Las Vegas White Supremacist Arrested After Threatening to Attack Synagogue, LGBTQ Bar

grasping the after wind said:

Yep it all starts with the need to find someone to blame.

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Some of them find that someone themselves... others are led to their scapegoats.

TLK Valentine said:

Some of them find that someone themselves... others are led to their scapegoats.

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...And some people have been wronged in some way, shape, or form, such that they can't tell the individuals who wronged them from the broader group they belong to.

TLK Valentine said:

Some of them find that someone themselves... others are led to their scapegoats.

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Agree.

Ironhold said:

...And some people have been wronged in some way, shape, or form, such that they can't tell the individuals who wronged them from the broader group they belong to.

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True... some of them are screwed up because they've been screwed over, as it were.

TLK Valentine said:

True... some of them are screwed up because they've been screwed over, as it were.

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EPA crew accidentally turns Animas River orange - CNN

In 2015, a crew the EPA hired to clean up a mining site inadvertently dumped a million gallons of contaminated water into a nearby river. This release affected waterways in Colorado and New Mexico, and caused a whole host of problems.

Imagine that you were someone somehow affected by this. Would you blame the crew who accidentally breached the natural dam that was holding it in, or would you be more likely to blame the government itself?

This is a pretty dramatic example, but still...

Ironhold said:

EPA crew accidentally turns Animas River orange - CNN

In 2015, a crew the EPA hired to clean up a mining site inadvertently dumped a million gallons of contaminated water into a nearby river. This release affected waterways in Colorado and New Mexico, and caused a whole host of problems.

Imagine that you were someone somehow affected by this. Would you blame the crew who accidentally breached the natural dam that was holding it in, or would you be more likely to blame the government itself?

This is a pretty dramatic example, but still...

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You might blame just the EPA... but it would be pretty easy to convince you that they're just a symptom of the bigger problem: the government.

Go Braves said:

Neo-Nazi charged with plot to bomb gay club, synagogue

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essentialsaltes said:

He is scheduled to be sentenced on May 14.

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He pled guilty to 1 charge and got 2 years, and is currently out on 3 years of parole.

No link because of language, but there's a good story from Politico entitled:
‘I mean you no harm’: From troubled teen to neo-Nazi foot soldier
How a global white supremacist movement is recruiting American teenagers.