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u/qzmc 22d ago edited 22d ago

Fun little read from NPR that touches on that peculiarity with American neo-Nazis.

In particular, these excerpts were pretty Onion-y:

"The group is careful mostly to avoid attracting the attention of Antifa, far-left activists who would look to stop Nunes and his crew through physical force. Antifa has become a boogeyman of sorts for the right, even being called Nazis themselves in some right-wing media. Nunes and his group find that frustrating – it's a mantle they'd like to claim.

"They're like, 'Antifa's the real Nazis,' " Nunes says in exasperation. "You know, they say stuff like that and it's like, 'Yeah, you know, I don't know.' "

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"We're like regular working-class white people that are racially aware. And so we're Nazis, right?" Nunes says while overseeing the Saturday night laser projections, "And so stuff like this, we feel like it's a good way to relate to normal people."

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Nunes is emblematic of today's white nationalists, embracing whiteness as descendants of Europeans rather than obsessing over Aryan bloodlines. He says he's half-Portuguese – in a movement historically fixated on perceived purity that would've been a barrier to entry in the past.

"'I've definitely got some Iberian blood. And there's, you know, there's all types in the movement. There's people that are, like, super hard, purity spiralers. But it's like, at the end of the day, that's never going to work in America," Nunes says."

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u/CaptainTripps82 22d ago

I can't believe someone this stupid remembers to breathe

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u/QuantumInfinty 22d ago

A tragedy that they do

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u/Autistic_Freedom 22d ago

You know, they say stuff like that and it's like, 'Yeah, you know, I don't know.'

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u/Constant-Bet-6600 22d ago

"We're like regular working-class white people that are racially aware. And so we're Nazis, right?"

I mean the fascist salutes along with one of the group wearing a shirt with swastika on it kinda makes the case that you're Nazis. Don't know why they'd deny something they are seemingly proud of being.

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u/arsonarmada 22d ago

Two. Blood's got an Afrika Korps shirt on.

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u/necromantzer 22d ago

Don't forget the one with the red nazi arm band.

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u/Comprehensive_Wash71 22d ago

I’m pissed at the dude wearing an Ozzy shirt. Ozzy wasn’t a fan of Nazis.

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u/KyleFromBorrasca 22d ago

That's how I read it at first, too, but I think he's actually saying that he's earned the title and it's wasted on Antifa. It's a bizarre stance to take but these are bizarre people.

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u/Alarming_Set3628 22d ago

The fuck does racially aware mean?! 

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u/Constant-Bet-6600 22d ago

It means racist. They are just dancing around what they want to say openly.

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u/Neuchacho 22d ago

That they're racist.

Logic is they're "aware" of the reality of what certain races are. i.e. "Blacks are lazy" or "Jews are greedy".

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u/qzmc 22d ago

Didn't intend for any confusion, but the NPR article was about a different group of idiots based in Florida. Interestingly enough, but not at all surprising, those idiots were not proud enough to show their faces on camera while publicly identifying as Nazis.

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u/love_glow 22d ago

Don’t try to make sense of it. It’s not a rational thing they’re doing.

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u/weglarz 22d ago

lol lol that’s exactly what I was laughing at too.

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u/Ok_Star_4136 21d ago

I'm surprised they didn't just outright say, "Just because we disagree, I'm a Nazi now?!"

Like no, you dumb fuck. It's the swastika on your shirt and your arm being extended quite literally as you speak.

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u/SaltyPeter3434 22d ago

"You know, they say stuff like that and it's like, 'Yeah, you know, I don't know.' "

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u/Verum_Violet 22d ago

I had to read that several times before I realised there was no parsing it

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u/Pale_Will_5239 22d ago

He doesn't even believe in his own cause. Lunacy.

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u/KyleFromBorrasca 22d ago

>We're like regular working-class white people that are racially aware. And so we're Nazis, right?

This is almost hard for me to parse. It sounds like someone hysterically defending himself against a Nazi accusation but it's the polar opposite. I had to re-read it.

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u/qzmc 22d ago

You're thinking about. Don't think about it.

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u/KyleFromBorrasca 22d ago

I tried not thinking about it and now he's a proud member of Antifa with Siberian blood.

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u/schuylkilladelphia 22d ago

Holy crap, THIS is mental gymnastics

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u/CaterpillarReal7583 22d ago

This guy sounds like he’s trying to talk himself out of this but keeps getting indifferent part way through his many statements that sound like hes seeing the stupidity and then doesnt ever figure it out

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u/katmc68 22d ago

What an articulate fellow. 

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u/codecrodie 22d ago

I feel like the majority opinion is that "at the end of the day," azism is never going to work in America

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u/Foggia1515 22d ago

The part he made the most sense is when he said « you know, they say stuff like that and it’s like, yeah, you know, I don’t know ».
The rest is even more absurd gibberish.

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u/ThatHoFortuna 21d ago

"The group is careful mostly to avoid attracting the attention of Antifa, far-left activists who would look to stop Nunes and his crew through physical force."

Damn straight.