club, that very much means white supremacy, too.
Yes, and when the president of the United States calls African country “shithole countries” and indicates that he’d rather have people from Scandinavia, that means white supremacy too.
And that’s also what it means when he amplifies Nazi and white supremacist memes, when he can’t quite bring himself to criticize Nazi demonstrators, when he hires white supremacists with ties to Nazi groups as advisers and speechwriters.
And that’s what it means when he calls gang members animals, and when he calls Mexicans rapists, and when he tells the police to be brutal,and when he says “build the wall.”
And that’s what it means, too, when all the people in the crowd laugh and clap and cheer and chant along.
And that’s what it means, too, when all the people in the crowd laugh and clap and cheer and chant along.
And that’s what it means, too, for all the people who don’t laugh and cheer and clap and chant along, but who nevertheless quietly support it, and quietly vote for it, and vaguely know that someday they should think about starting to give a shit, but never quite manage to.
