This post frightens me, but bear with me. Last weekend, neo-Nazis planned a rally in a mixed-race neighorhood in Toledo, Ohio. Riots ensued, people were hurt, buildings burned. The Nazis blamed gangs for the violence, others blamed the uniformed, brown shirt-wearing marchers, who had no permit, submitted no march route to the police, and taunted African Americans with racial epithets. The scariest part is: the racist group — the largest neo-Nazi organization in America, the National Socialist Movement — is based right here in Minneapolis. And they want your children. Beware the Viking Youth Corps.
Homegrown Hate
Oct 24 2005 — 2:00am
14 Reader Comments
12:56 am
What fascinates me is that the news said that the riots weren’t because of the Nazis but were actually planned by gangs in advance. Fox News (big surprise) made the Neos almost…sympathetic.
12:59 am
It’s always weird seeing these Nazis come up when flipping through the channels. They have their own show on Wednesdays at 11:30pm on Channel 75 in Minneapolis. Never cared to hear past 15 seconds of it though.
See: MTN’s ‘TV Guide.’
2:08 am
these guys have made the news in the past few years on campus–they have a fairly strong (disturbingly strong) presence at the U of M.
2:41 am
at least panzerfaust, the st.paul-based white supremacist record label, got run out of town. one good turn.
12:36 pm
It’s far too late to save the children, if that’s what you were thinking.
1:28 pm
Jeepers. NCState professor Kamau Kambon recently told attendees at a Howard University conference: “We have to exterminate white people off the face of the planet to solve this problem. … So we just have to just set up our own system and stop playing and get very serious and not be diverted from coming up with a solution to the problem, and the problem on the planet is white people.”
3:06 pm
You can find more info on the group here — scroll down a bit and you’ll find it.
8:27 pm
Thanks for the links, Jen, Alexis, and all.
12:06 pm
When / where did this meme start? The image of Aryan Mary Kate And Ashley is on Drudge right now.
3:36 pm
That’s not the Olsen twins, it’s another group of twins. I read the article, which I would hardly call well-written, but knowing only what is in the article, I don’t think it would be hard to find musicians of other races who say/sing about the same ideas, just with different races.
5:35 pm
Kevin, what the hell are you talking about? Maybe you could cite some examples of contemporary non-white musicians singing about the extermination of other races instead of just assuming they’re out there. They probably are, but I challenge you to find children singing about their racist ideals, which is what makes this story so noteworthy.
5:40 pm
Dude, those weren’t actually the Olsen twins fighting against teh ZOG?!?!?!1!
1:18 pm
Yes, let us blame speech and ideas, however repugnant to our ideals, for arson and mob violence. Ironically, as you disdain Fox News, you are abiding by President Bush’s principle that mere espousal of certain ideas is dangerous and justifies a violent response.
10:14 pm
Which proves my point that nothing can be talked about without mentioning George Bush.