Dearest H****
There is an obvious right wing propaganda meme afoot about "leftist terrorists", because in the past week I've received a wingnut email screed and listened to two people (you and a brother-in-law) complaining about a handful of Antifa, that no one here had ever even HEARD of before Charlottesville, FFS...
Being anti-fascist should, of course, be the default, factory-setting for any decent person! I don't condone violence, and feel that this handful of confrontational Antifa should perhaps stay home. But I'm torn. I wonder if it isn't a good thing for Neo-Nazis and their ilk to realize that it won't be a cakewalk for them to run roughshod over all the people they fantasize about exterminating, even IF Trump is giving them a wink and a nod.
I perused their sites, like Stormfront, before the election, when it became apparent that they supported Trump, Bannon, et al. It was chilling and nauseating. I thought of you, actually. For the "visible" ones on websites and at rallies, there are thousands more, EVERYwhere, who quietly share this simplistic, racist, fearful, hateful mindset. I see them all around.
They have, for years, been propagandized by these right-wing emails, radio, and Fox News. Based on a conversation a few years ago, my own mother, I do sadly believe, had fallen prey to their "arguments" that the black welfare state (which you blamed on "Democrats" in our conversation) - and by extension Mexican immigration, et al - was a plot to destabilize and destroy America, by the JEWS! To these right-wingers, Dem = liberal, leftist JEW, with their "Jewish-cultivated" blacks, of course. Do you even realize what you are doing when you slam Democrats?
You're deluded if you think these people don't hate Jews first and foremost, because while 'niggers' are considered stupid, Jews, to them, are the primary culprits - wealthy and crafty and shadowy. Right wingers are increasingly identifying and pointing out Jews in business, entertainment, the media, etc.
But Jews often hold power over them, and there's that whole Nazi stigma, so they don't mouth off about Jews so freely as they do blacks, but rest assured, anyone who uses the word 'nigger' should be suspected of secretly being uncomfortable with, if not detesting, Jews. Complaining of "Hollywood" and "the media" (dogwhistle "Jew!") is a dead giveaway.
These people are not to be coddled, excused, sided-with, morally equivocated with "leftist terrorists" or defended in ANY way!
H****, these people are ascending in power, and you need to take this shit seriously, and ponder these two pieces below that I ran across this morning. Anybody named "Goldstein", with a brown wife, should remain especially vigilant, and at the very LEAST not parrot those right-wing talking points I hear from you! Sympathizing with these types will not 'save' you from their hate, if and when SHTF. That's been historically proven, eh? Daddy was Air Force 'Antifa' in North Africa and Italy; naval Stepfather was 'Af' at Normandy... and Jesus was a leftist.
Peace