Ok so here's the thing. I can personally only go by what I read and what the "climate" feels like. I personally have had no issues with red hats or whatever we want to call them nor have I had any dealings with black nationalists and the like. Things have been pretty status quo for me other than the obvious media shit.
So I just happen to see that article I posted. Yes, it talks about reported crime and not convictions so obviously taken with a grain of salt there but it's incredibly disturbing to dismiss summarily. Like fake news or not I can't help but see that there is some truth to this culture war idea and that of course there will be spill over.
OK then to 85s point, I'm sure it comes from both ends. It's clear in the digital age we insulate ourselves more and more in echo chambers and that leads to unrest when actually forced to face the other side in the real world. So I just looked up rise of hate groups to get a better idea of WHO.
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The most significant growth was in the number of white nationalist organizations, up from 100 in 2017 to 148 in 2018, said Beirich, who wrote the report. It marks a resurgence in the aftermath of the massive rally in 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia, that focused attention on the movement. "Much of the energy on the radical right this year was concentrated in the white supremacist milieu," the report says. "After a lull that followed the violence in Charlottesville, which brought criminal charges and civil suits that temporarily dampened the radical right's activism and organizing, newer groups gathered momentum."
Hate group count hits 20-year high amid rise in white supremacy, report says
OK so wtf is it? Is the FBI and the SPLC data wrong? Partly true? People hate the SPLC so what do I do with this... Just dismiss it? Well then WHERE CAN I GET THE TRUTH FROM?
This is getting really fuking dangerous when you have large groups of people just dismiss shit bc of "fake news" .
It's frustrating. Things feel different. You read articles that point to that feeling They're doubted by half the populace bc they don't want to be lumped in even though they're reasonable people. We get nowhere.