Ο Τραμπ αποκήρυξε τους ακροδεξιούς: Είναι το ίδιο με ΚΚΚ και νεοναζί

[Άρης Κλάρας]

16/08/2017
Αγάλματα ιστορικών προσωπικοτήτων έφυγαν… νύχτα από τη Βαλτιμόρη.
Η κίνηση της δημοτικής Αρχής έγινε προκειμένου να αποφευχθούν αιματηρά επεισόδια.



Τα τέσσερα αγάλματα ιστορικών προσωπικοτήτων της Συνομοσπονδίας του Νότου που είχαν απομείνει στην πόλη, απομάκρυνε κατά τη διάρκεια της χθεσινής νύχτας ο δήμος της Βαλτιμόρης. Κίνηση που ήρθε λίγες ημέρες μετά τα βίαια, ρατσιστικά επεισόδια που σημειώθηκαν στο Σάρλτοτσβιλ της Βιρτζίνιας.

«Έγινε», δήλωσε λακωνικά η Κάθιν Πιου, η δήμαρχος της πόλης που απέχει περίπου 80 χιλιόμετρα από την Ουάσινγκτον. «Έπρεπε να τα απομακρύνουμε. Ανησυχώ για την ασφάλεια των κατοίκων. Το κάναμε όσο γρηγορότερα μπορούσαμε», πρόσθεσε, μιλώντας στην τοπική εφημερίδα Baltimore Sun.

Σύμφωνα με το Αθηναϊκό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων, η επιχείρηση, που δεν είχε ανακοινωθεί εκ των προτέρων, ξεκίνησε γύρω στις 23.30 το βράδυ της Τρίτης, τοπική ώρα (6.30 ώρα Ελλάδας σήμερα) και ολοκληρώθηκε τα ξημερώματα (περίπου 12.30 ώρα Ελλάδας).

Τα αγάλματα, ορισμένα εκ των οποίων ήταν μνημειώδους μεγέθους, απομακρύνθηκαν με τη βοήθεια γερανού. Απέμειναν μόνο τα βάθρα τους, τα περισσότερα καλυμμένα με αντιρατσιστικά συνθήματα ή με γκράφιτι υπέρ του κινήματος «Οι ζωές των μαύρων μετρούν».

Υπενθυμίζεται ότι, την περασμένη Παρασκευή (1/08) και το Σάββατο (12/08) εκατοντάδες νεοναζί, μέλη της Κου Κλουξ Κλαν και ακροδεξιοί συγκεντρώθηκαν στη Σάρλτοσβιλ της Βιρτζίνια διαμαρτυρόμενοι για την απομάκρυνση του αγάλματος του στρατηγού Ρόμπερτ Λι, του διοικητή των δυνάμεων των Νοτίων στον αμερικανικό εμφύλιο πόλεμο. Η κινητοποίηση εξελίχθηκε σε τραγωδία όταν ένας νεαρός νεοναζί έριξε το αυτοκίνητό του σε ένα πλήθος αντιρατσιστών διαδηλωτών σκοτώνοντας μία γυναίκα και τραυματίζοντας άλλους 20 ανθρώπους.

Ο στρατηγός Λι που διχάζει τους Αμερικάνους.


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[Άρης Κλάρας]

Southern anger: Nazis, KKK 'hijacking' Confederate debate.
By jay reeves, associated press
CHULAFINNEE, Ala. — Aug 17, 2017


White Southerners who equate Old South symbols with regional pride rather than hate are even more on the defensive since[b] neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen and other extremists became the face of the fight over Confederate monuments.[/b]

With more than two dozen relatives who fought for the Confederacy, Robert Castello literally wears his Southern pride. The visor, suspenders and ring he donned Thursday were all emblazoned with the familiar design of the rebel battle flag.

But Castello, whose Dixie General Store sells Confederate-themed hats, shirts, stickers and signs in rural eastern Alabama, said he doesn't have any use for overtly racist groups like the Klan.

"When I was growing up it was like a badge of honor to be proud of your Southern heritage. It was taught and it was part of who you were," said Castello, 58. "To see it denigrated down to the point of Nazis is disgusting."

ΚΡΥΦΟ ΚΕΙΜΕΝΟ: ΕΜΦΑΝΙΣΗ

A leading Southern heritage organization, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, had no official involvement in the bloody protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its leader condemned the white supremacists who rallied for preserving a statute of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

"It's painful to watch, for lack of better words," said Thomas V. Strain Jr., the group's commander. "It was our family that fought, and it was our families that died, and now we have these knuckleheads hijacking the flag for their own purposes."

