Storytime. Far right/boogaloos encounters.

WintersBones said:

I just witnessed some far right boogaloo, right here in a small town in Canada of all places, rant to a City Council meeting and I needed to rant back somewhere as I was working at the time and couldn't speak out. Fucking Hawaiian aloha shirt and everything.
So, I've seen plenty of bigotry and regressive thinking around here, its not common but it happens, mostly out of ignorance and stereotyping I want to say, but definitely a few racists around. never seen anything like this. It was a bit of a shock that this guy was so bold and outspoken and outrageous, especially at a city council meeting broadcast on local tv. And I've seen some city council rants before. It's got me thinking, how bad is this? This guy used his public speaking time on downtown graffiti removal spending to rant about some sort of "Soros/Marxist/Negro" conspiracy to destroy society, which are of course tied to the recent BLM demonstrations somehow. I've never felt threatened by terrorism, or gangs, or druggies or protests but this stuff actually worries me. Its absolutely nuts. Recently we had that Qanon guy try to storm the PMs residence and there's a few other incidents involving far right people in the military and other hate crimes in Canada over the past few years. Hate crimes have been on the rise in general. These people are being radicalized, becoming extremists and I can't pretend this is just an American problem anymore, this is happening everywhere and feel it's barely being acknowledged still. This is our ISIS, and it's driving the divisiveness and violence in both the US and Canada, or am I am just overreacting? I guess I'll take solace they're exposing themselves and literary wearing some dumbass uniform now that they've appropriated and ruined. Fucking racist conspiracy nuts are the root of hatred and divisiveness in society today and ruin everything. How does anyone become so indoctrinated and fucked up? Sigh, sorry long rant.

What's the craziest thing you've seen at the local council or a public event?

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mysunnyboy said:

They used to hang people here for fun. Everyone brought picnics and the kids played.

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WintersBones said:

I just witnessed some far right boogaloo, right here in a small town in Canada of all places, rant to a City Council meeting and I needed to rant back somewhere as I was working at the time and couldn't speak out. Fucking Hawaiian aloha shirt and everything.
So, I've seen plenty of bigotry and regressive thinking around here, its not common but it happens, mostly out of ignorance and stereotyping I want to say, but definitely a few racists around. never seen anything like this. It was a bit of a shock that this guy was so bold and outspoken and outrageous, especially at a city council meeting broadcast on local tv. And I've seen some city council rants before. It's got me thinking, how bad is this? This guy used his public speaking time on downtown graffiti removal spending to rant about some sort of "Soros/Marxist/Negro" conspiracy to destroy society, which are of course tied to the recent BLM demonstrations somehow. I've never felt threatened by terrorism, or gangs, or druggies or protests but this stuff actually worries me. Its absolutely nuts. Recently we had that Qanon guy try to storm the PMs residence and there's a few other incidents involving far right people in the military and other hate crimes in Canada over the past few years. Hate crimes have been on the rise in general. These people are being radicalized, becoming extremists and I can't pretend this is just an American problem anymore, this is happening everywhere and feel it's barely being acknowledged still. This is our ISIS, and it's driving the divisiveness and violence in both the US and Canada, or am I am just overreacting? I guess I'll take solace they're exposing themselves and literary wearing some dumbass uniform now that they've appropriated and ruined. Fucking racist conspiracy nuts are the root of hatred and divisiveness in society today and ruin everything. How does anyone become so indoctrinated and fucked up? Sigh, sorry long rant.

What's the craziest thing you've seen at the local council or a public event?

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Sir Napsalot said:

Ultra-rightists worldwide are climbing out from under their rocks, thanks to Trumpism

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sarahJane211 said:

Would say it's more likely the cause is Liberals importing too many Jihadi's into a mainly white Christian society.
The best place for bigots/racists and any other extremists is in communities catering exclusively to their own kind.
Let them have their own 'safe places' and you enjoy your diversity in the big cities with your fellow liberals.

