- White supremacist incidents are on the rise across the US, with over 750 such incidents occurring since 2020, according to the Anti-Defamation League.
- The majority of these incidents have taken place in the last 18 months, with a 63% increase in 2023 compared to 2022.
- Experts attribute this trend to changing demographics, political turmoil, and social catalysts, which have created an environment that fuels hate groups.
- Small groups of masked men are chanting and waving swastika or white power flags in public, yelling racial slurs, and unfurling offensive banners over highways or posting racist fliers in communities.
- The normalization of hate in public and political discourse is creating an environment that fuels these groups, with many using social media to generate video clips and recruit new members.
- The growth in flash demonstrations can also be attributed to smaller groups opting to mount individual actions instead of coordinating with larger organizations.
Well, when our incoming president is amused with these antics and the police are sympathetic to their cause if not outright marching with them, and there are zero consequences for all of this, then yeah that’ll happen. Since our government won’t do a damn thing about them and almost actively encouraged them, it’s up to us, the people, to quell it when we see it.
So…we choose violence?
It’s one of the many options. Even the spooky scary black-bloc antifascists plastered in the news tend to favor non-violent tactics for various reasons, but there’s no point in writing off violence whenever it’s the most appropriate option. It works.
When a community has made neo-Nazis scared to reveal themselves in public, it limits their tactics and their effectiveness. Most of them stay at home if they know they’ll get hurt in public. A good case study is the '43 Group shutting down the British Union of Fascists.
At least just stand your ground with them, and if they choose violence it’s an open invitation to defend yourself.
The ADL is a hate group though.
Hate groups can also do honest statistics.
