This is a difficult day to diary for me. I’m not a pastor. I don’t have a pulpit. I’m not near Charlottesville today. I can’t march in the face of hate. My Facebook feed is carefully curated. I can’t reach hate through posts. All I have today is this diary. This is where I stand to denounce hate.
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So, instead of spending a bunch of time writing today, I spent some time on Photoshop instead.
I was inspired by Hunter’s FP diary about tearing down Confederate statues. I was also thinking about all of the Trump statues people will inevitably want to erect.
It also occurs to me that I never want to place Trump and erect in the same sentence again.
This video was created by the US War Department in 1947 to warn citizens of fascist rhetoric. I think it ties into my photo.
The Southern Poverty Law Center is currently tracking 917 separate hate groups in the US. They have put together an interactive map to help trace them in our communities. This weekend in Charlottesville, many of them were represented at the Unite the Right rally.
partial transcription here
Heather Heyer was killed yesterday in Charlottesville by a car that rammed into a group of counter protesters.
Her last Facebook post:
“If you are not outraged, you are not paying attention.”
James Alex Fields is being held in custody for that action. Fields, 20, drove to the rally from Ohio. According to The Independent, his mother thought he was driving to Virginia for a Trump rally. Tow-may-toe. Tow-mah-toe.
There’s something about the juxtaposition of these two things. It makes me wonder how many people ARE paying attention to the hate in their midst.
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This silly comment thread that starts with this comment by Horsefeathers made me laugh on what was otherwise a terrible, terrible day. From the Caturdai Pootie Diary.
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