addressing in reverse
#63
You forcing a binary to it. There are no racists, or the racism is so strong they organized and marched.
I Fully believe there are racists in and around Charlottesville. I don't know there are enough that are so entrenched in the mindset to organize this, but with funding it becomes easier. Are there enough without it? Possibly. If SPLC did fund them though, then we really can't know for certain which it was.
I don't believe that any of them were there under a false flag though, If they were there they believed it.
The difference is the funding helping to pull them into a march/protest.
#61 What have Republicans done to end racism?
Off the cuff, nothing. But I also don't think the Democrats have either.
I feel the democrats have suffered from throwing gasoline on a fire under the guise of "well at least we are doing something". The democrats have absolutely taken actions that were said to be helping to reduce racism, I just think they succeeded in creating identity politics instead. Now everyone is in some sub group.
Racism will be beaten with unity not division. The democrats actions, imho, create more division. So while putting a lot of effort in, they have done nothing to help reduce racism.
If the republicans "do nothing" had been the only approach I think we would actually be in a better place. Those further Right and those further Left are not going to improve the state of racism, a neutral moderate mix of right and left leaning people with more in common if allowed to grow would be much more effective by just go existing with no "active" actions targeting racism.
#14
According to VesselFinder the Comfort is still in Mobile.
www.vesselfinder.com
And the Mercy is in Portland.
www.vesselfinder.com
And Greenland is still in the opposite direction of the North American continent from either ship. Until the map is redrawn by the magic Sharpie.