but they were attacked by Antifa and Black Lives Matter,
Where'd you get that? Really? The guy who ran down twenty people was being attacked? Ya know, 40 years ago, I would expect that to be a valid defense in VA. I got to the point for a while that I said, nah. But, starting with the Twinkie defense, I realized that it almost always works.
Oh, I know. I saw the pictures of people fighting. I'd just be more sympathetic to the white nationalists, or their supporters, if those leftists had driven a car into them.
The white nationalists claim to be the ones who are now the oppressed group and that anti-white hatred is effectively government policy as well as an accepted social attitude.
The government is 90% white. That was my point about nationalists. You're either with 'em or against 'em. So, now the white government is the problem. Note; being white doesn't prevent them from being the enemy. It's typical. Most of the people killed in the secession were white. Most of the victims of the Nazis were White. The 20th century was full of white on white violence.
Bringing BLM into the equation is a nice tactic. Of course, BLM has a long history of oppressing white people, unlike the KKK and Nazis. And, of course, though it's easy to find white people protesting by wearing BLM tee shirts, they're not considered white; they're called leftists or worse. And, it's claimed that each one of them hates whites, throws bottles, starts fires, wants to destroy the Constitution and free speech. (I.e., all the things that Americans have fought against and died for since the revolution).
There are other white males who share this particular viewpoint of being disenfranchised, but who have no inclination whatsoever toward white nationalism or racism.
Yeah, they expect that being a white male means they should be better off than they are. It's hard to be proud of something that has no benefit. Seeing all those unqualified women and non-white men employed or in college must be frustrating. That is, if you believe that if you're out of work, and a woman or non-white male is working, that person is taking your job. Not that you know how to code or pick peaches.
But, yeah, I can understand how they might feel disenfranchised. But, sorry, I think that other groups have been disenfranchised more, and longer, and don't have the advantage of running all three branches of government, the economic system, and the media. Disenfranchised, perhaps, but not more than anyone else. In fact, the unemployment rate among others is much higher. There are plenty of jobs that go unfilled in lots of industries, especially those that require education.
Anyway, I'm all for understanding their feelings. I'll just treat them the way any red-blooded American national would. No problem. If they want to protest for equality, I'm down with that.
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