Social media feeds dominated by Southern whites contain similar criticism of extremist organizations, which watchdog groups have said were out in force in Charlottesville in the largest white supremacist gathering in years.

The driver of the car, James Alex Fields Jr., 20, has been described as an admirer of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Photographed with white nationalist demonstrators before the deadly crash, Fields is charged with murder and other offenses.

The Confederate battle flag has long been used as a symbol by the Ku Klux Klan, which has displayed the banner during rallies for decades. But many white Southerners see the flag and rebel monuments as nothing more than part of a regional identity that includes Lynyrd Skynyrd music, college football, sweet tea and the Bible.

The idea that any of those things have become caught up with Nazism is baffling to people like Castello.

"I've always loved Southern heritage, even when I was in high school," he said. "It was passed down that it was an honorable thing and I believe it was, although not all of it was good."

Even the children of Southern music icon Johnny Cash are distancing themselves from extremists after a neo-Nazi was shown wearing a shirt with an image of the late singer in Charlottesville. A Facebook post by the Cash family requested that his name "be kept far away from destructive and hateful ideology."

Jeff Schoep, who leads a white nationalist group that demonstrated in Charlottesville, said Confederate symbols and monuments have become a rallying cause for white extremists not because of any Southern identity but because they see their removal as an "assault on American freedoms."

To be sure, neither Castello nor Strain advocates the removal of Confederate monuments. Both see them as important historical touchstones that have an important place in modern life.

"These statues were erected over 100 year ago to honor the history of the United States," said Strain. "They're just as important to the entire history of the U.S. as the monuments erected to our forefathers."

Similarly, President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted the movement to remove Confederate monuments, tweeting that the nation is seeing "the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart."

Castello supports Trump and sees the president as the unlikely New York real estate magnate who has become a defender of Southern symbols. Trump seems to get that not all Southerners are Nazis or Klansmen, Castello said, and others should, too.

"To me all the talk about the Klan and the Nazis is a smoke screen for an attack on Southern heritage," he said. "They want to link everyone who flies the (Confederate) flag with the Klan and Nazis, which I don't want any part of."
Associated Press Writer Jesse J. Holland contributed to this report from Washington.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/sout ... e-49281795

"Καταδικάζουμε τη βία απ' όπου κι αν προέρχεται."
Αυτή η μάστιγα.






WTF?

[Άρης Κλάρας]

In this Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, a state flag of Mississippi is unfurled by Sons of Confederate Veterans and other groups on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. The U.S. Supreme Court is asking attorneys for Mississippi's governor to file arguments defending the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag. The court on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, set a Sept. 28 deadline for the filing.
Rogelio V. Solis
August 29, 2017
JACKSON, Miss.

The U.S. Supreme Court is asking attorneys for Mississippi's governor to file arguments defending the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.

The court on Tuesday set a Sept. 28 deadline for the filing.

Mississippi has the last state flag featuring the Confederate battle emblem. Critics say the symbol is racist, and supporters say it represents history.

Carlos Moore, an African-American attorney in Mississippi, filed suit in 2016 seeking to have the flag declared an unconstitutional relic of slavery.

A federal district judge and an appeals court ruled against Moore, but his attorneys asked the Supreme Court in June to consider the case during the term that begins in October. Moore's attorneys said lower courts were wrong to reject his argument that the flag is a symbol of white supremacy that harms Moore and his young daughter by violating the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection to all citizens.

Moore and one of his attorneys, Michael Scott, said Tuesday it's a good sign that justices are requesting arguments from Republican Gov. Phil Bryant.

"While this does not mean that the Supreme Court will take the case, it shows that they are giving serious consideration to the petition," Scott said. "We are very pleased by this development and remain hopeful that the Supreme Court will agree that the equal protection issues we have raised are worthy of the court's time."

Mississippi has used the flag since 1894, displaying its red field and tilted blue cross dotted with 13 white stars in the upper left corner. In a 2001 election voters decided to keep it, and Bryant has often said that if the flag design is to be reconsidered, it should be done in another statewide election.

Several cities and towns and all eight of the state's public universities have stopped flying the flag amid concerns that it is offensive in a state where 38 percent of the population is black. Many took action after the June 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers at a church in Charleston, South Carolina, by an avowed white supremacist who posed with the Confederate battle flag in photos posted online.

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