Group flying Swastika flag holds demonstration over St. Louis-area interstate

[rambot]

Experience has taught me that ridicule only makes them dig in more. It’s the whole “bad attention is better than no attention” scenario. They think people ridicule them out of fear and that justifies the prejudice. It never dawns on them they’re being ridiculed because they are, in fact, ridiculous. The self-awareness required for such a realization is just not there.

There is also the whole "group think" thing. When they are REJECTED as an individual, then they are still part of that whole. And when they are rejected as a group? Man...the oxytocin rush of feeling they belong...finally. Never feeling a sense of true belonging with anyone until you have to be racist to feel it.


It seems so sad.

 

[Tropical Wilds]

Well this thread took *quite* the interesting turn. Thank goodness for quoted posts .

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Nazis flying flags while protesting on a bridge - I don't suppose Jake and Elwood were nearby?

 

[essentialsaltes]

A group of people gathered at an overpass to display positive messages Monday morning in west St. Louis County. This comes days after a group of neo-Nazis displayed disturbing messages at the same overpass.

 

[rjs330]

Why hide their identities? Are they ashamed of themselves?

I suppose it's rhe same reason Antifa, and Pro-Palestinian people do.it.

 

[rjs330]

Were they blocking traffic. If so, they should have been arrested.

 

[Landon Caeli]

A group of people gathered at an overpass to display positive messages Monday morning in west St. Louis County. This comes days after a group of neo-Nazis displayed disturbing messages at the same overpass.

The neo-nazi's were peaceful too.

...And as we all know, a protest only needs to be "mostly" peaceful to get a passing grade these days.

 

[Landon Caeli]

There is also the whole "group think" thing. When they are REJECTED as an individual, then they are still part of that whole. And when they are rejected as a group? Man...the oxytocin rush of feeling they belong...finally. Never feeling a sense of true belonging with anyone until you have to be racist to feel it.


It seems so sad.

Everyone deserves to feel some sense of belonging.... In the meantime, we have forces chipping away at Christian identity and nationalism. What do you suppose will be left as far as identity? This is a philosophical question.

 

[rambot]

Everyone deserves to feel some sense of belonging.... In the meantime, we have forces chipping away at Christian identity and nationalism. What do you suppose will be left as far as identity? This is a philosophical question.

If those are your only two identities then I'd guess you'd be in trouble.

 

[Whyayeman]

Everyone deserves to feel some sense of belonging.... In the meantime, we have forces chipping away at Christian identity and nationalism.

It is as well to remember that National Socialism inculcated a sense of belonging by explicitly excluding, Jews, Slavs (the untermensch), blacks, gypsies, the disabled and the people they described as feeble-minded. It is this kind of 'inclusion' that the Neo-Nazis parading through your streets represent.

 

[Pommer]

The neo-nazi's were peaceful too.

...And as we all know, a protest only needs to be "mostly" peaceful to get a passing grade these days.

Are we allowed to find the political philosophy of neo-Nazis reprehensible even if they espouse their views “peacefully”?

 

[Whyayeman]

Are we allowed to find the political philosophy of neo-Nazis reprehensible even if they espouse their views “peacefully”?

There have been many Neo-Nazi 'parades' in the UK. they always carried the threat of violence and often the reality.

Their choice of where to march is often a clue. City areas with a high immigrant population is the general rule. Their slogans, displayed on placards and often shouted at passers-by are aggressive and provocative. There is nothing peaceful about the marches or their participants.

I doubt if American Nazis are much different.

 

[Whyayeman]

What do you suppose will be left as far as identity? This is a philosophical question.

A patriot is not a nationalist. Identifying as an American patriot is not achieved by carrying a swastika. In my view it is a repudiation of the values of the country and the nation.