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The people being arrested for vandalism, rioting and arson after the protests are not Black Lives Matter or âAntifa.â Report after report names Boogaloo & Proud Boys style white nationalists trying to scare white people onto their side and anarchists, who attach to any protest. https://twitter.com/revolt414/status/1299792738104246273
We in media need to be much more precise in how weâre talking about the legitimate, peaceful protests against police violence and the mostly nighttime vandalism and mayhem that no report Iâve seen has tied to BLM; while in multiple cities itâs the white nationalist right.
What would even be the point of Black Lives Matter committing mayhem?? The Black protesters among them are statistically more likely to be shot when police arrive, and they were polling well among white Americans. Use your logic. Who besides Trump benefits from any violence?
White nationalists in this country and in places like South Africa have long tried to woo ordinary white folks into their ranks using fear of Black violence and retribution, pushing people to cling to segregation, police violence and guns as self-protection.
If you and a bunch of your far right friends wanted white suburban women to be so scared of Angry Black Mobs that they would actually pull the lever for Trump again, how would you do it? Youâd need a Willie Horton. Black Lives Matter is Trumpâs Willie Horton.
David Duke, the former KKK grand wizard, played the same game (Crime! Taxes!) when he ran for Louisiana governor in 1991 (against the same-surname governor the current Louisiana gov, John Bel Edwardsâ father worked for). And he won 55% of the white vote. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-11-18-1991322072-story.html
As @timjacobwise who worked against Duke in that campaign will tell you, most Duke voters would likely swear they werenât racist â
they just liked the policies, and had Black friends! https://www.nola.com/300/article_e0a91c9b-122a-5150-8b78-81ffd66487bc.html
they just liked the policies, and had Black friends! https://www.nola.com/300/article_e0a91c9b-122a-5150-8b78-81ffd66487bc.html
And in 2016, with the rise of Trumpism and the latest khaki white nationalism called the âalt rightâ âDuke felt moved to try again. Thankfully with no greater success. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/05/488802494/former-kkk-leader-david-duke-says-of-course-trump-voters-are-his-voters
The point being, if you want white ppl who donât want to openly identify with white nationalists to side with them anyway and vote in what theyâre told is their urgent racial interest, perceived Black violence is the historic American go-to. Politicians go there because it works.