And before you have a go at me ........
I'm a white Buddhist Marxist, living in a completely Buddhist society and producing brown children with brown women.
If I started pulling down statues, and causing trouble for brown people around me, the police or army would shoot me in the head, and bury my body in an oil drum. There's ZERO tolerance for dissenters by the Military Junta ruling where I live, you keep your mouth shut and your head down, or you disappear.

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WintersBones said:

What's the craziest thing you've seen at the local council or a public event?

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sarahJane211 said:

Would say it's more likely the cause is Liberals importing too many Jihadi's into a mainly white Christian society.
The best place for bigots/racists and any other extremists is in communities catering exclusively to their own kind.
Let them have their own 'safe places' and you enjoy your diversity in the big cities with your fellow liberals.

And before you have a go at me ........
I'm a white Buddhist Marxist, living in a completely Buddhist society and producing brown children with brown women.
If I started pulling down statues, and causing trouble for brown people around me, the police or army would shoot me in the head, and bury my body in an oil drum. There's ZERO tolerance for dissenters by the Military Junta ruling where I live, you keep your mouth shut and your head down, or you disappear.

And before you claim I'm anti-Muslim ........
Not at all, growing a beard and getting up early for prayers isn't a problem to me.
I'd be OK having 3 wives, only having sex in wedlock, whipping fornicators, stoning adulterous women to death, and throwing homosexuals off the tops of buildings. Muslims have a lot of good ideas.

I can fit in anywhere, and with anyone, given the chance.

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Sir Napsalot said:

Ultra-rightists worldwide are climbing out from under their rocks, thanks to Trumpism

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sarahJane211 said:

Would say it's more likely the cause is Liberals importing too many Jihadi's into a mainly white Christian society.
The best place for bigots/racists and any other extremists is in communities catering exclusively to their own kind.
Let them have their own 'safe places' and you enjoy your diversity in the big cities with your fellow liberals

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Skewbong said:

Great rant @WintersBones. There are so many independent minds in rural north America, which make up their own minds on what's right, and they're strong conservatives. Many are educated, many more are not. Its scary.

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sarahJane211 said:

Would say it's more likely the cause is Liberals importing too many Jihadi's into a mainly white Christian society.
The best place for bigots/racists and any other extremists is in communities catering exclusively to their own kind.
Let them have their own 'safe places' and you enjoy your diversity in the big cities with your fellow liberals.

And before you have a go at me ........
I'm a white Buddhist Marxist, living in a completely Buddhist society and producing brown children with brown women.
If I started pulling down statues, and causing trouble for brown people around me, the police or army would shoot me in the head, and bury my body in an oil drum. There's ZERO tolerance for dissenters by the Military Junta ruling where I live, you keep your mouth shut and your head down, or you disappear.

And before you claim I'm anti-Muslim ........
Not at all, growing a beard and getting up early for prayers isn't a problem to me.
I'd be OK having 3 wives, only having sex in wedlock, whipping fornicators, stoning adulterous women to death, and throwing homosexuals off the tops of buildings. Muslims have a lot of good ideas.

I can fit in anywhere, and with anyone, given the chance.

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WintersBones said:

I just witnessed some far right boogaloo, right here in a small town in Canada of all places, rant to a City Council meeting and I needed to rant back somewhere as I was working at the time and couldn't speak out. Fucking Hawaiian aloha shirt and everything.
So, I've seen plenty of bigotry and regressive thinking around here, its not common but it happens, mostly out of ignorance and stereotyping I want to say, but definitely a few racists around. never seen anything like this. It was a bit of a shock that this guy was so bold and outspoken and outrageous, especially at a city council meeting broadcast on local tv. And I've seen some city council rants before. It's got me thinking, how bad is this? This guy used his public speaking time on downtown graffiti removal spending to rant about some sort of "Soros/Marxist/Negro" conspiracy to destroy society, which are of course tied to the recent BLM demonstrations somehow. I've never felt threatened by terrorism, or gangs, or druggies or protests but this stuff actually worries me. Its absolutely nuts. Recently we had that Qanon guy try to storm the PMs residence and there's a few other incidents involving far right people in the military and other hate crimes in Canada over the past few years. Hate crimes have been on the rise in general. These people are being radicalized, becoming extremists and I can't pretend this is just an American problem anymore, this is happening everywhere and feel it's barely being acknowledged still. This is our ISIS, and it's driving the divisiveness and violence in both the US and Canada, or am I am just overreacting? I guess I'll take solace they're exposing themselves and literary wearing some dumbass uniform now that they've appropriated and ruined. Fucking racist conspiracy nuts are the root of hatred and divisiveness in society today and ruin everything. How does anyone become so indoctrinated and fucked up? Sigh, sorry long rant.

