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Rebranding Hate in the Age of Obama

With an African-American president and the economy in bad shape, extremist groups are trying to enter the mainstream—and they're having some success.

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  • Posted By: ethnicprideisgood @ 09/22/2009 11:52:48 AM

    we are not crazy and we are fed up with being treated like crap. it is obvious that black groups will not accept us, so we band together. our race is our pride! why can't I attend a college of all whites if I want to? I am really sick of blacks hitting on me!
    White Pride World Wide!

    • Posted By: sntmikel @ 10/02/2009 4:23:16 PM

      If RACE is your pride then be PROUD OF BEING HUMAN!

  • Posted By: sntmikel @ 10/02/2009 4:19:25 PM

    I knew this would happen! Hate groups are the LEAST educated people on the planet!

  • Posted By: sntmikel @ 10/02/2009 4:18:18 PM

    I knew that would happen, hate groups are the LEAST educated people on the planet!

  • Posted By: rgproud @ 07/22/2009 12:36:50 PM

    As a white woman who's FED UP, let me assure you it's not about hating people of other races, religions, or beliefs - what it IS about is being proud to be white and intolerance of those who are trying to turn our country (which, I might add, was founded by WHITE CHRISTIANS) into a country which only caters to Mexicans and 'African Americans' and where White people have no voice. I have no problem with people coming into this country, embracing our rules, BECOMING Americans and LEGAL members of our society. What I do have a problem with are ILLEGALS coming into our country, flying their Mexican flags, committing crimes, being deported just to come and do it again - and then those insisting on calling themselves 'African Americans' (why not just Americans? I don't go around calling myself a 'White American'...). And how about those ILLEGALS taking advantage of our welfare, medi-care and social security systems and THEN demanding everyone be 'FAIR' to them - equal rights, Spanish only TV channels, having to choose between Spanish and English no matter where you call. Or my favorite one now - unable to find a job unless you're Bilingual??!! Or how about Black Entertainment TV, Blacks only colleges, Ebony Magazine, etc., etc.. Tell me what would happen if whites demanded White Entertainment TV - or White only colleges...we'd be sued, called racists and have the ACLU jumping up and down on our heads.....these are the REAL issues at hand and why white supremacist groups are racing to the fore-front to try to recruit people just like me. Yes some of them are radicals in their beliefs but aren't there radical Blacks, Mexicans, Islams, Conservatives and Liberals? Doesn't mean we're all going to go join one of these groups. Why is it SO bad to be proud to be white?????? And why do people insist that you're a racist if you are?

    • Posted By: derrickstevens123 @ 07/28/2009 8:24:21 PM

      -response to rgproud-First, white people were the founders of this country but they did not build the country on their on african americans played a MAJOR role in that ,that may be the reason why 1000's of white people died for black people to be freed . Second their is no such thing as a only black colleage anyone of any race can go to those colleages . Unlike the 40's,50's and 60's were there where thing such as only white schools only white store's , only white BATHROOM'S . Third white people have the largest voice in this country their 70% of the population what are you talking about black voice's are only the loudest when they scream otherwise there not heard to often .Fourth I not going to critize your relegion, but one point is jesus never spoke of race NEVER.

    • Posted By: Ayibobo12 @ 07/28/2009 7:36:55 PM

      If your great grand parents were not racist after Reconstruction 1865-1877, maybe we will live in equality today. Well this is what happens when your grand parents enjoy racism, you as a white end up suffering for their ignorance. Well it sucks and life is a bitch, DEAL WITH IT.

    • Posted By: Ayibobo12 @ 07/28/2009 7:36:06 PM

      If your great grand parents were not racist after Reconstruction, maybe we will live in equality today. Well this is what happens when your grand parents enjoy racism, you as a white end up suffering for their ignorance. Well it sucks and life is a bitch, DEAL WITH IT.

  • Posted By: derrickstevens123 @ 07/28/2009 8:23:20 PM

    -response to rgproud-First, white people were the founders of this country but they did not build the country on their on african americans played a MAJOR role in that ,that may be the reason why 1000's of white people died for black people to be freed . Second their is no such thing as a only black colleage anyone of any race can go to those colleages . Unlike the 40's,50's and 60's were there where thing such as only white schools only white store's , only white BATHROOM'S . Third white people have the largest voice in this country their 70% of the population what are you talking about black voice's are only the loudest when they scream otherwise there not heard to often .Fourth I not going to critize your relegion, but one point is jesus never spoke of race NEVER.

