The Wrong Narrative in Charlottesville

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The Wrong Narrative in Charlottesville

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The political violence in Charlottesville yesterday was as predictable as it was futile. One person was killed and dozens badly injured, marking a new low in the political and cultural wars that are as heated as any time since in America since the 1960s.

This relentless politicization of American culture has eroded goodwill and inflamed the worst impulses in society. Antifa and the alt-right may represent simple-minded expressions of hatred and fear, but both groups are animated entirely by politics: the perception that others can impose their will on us politically. The only lasting solution to political violence is to make politics matter less.
https://mises.org/blog/wrong-narrative-charlottesville

Dang good article.......
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Re: The Wrong Narrative in Charlottesville

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HokieHam wrote:
The political violence in Charlottesville yesterday was as predictable as it was futile. One person was killed and dozens badly injured, marking a new low in the political and cultural wars that are as heated as any time since in America since the 1960s.

This relentless politicization of American culture has eroded goodwill and inflamed the worst impulses in society. Antifa and the alt-right may represent simple-minded expressions of hatred and fear, but both groups are animated entirely by politics: the perception that others can impose their will on us politically. The only lasting solution to political violence is to make politics matter less.
https://mises.org/blog/wrong-narrative-charlottesville

Dang good article.......
never mind that the MSM spent the week saying that alt-right and nazis were marching in Cville, while that may have been part of the group the purpose was to protest the removal of a historical monument, not to put down any other race.
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cwtcr hokie wrote:the purpose was to protest the removal of a historical monument, not to put down any other race.
The monuments were built specifically to put down other races.

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HooFighter wrote:
cwtcr hokie wrote:the purpose was to protest the removal of a historical monument, not to put down any other race.
The monuments were built specifically to put down other races.

(Cue the "but it's mah heritage" posts)
So, I'm assuming this "feeling" of yours is something you can back up with documentable fact? I'd like to see you produce a statement from the organization which commissioned the statue in question, or perhaps text from a speech made upon the statue's unveiling, where someone said, "this statue's purpose is to put down blacks"

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Re: The Wrong Narrative in Charlottesville

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HokieHam wrote:
The political violence in Charlottesville yesterday was as predictable as it was futile. One person was killed and dozens badly injured, marking a new low in the political and cultural wars that are as heated as any time since in America since the 1960s.

This relentless politicization of American culture has eroded goodwill and inflamed the worst impulses in society. Antifa and the alt-right may represent simple-minded expressions of hatred and fear, but both groups are animated entirely by politics: the perception that others can impose their will on us politically. The only lasting solution to political violence is to make politics matter less.
https://mises.org/blog/wrong-narrative-charlottesville

Dang good article.......
Great find and a fantastic article. I have been shouting this from my soapbox for a long time. The politics have become the personal...
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