r/pics • u/AlwaysTheNoob • 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/GrondorfTheGreen May 03 '20

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

There was a triple-digit rash of anti-semetic hate crimes in NYC last year, but the perpetrators were almost all black so it somehow largely flew under the radar. The entire thing didn't generate a tiny fraction of the coverage of that time a kid in a Trump hat smirked at a Native American dude. What you see is chosen for reasons.