  • Posted By: derrickstevens123 @ 07/28/2009 8:22:13 PM

    -response to rgproud-First, white people were the founders of this country but they did not build the country on their on african americans played a MAJOR role in that ,that may be the reason why 1000's of white people died for black people to be freed . Second their is no such thing as a only black colleage anyone of any race can go to those colleages . Unlike the 40's,50's and 60's were there where thing such as only white schools only white store's , only white BATHROOM'S . Third white people have the largest voice in this country their 70% of the population what are you talking about black voice's are only the loudest when they scream otherwise there not heard to often .Fourth I not going to critize your relegion, but one point is jesus never spoke of race NEVER.

  • Posted By: jetgeorge @ 07/28/2009 7:44:47 PM

    rgproud, you are crazy! This country was stolen from the Native Americans by white crooks. And is still being run into the ground by whte crooks. You must not know your history. Blacks have never been catered to in this land. We have been treated like dogs since being forcilbly brought here 400 years ago. Blacks died horrible deaths to make this a land YOU can be proud to call home. How dare you disrepect my people when you donot even know our history? Christians...? you dont know the meaning of that word. True Christians who truly follow Jesus Christ, could not, and would not be racist or judgemental.. SO, YOU CAN STOP YOUR SILLY TALK ABOUT WHITE CHRISTIANS. There is no such thing as a White Christian in the BIBLE, you are either a Christian or you are not a Christian. SATAN cannot have it both ways.

  • Posted By: jetgeorge @ 07/28/2009 7:39:13 PM

    Go back to their home countries? Then Mr. Robb, that would mean that you and your followers would be boarding ships and planes to head to Europe, correct? You and your so-called "White brothers" have no more rights to this land than today's illegal immigrant. Your fore-fathers came to this land and stole it from under the Native Americans who had beat you to it by a thousand years. Blacks are always getting the shaft when it comes to this topic. Mainly, because, most blacks ancestors did not come to this land voluntarily...THEY WERE BROUGHT HERE BY FORCE. And to top it off, were forced into slavery to work, toil and die in order to build this country for your lazy fore-fathers. How dare you hipocrites continue to insist that the Black man go back to Africa? Why not you pack and go back to the White-European lands that your fathers sailed from? You do not have any rightful claim to this part of the world either. This land is not your birthplace. So, learn to love all of God's children because if an asteroid it this Earth, then, we all would be in for a GREAT DISASTROUS GATHERING. Because none of us were born special as to be able to escape. So, let's learn to love and live on this planet together. Nobody is more important or better than the next man. Regardless of his current situation.

  • Posted By: lanaone @ 06/02/2009 9:49:23 PM

    I would wipe the KKK off the planet as well as islamic terrorists. But as an australian, why do you always call Obama an African-American? He is half white, perhaps its because he is more popular to black voters? When he is talking to arabs, he is of muslim heritage, whites, his mother was white, black, proud african american. Call me cynical but when are you Americans going to open your eyes and see where this man is leading your country.

    • Posted By: Dixiecrat @ 07/28/2009 7:33:10 PM

      Out of the mouths of babes....

    • Posted By: Keepinguponfacts123 @ 06/29/2009 8:11:40 PM

      Exactly where would that be?

  • Posted By: DL13 @ 07/14/2009 12:18:01 AM

    I don't deny that there may possibly be fringe groups on the left or right that would possibly resort to violent means to eliminate people in power that they disagree with. Things like this have been going on for as long as we have recorded history. With the current hard times, more people passionately dis-liking our President than passionately liking him and more and more people feeling like they have been disenfranchised by the news media and elected officials, (which should be protecting all of us, and are not), the very low approval ratings of our Congress, it is understandable to at least understand some of their concerns. This is the result of partisan politics and win-at-all-costs attitude of the people that we elect to run our country, who have played upon our differences instead of our strengths. Shame, Shame, Shame...

  • Posted By: johnz911 @ 07/12/2009 4:29:54 PM

    Eve Conant maybe you should interview Rev Wright. The hate church that Obama attended for 20 years!

  • Posted By: therealdealsince1982@yahoo.com @ 07/10/2009 1:59:55 PM

    This is old news. The hate groups have always printed their own normal newspaper that only steers people into hatred and bigotry little by little. I should know, I almost got drawn into one of those hate groups. The National Aryan Nation of something something...

