tangleofrainbows reblogged
For six months I’ve been saying that what Donald Trump is primarily offering America is a brash new form of white supremacy.
The most racist men and women in America agree. A mix of leading KKK and Neo-Nazi leaders have all come forward to say that Trump has not only energized their base — spiking their web traffic to the point of needing to buy more servers — but that he has single-handedly “sparked an insurgency” among their ranks.
In a wide-ranging Politico report, leader after leader after leader of white supremacist groups, young and old alike, stated without equivocation, that Donald Trump has caused more momentum to swing their way than any person or event in recent history.
Don Black, the founder of Stormfront, which is far and away the most popular white supremacist site on the net, said his web traffic surges every time Donald Trump speaks, that radio listeners and callers have spiked, and that he’s helping white supremacists build a movement that will last far beyond this campaign cycle.
“He’s certainly creating a movement that will continue independently of him even if he does fold at some point,” said Black. “He has sparked an insurgency and I don’t think it’s going to go away.”
“I love it,” added Aryan Resistance leader Tom Metzger. “As long as he’s causing chaos and havoc with the citizens, he’s fine with me.”
And don’t forget about David Duke. The former presidential candidate, Grand Wizard of the KKK, and probably the most well-known white supremacist in America before Donald Trump, had only good things to say about the bilious billionaire.
“He’s meant a lot for the human rights of European-Americans,” Duke told Politico.
White supremacists are rarely unified on anything, but they all agree Trump has pushed them forward and emboldened them like no other leader in America.
Here we are, America: It’s almost 2016 and the leading Republican candidate for President is a white supremacist hero. Sadly, however, a dozen different warning signs that Trump would take us here were ignored.
For years he has been the most prominent person questioning whether President Obama was actually born in the United States.
His wife said he read Hitler speeches regularly and kept a book of them by his bed.
An employee of his allegedly would click his heels and greet him with the words “Heil Hitler.”
He was sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination, failed to meet the terms of their agreement and sued by them again.
Trump took out an ad in The News against five young black teenage boys accused of raping a white woman in Central Park. After they all served years of jail time, it turned out it wasn’t them, but a career criminal who did it. The city ended up paying them over $41 million in a settlement.
In spite of this, Trump found his way here, in the American mainstream, and our country is paying a real price.
For once, I agree with the white supremacists. Even if Trump flops, bows out, or is narrowly beaten, the damage is already done. Trump has truly awakened and energized a dangerous faction of America and we have no idea where it will go from here.
h/t: Shaun King at NYDN
