Why? It’s your typical shitty overpriced mountain resort town. I grew up there. It’s nothing special. Don’t lament it, move on.

I grew up in Whitefish. As in, grew up there. Didn’t leave the state until I was 26 (though God knows I tried). The people are as ugly as the mountains are pretty. I hope I never have to go back to that God forsaken place.

I hate to defend the Flathead Valley as I did not enjoy my time there, but its not quite the bastion for white supremacy that these folks expected. And its doing work now to fight back. Prussian Blue moved there a few years back and ended up noping out of that scene and becoming stoners. Whitefish is actively…

“Everyone else dismisses these spike in hate crimes as, “Those trump supporters,” as in I’m not like them.”

Yep. And the Weaver family (Ruby Ridge). And the Aryan Nations people after they got sued and lost their land in Idaho. And dozens of other infamous white supremacist leaders, and thousands of their lesser-known followers.

I read an article by Graydon Carter of Vanity Fair that Herr Drumpf had a book of Hitler’s speeches on his nightstand. Could this be true? In my mind, yes. How else would such a dumbass know how to incite the masses of fed up broke bros?

You’re kidding, right? Of course Trump is to blame — not for the existence of racism, but for mainstreaming and empowering racism!

And don’t these people realize that when people decide not to engage in business with you because your views are toxic, that this is PRECISELY what they claim as the “Free Market” talking?

I don’t know about that. One of my mother’s best friends were a couple who were progressive hippies and raised their children with those values. Yet their fourth child grew up to be a skinhead. They were horribly embarrassed and did as much as they could to mitigate it but their son held firm in his beliefs. So I…

That’s it? My mom always told me if I ever became the next Hitler or sexist pig she would cut my throat while I was sleeping. Mom is a Marine you see...

Definitely! Though I would like to add that any liberal white people thinking they can slink through the next couple of decades with neo nazis in power and go unnoticed is telling themselves a pack of lies. They will not ignore you.

“No moral compass- but what a tailor!” Seems to be the media take...again.

I know what you are saying. I don’t think I explained it very well. Some are indeed racist, if very discreetly so. Everyone else dismisses these spike in hate crimes as, “Those trump supporters,” as in I’m not like them. But my point is, how can you allow yourself to be in the same boat as “them?”

“I have people I work with who refuse to understand or listen to this, and it’s becoming hard to go to work. No they are not racist, but they just don’t get this point, that many people feel they can say and do whatever racist, homophobic thing they want now.”

Fun fact- Trump now has three out and proud racists/anti-semites working in his administration: Bannon, Michael Flynn and Stephen Miller (a policy advisor and an asshole on a whole other level than the others). Also, possible new HHS Secretary Tom Price belonged to a scary medical organization that published papers…

“White supremacist Dylann Roof chose not to use mental health experts at his murder trial over the death of nine black Charleston church worshipers because he believes psychology is a Jewish invention.” 

They’re bolder, but I wouldn’t say impunity. We need to speak up and say they aren’t acceptable. Their behavior isn’t acceptable.

I think Spencer is already this generations David Duke. A pathetic grifter who runs for office to get money to live on. Spencer’s job at a “think tank” means his bills are paid by a billionaire jackass and he’s a sad little parasite.

Spencer is small fish. He leads a fringe group and is popular among the 4chan/reddit alt-right crowd. Real world he’s a nobody. Now I’d definitely worry about online harassment, doxxing, etc (I’ve been the target of neo-Nazis more than once, so I know what it’s like). But real world? It won’t be Spencer. It’ll be…

It’s always been scary to be a poc, but now white supremacists feel they have more power because of trump and can act against poc with impunity.