    Anyways I think one of the reasons why hate gouprs are popular NOW is because most other media outlets serves the need of the oilmen, the government and special interests. No media tells the truth anymore. Truth in reporting is Dead. This leads to the distrust of NORMAL media outlets.

    Americans would rather listen to the "straight talk"(mixed with some distorted truths) of the hate groups rather than the outright lies and distortions of major media sources. I am just sick of distorted truths and misreportings by MAJOR media. You keep making new lows in the standards of reporting.

  • Posted By: christianNgene @ 07/10/2009 9:54:47 AM

    Racism is bad, but the so-called renaissance of KK mainstream interest in mainstream US politics, maybe a wake up call for such ignorant Black American leaders who use fabricated historical propaganda about Soweto, Mandela, Tutu etc to justify the fact that a whose black led racism is taking place in South Africa, had presided over a multi-national genocide May last year with the added cruelty of the possibility that the entire poor masses of South Africa may be wiped out by crime, debts, hypocritical crime fighting, and Afro-centric self hatred while the so-called icons of humanness, morally flawed justice system , fake human rights actors and dubious recompilation HEROES of black America sit on their hands with the their toes in their mouths. The big wake up call is for those black American hypocrite leaders who benefit themselves economically from the unjust, evil and cruel opportunities that black racism had created herein South Africa at the cost of the blood of the innocent dead and disadvantaged poor. We say no to racism anywhere in the world from USA to South Africa.

  • Posted By: mcgreen @ 07/09/2009 8:16:49 PM

    the angry people have come out of the wood work - their blog commentary here in Tampa Florida often slides into the shocking. people in my generation know things have changed since we were young - but not really much at all for some people unfortunately.

  • Posted By: MichaelX @ 06/11/2009 4:31:01 PM

    Why are all "blacks" suddenly a "Nation of Islam"? Who really hates who? When thing go wrong for the "black" man, they riot and loot, and destroy, much of their own, with impunity. Now, even "mexicans" do it, and say screw you to the law, while trying to corrupt it to what they want. No wonder white people are getting pissed off!
    So called "minorities" getting in-your-face-we will change the rules to suit us, is the problem. No unity there! Where's the "lets all get along" idea now? You, the black, the brown, the yellow, the whatever, are the ones doing this and causing it just to further your agendas. Obama will go down in history as the worst, and stupidest POTUS ever.

    • Posted By: Keepinguponfacts123 @ 06/29/2009 8:07:19 PM

      History will tell. Will W. Bush beat him? Only time will tell. And as long as whites think they are superior to all others there will be hate crimes.

      • Posted By: Newsweekbhg @ 07/04/2009 9:51:14 PM

        I let my son read posts like these to see just how racist the average white person is so that he does not go through life blind.

  • Posted By: Conservative Guy @ 04/28/2009 7:11:51 PM

    And where do the liberal haters fit into this grand scheme? You know: the ones that hate conservatives, hate George Bush, hate traditional morality, hate Christians, hate free speech when exercised by those they do not agree with, hate talk radio, and hate me before they even meet me. And who is more likely to be violent when confronted with those they do not agree with? I don't remember seeing any conservatives among the "demonstrators" at the G20 and other events.

    • Posted By: Keepinguponfacts123 @ 06/29/2009 8:17:51 PM

      "Traditional morality" You are not going there. Republicans are the LEAST moral of all the politians.

      • Posted By: brydges @ 07/01/2009 1:28:28 PM

        That doesn't address his point that liberals are more likely to be violent and hateful.

    • Posted By: hemnebob @ 05/21/2009 12:00:20 PM

      i think what you state about liberals is really a comment on yourself.
      i have both conservative and liberal ideals but don't hate anyone. i do get disgusted at the actions
      of the republican party and cannot condone some of the policies that they believe will help
      this great country. you can believe all that you want and i wouldn't take away your right to believe
      that you are right in what you believe but dear, you have to understand if possible, that you cannot
      do that to everyone else. the hatred and prejudice in out country is a cancer of humanity.
      you might not agree but i respect your liberty to believe that...the difference between my
      standards and yours is that you want to force people to think that you are right and i am wrong
      and that is not only illogical but irrational to think of controlling people like that.

    • Posted By: YOUSOCRAZY @ 04/29/2009 3:03:06 PM

      Very good point. I always vote democratic but am truely an independent, however I have noticed that the far left is by far the least tolerant of all definable groups. They extreme liberal seems the least willing to listen or see any other concept but what has their moral compass reeling, which would be the impedous for always voting by emotion!

