The Southern Poverty Law Center tracks the Nazi group, White Revolution. They have a plan to “take back the American government, and worse. They call it a revolution. A White Revolution. They use the word revolution and they are visible, thanks to Donald Trump.
Though they have been on SPLC’s radar for some time, they are now set to take their revolution onto center stage of the mainstream media. It is unavoidable given how loud they are, and the rallies they stage, and the attacks on individuals around the nation, AND they are in the cabinet of Republican President-elect Donald Trump.
The word revolution is going to get a lot of attention as it will be embraced at the highest level of our government come January.
The word revolution has a negative connotation to it. It is disruption without consideration. It is a forced takeover without permission or apologies. In most cases, it is violent death.
From the Oxford Dictionary, my bold:
rev·o·lu·tion
[ˌrevəˈlo͞oSH(ə)n]
NOUN
a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
synonyms: rebellion · revolt · insurrection · mutiny · uprising · riot
The reason the Nazis own the word revolution is because they are acting out the definition of the word, as most people understand it.
June, 2014: www.newsweek.com/...
The Newsweek article tells about a married couple with white supremacist ties who were heard shouting “This is a revolution.” before killing two policers and a bystander. When surrounded by police, the woman shot her husband and then herself to avoid being taken into custody.
Their revolution; everyone’s definition. Revolution is their brand.
Now try to tell people about your revolution. The jokes write themselves: “No, no, but it is mine. It’s better and friendly and not at all hostile. Not revolution for real. Just pretend, only we mean it. Hard. Hard voting. Hard that way.”
There is no way to compete for the word revolution. There is no way to brand revolution as good when it comes to politics and government. As soon as a political group has to explain they don’t mean revolution the bad way, they lose. Leave that to the republican party.
Revolution should not be a brand for the Democratic party. Fake news is already out there doing damage, and I do not think they need ideas that in any way connect us to the republicans or violent groups.
No Democratic party leader should use the word revolution unless they are talking about the real thing.
The word revolution should keep its shock value. We will need it in the coming days/months/years to call out the Republican party for embracing the Nazi party and their revolution against anyone not like them.
SPLC has this article on white revolution:
www.splcenter.org/…
And white revolution has their own scary site, which reads like you would expect:
www.americannaziparty.com/...