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    Archaeyopterix MajorusAngela Helm
    8/12/17 2:15pm

    Uh oh, breaking, a car plowed into a crowd of protesters; let’s hope it was a car vs alt-right situation and we have some flat Nazis. That would be good for all of us. Fuck these inhuman scum-fucks!

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      MalcireArchaeyopterix Majorus
      8/12/17 2:46pm

      Nope other way around. Car hit a bunch of counter-protestors.

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      Raineyb1013Archaeyopterix Majorus
      8/12/17 2:48pm

      It is my understanding it was counter protesters who the car hit.

      You know how much those fucking Republicans like the idea of running people over. (So much so that they tried to pass laws making it legal.)

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    SkitchAngela Helm
    8/12/17 4:40pm

    The Splinter version of this update includes video footage of the moment the car hit the crowd from two different angles. I am shaking after watching the videos. I’m glad The Root update does not include them.

    Angela (and others), after the dust settles, I would love a piece on how people who don’t live in the area can help. There are crowdfunding posts popping up online already, but I don’t trust anything that hasn’t been vetted yet. I trust you guys.

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      Terry DoolittleSkitch
      8/12/17 5:44pm

      Seconding this. Vetted links to places to donate for medical care/legal defense would be much appreciated!

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      ZabellaSkitch
      8/12/17 5:51pm

      Sara Benincasa put together a list of local groups that could use outside funding.

      https://medium.com/@SaraJBenincasa/what-to-do-about-charlottesville-dfc7d6636d56

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    Vanguard KnightAngela Helm
    8/12/17 1:40pm

    Wasn’t Trump threatening North Korea and Venezuela this week?

    America has been defined by violence since it’s inception.

    Oh wait his vague statement was probably referring to violence that affects white people.

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      teamrobot2001Vanguard Knight
      8/12/17 2:00pm

      He had to insinuate the moral equivalence between the Nazis and the counter-protesters to placate whites who are only uncomfortable with overt racism.

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    IniquityDenMotherAngela Helm
    8/12/17 1:42pm

    So is that Trump tweet about C’Ville, or is it finally a response about the Minnesota Mosque bombing? Or is he using it for both in some sort of vague fucktwitter spasm? (twitter fuckspasm? fucking twitterspasm?)

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      BIMming ItIniquityDenMother
      8/12/17 3:00pm

      It’s generic bullshit, like everything else he spews.

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      MisterPigginsIniquityDenMother
      8/12/17 5:03pm

      It’s meaningless?

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    poo javelinAngela Helm
    8/12/17 1:43pm
    There is no place for this kind of violence in America.

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      PonyBoyMF, redacted for pleasurepoo javelin
      8/12/17 1:51pm

      except at my rallies

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      poo javelinPonyBoyMF, redacted for pleasure
      8/12/17 1:59pm

      He has the best violence…

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    Rooo sez BISH PLZAngela Helm
    8/12/17 2:38pm

    News We’re NOT Hearing: That C-ville’s Confederate Statues Decimated Communities of Color, *And* That This Klan Rally (With Torches) Happened the Same Week A White House SpokesBox Said We Should Stop Criticizing White Supremacists

     

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    Not Enough Day DrinkingAngela Helm
    8/12/17 4:15pm

    Of the 85 violent extremist incidents that resulted in death since September 12, 2001, far right wing violent extremist groups were responsible for 62 (73 percent) while radical Islamist violent extremists were responsible for 23 (27 percent).

    http://www.gao.gov/assets/690/683984.pdf

    We examined news coverage from LexisNexis Academic and CNN.com for all terrorist attacks in the United States between 2011 and 2015. Controlling for target type, fatalities, and being arrested, attacks by Muslim perpetrators received, on average, 449% more coverage than other attacks. Given the disproportionate quantity of news coverage for these attacks, it is no wonder that people are afraid of the Muslim terrorist. More representative media coverage could help to bring public perception of terrorism in line with reality.

    https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2928138

    But yeah, the Trump administration wanted to stop looking at 73% of terrorism and focus on the 27%

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    eowynsdottirAngela Helm
    8/12/17 2:17pm

    Too well spoken for Trump. White Supremacist Orange Peel was sent off to the other room with a yoyo while Sarah Huckabee Sanders typed something vanilla.

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    Archaeyopterix MajorusAngela Helm
    8/12/17 2:03pm

    “Ain’t that the pot...”

     

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    ~Who are you to wave your finger, you must’ve been out your head~

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    Yes...They Are Real!Angela Helm
    8/12/17 5:20pm

    Ordinarily I wouldn’t double post. But thought this deserves an exception.

    Here’s video of the car crash.

    GRAPHIC VIDEO WARNING!!!

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