What's the craziest thing you've seen at the local council or a public event?

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WintersBones said:

I guess I'm realizing the front line is everywhere. Gladly this guy was basically laughed out of the room.


Lots to unpacked in your post. But I'm going to focus on this. You think the far right backlash is tied specifically to repatriating foreign fighters / jihadis? To which i would consider is a constitutional issue, not a Liberal issue at all. I'd argue this is far simpler, that regressive small minded conservatives with narrow world views are getting upset their narrow world views are being challenged more and more and society is simply becoming more progressive and open minded. They are steeped in conspiracy in order to rationalize their nonsense and misguided sense of superiority and are radicalizing themselves not unlike like some jihadis who gather in some remote desert.

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WintersBones said:

I just witnessed some far right boogaloo, right here in a small town in Canada of all places, rant to a City Council meeting and I needed to rant back somewhere as I was working at the time and couldn't speak out. Fucking Hawaiian aloha shirt and everything.
So, I've seen plenty of bigotry and regressive thinking around here, its not common but it happens, mostly out of ignorance and stereotyping I want to say, but definitely a few racists around. never seen anything like this. It was a bit of a shock that this guy was so bold and outspoken and outrageous, especially at a city council meeting broadcast on local tv. And I've seen some city council rants before. It's got me thinking, how bad is this? This guy used his public speaking time on downtown graffiti removal spending to rant about some sort of "Soros/Marxist/Negro" conspiracy to destroy society, which are of course tied to the recent BLM demonstrations somehow. I've never felt threatened by terrorism, or gangs, or druggies or protests but this stuff actually worries me. Its absolutely nuts. Recently we had that Qanon guy try to storm the PMs residence and there's a few other incidents involving far right people in the military and other hate crimes in Canada over the past few years. Hate crimes have been on the rise in general. These people are being radicalized, becoming extremists and I can't pretend this is just an American problem anymore, this is happening everywhere and feel it's barely being acknowledged still. This is our ISIS, and it's driving the divisiveness and violence in both the US and Canada, or am I am just overreacting? I guess I'll take solace they're exposing themselves and literary wearing some dumbass uniform now that they've appropriated and ruined. Fucking racist conspiracy nuts are the root of hatred and divisiveness in society today and ruin everything. How does anyone become so indoctrinated and fucked up? Sigh, sorry long rant.

What's the craziest thing you've seen at the local council or a public event?

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sarahJane211 said:

Would say it's more likely the cause is Liberals importing too many Jihadi's into a mainly white Christian society.
The best place for bigots/racists and any other extremists is in communities catering exclusively to their own kind.
Let them have their own 'safe places' and you enjoy your diversity in the big cities with your fellow liberals.

And before you have a go at me ........
I'm a white Buddhist Marxist, living in a completely Buddhist society and producing brown children with brown women.
If I started pulling down statues, and causing trouble for brown people around me, the police or army would shoot me in the head, and bury my body in an oil drum. There's ZERO tolerance for dissenters by the Military Junta ruling where I live, you keep your mouth shut and your head down, or you disappear.

And before you claim I'm anti-Muslim ........
Not at all, growing a beard and getting up early for prayers isn't a problem to me.
I'd be OK having 3 wives, only having sex in wedlock, whipping fornicators, stoning adulterous women to death, and throwing homosexuals off the tops of buildings. Muslims have a lot of good ideas.

I can fit in anywhere, and with anyone, given the chance.

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