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A neo-Nazi front group is demanding that New England secede and establish itself as a white nation. Decrying “enemies” that are “all around us” and vowing to defend racial “integrity,” the People’s Initiative of New England published a revolutionary manifesto on July 27 advocating “separation from the United States of America.”

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[-] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago
[-] orclev@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Honestly I kind of like the idea of these nutjobs all congregating in one place, and it sounds like they're even volunteering to bow out of US politics. I can't help but view this as an absolute win. If all the sane people also move out of that area we can maybe even take a page from the racists own playbook and just build a wall around them.

[-] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

They're not going to hold themselves to anything they've said, don't believe them for a second that they'll bow out of politics or not do more and more domestic terrorism. This whole thing is to move the Overton Window about accepting them little by little as part of the normal world.

[-] orclev@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I mean it's a fair point, but I still think it's better to have them all out in the open in one place we can keep an eye on them rather than scattered throughout the country. The trick would be to string them along enough to make them think they're getting what they want without actually giving them anything meaningful.

[-] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

The trick would be to string them along enough to make them think they’re getting what they want without actually giving them anything meaningful.

Do you mean like telling them we'll give them an island but it's in Antarctica? That's fine.

[-] frickineh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Plus, they'll just cry about how things suck there and want everyone else to help them. I suspect it'd turn out a little like Grafton, NH, where all the libertarians moved and were, you know, libertarian about things, and then the bears moved in. Suddenly, help from the state seemed like it might be a good thing.

These dumbass nazis would create a violent "community" of trash people based on exclusion, and then be surprised when the violent trash turns on each other because they can't survive without an out group.

[-] sighchedelic@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago

This sounds a lot like the State of Jefferson, which was/is supposed to be mad made up of southern Oregon and northern California. They've been talking about that idea since the early 1900's

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