      • Posted By: jh35180 @ 04/29/2009 3:39:51 PM

        These are both excellent points. There are many fine liberals who are not militant leftists. For instance, Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania strikes me as a truly tolerant and progressive person who is open minded and will listen to opposing views. It is the moveon.org, Huffington Post, Daily Kos, Jeane Garofolo, Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Sean Penn, Barney Frank types who are militant and intolerant.

        • Posted By: Nor-Cal for Obama @ 04/29/2009 5:40:55 PM

          "Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Sean Penn, Barney Frank types who are militant and intolerant. "

          What bs! The problem with you is your attempting to define and label those with voice.

          • Posted By: concerned liberal @ 05/18/2009 9:42:13 AM

            Posted By: Nor-Cal for Obama @ 04/29/2009 5:40:55 PM
            "Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Sean Penn, Barney Frank types who are militant and intolerant. "

            What bs! The problem with you is your attempting to define and label those with voice.

            Which would be a problem? Unless "defining Fox News, Hannity, Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly", right?

        • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/29/2009 6:29:50 PM

          But Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Glenn Beck are just fine, right?

        • Posted By: YOUSOCRAZY @ 04/29/2009 3:43:04 PM

          Thanks, I will check him out.

    • Posted By: coraltown @ 04/28/2009 7:58:33 PM

      "And who is more likely to be violent when confronted with those they do not agree with?"

      answer= Lunatic fringe elements who listen to Rush and belong to the NRA.

      • Posted By: MissDarlene @ 05/10/2009 12:33:13 PM

        Fringe groups don't listen to Rush. Rush is mediocre. By the way, what is your definition of a fringe group?

      • Posted By: jh35180 @ 04/29/2009 3:41:12 PM

        Throw in Bill Maher. Maher is a hateful extremist.

        • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/29/2009 6:30:17 PM

          Yep. Maher is an unfunny jackass.

        • Posted By: YOUSOCRAZY @ 04/29/2009 4:08:12 PM

          True again.

    • Posted By: Vigilance @ 04/29/2009 6:36:27 PM

      The teabaggers and anticapitalists can all have a big stadium as far as I'm concerned. Let them duke it out. No guns.

    • Posted By: Osama Bin Login @ 04/29/2009 2:33:42 PM

      "And who is more likely to be violent when confronted with those they do not agree with? "

      Historically? The Klansman.

  • Posted By: Minerva Rouge @ 06/30/2009 5:54:47 PM

    So let me get this straight.... you can be proud of your race unless you are white. Because if you are white and proud of your race then you are obviously racist. Well I'm so glad that was cleared up for me. Honestly people, YES there are hate groups out there that say some very nasty things but not all of them are white power groups. Hate and ignorance comes in all colors, shapes and sizes.
    I guess what I am trying to point out here is that being white and proud is not a crime and is most definetly NOT racist. It becomes racism when you can't respect the other races around you. I am quite proud of my white heritage and I see nothing wrong with that. Just like I see nothing wrong with someone of a different race being proud of THEIR heritage.
    I was very dissapointed at the qliche "left wing" angle taken in this article. You had to only mention WHITE hate groups? Well maybe I think THAT is racist.

    Oh, and Keepinguponfacts123, you are being hypocritical to your name with your last statement. Do you mean to tell me that you truely believe that all democrats are heros and all republicans are evil villans tying pretty ladies to train tracks? WEAK. Wake up and smell the BS propaganda. Scumbags don't rest on just one side of the party lines.

  • Posted By: Minerva Rouge @ 06/30/2009 5:43:29 PM

    So let me get this straight.... being proud of your race is okay unless you are white... because then you are racist. Well I'm glad that was cleared up for me.
    And keepinguponfacts123... you made your name sound quite hypocritical. ALL politicans are scum bags. Please don't tell me you are really nieve enough to think that all democrats are superheros and all republicans are evil villans tying pretty women to train tracks. WEAK.

  • Posted By: MichaelX @ 05/29/2009 9:53:47 AM

    Can you blame us? {real Americans} Just having a president that is " African-American" is a slap in the face.
    Hey, "ethnics" shove it! You are here, so you are first, and formost "Americans" before your presumed "heritage".
    You dont like it? go to your "land of origin" and try the stuff you do here. We have allowed too much, and that is going to stop.

    • Posted By: Keepinguponfacts123 @ 06/29/2009 8:13:37 PM

      What is this "we" crap, got a mouse in your pocket. You didn't do anything!

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