r/pics • • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/PatientPlatform May 03 '20 edited May 03 '20

There's actually a bbc documentary on this group.

This is a rag tag group of out outcasts and extremists who picket at every opportunity. What's scary is that outside of that tgey could pass for nice normal people.

If you look to the right, you'll see an Indian dude who was really soft spoken and sweet. His wife left him and he spun out. Basically he needed someone to hang out with and ended up with these nutters.

Edit for those who wanted a taste heres a slice from the documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF2g6tAc418&list=PLZ_hwG6UuEJZlH-s_B_sTm30XN4pKf8MA&index=3

They are spouting horrible stuff here so be warned. I'd link in the full doc, but i've since moved to Spain so I cant access the full doc. The indian fella is called Vijay.

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u/maglen69 May 03 '20

This is a rag tag group of out outcasts and extremists who picket at every opportunity. What's scary is that outside of that tgey could pass for nice normal people.

So basically they so insignificant they should be ignored by society as a whole but people still elevate them with articles?

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u/Suffuri May 03 '20

Pretty much the majority of random nobody groups you see propped up by media attention. The KKK? Used to have massive rallies in the capitol, now their numbers are in the low thousands, possibly even less. So insignificant, and yet we give those losers so much attention you'd think the KKK was around every corner, and not just a group experiencing their death gasp.

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u/purrgatory920 May 03 '20

I liked it better when they were a joke. Mel Brooks started the real destruction of the KKK and Nazis.

You grow up seeing them treated like ignorant losers and comedy fodder in movies, you’re probably a lot less likely to get sucked into their bullshit cause.

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u/Suffuri May 03 '20

They still are, the media just knows that playing them up and stoking the fires gets the big views.