The White Power Movement: A Direct Line Between Vietnam and Jan. 6 | Amanpour and Company

[@josedelatorre2569]

as a Vietnam vet, I found this interview absolutely fascinating. especially the take away that it is not Veterans in general, but the catalyst for a small group, as is often the case, to radicalize others.

[@Chryssye4]

Thank you for your service.

[@josedelatorre2569]

@@Chryssye4 your support is appreciated thank you

[@tvs3497]

Thanks for your service, soldier. Where were you stationed in Nam? Army, Marines? Crazy shit went down over there didn't it?

[@josedelatorre2569]

@@tvs3497 i was fortunate to serve stateside, Minnesota and Alaska. Missile defense. i had a few friends that went special forces, i never heard from again. never saw their names on the wall, so I am assuming the best.

[@joenewmeyer8358]

Veterans as a whole don't believe in socialism. Democrats are a cancer

[@kimsikoryak3830]

As William Faulkner said: "The past isn't dead, hell, it isn't even past."

[@FirewindII]

That's my line.

[@peterweller8583]

@@FirewindII You are soaking in it. God I am old

[@uhuhuuuhhh9883]

and when did Faulkner make that statement , ante or post civil rights era ?

[@FirewindII]

@@uhuhuuuhhh9883 Around when he lived.

[@sh1927]

@@uhuhuuuhhh9883 Requiem For A Nun, in which Faulkner wrote the line, was published in 1951.

[@ChristiaanHartNibbrig]

Michelle Martin has really conducted some excellent interviews in this series. Brava! and thank you.

[@waitaminute2015]

When I managed a small retail store, I was in charge of hiring. I hired a white evangelist, a Jamaican homophobe, a lesbian, a female Haitian, a well off young man self described libertarian, and an undocumented female. None of these people would have ever chosen to know each other, but they all ended up liking each other. Genuinely ended up caring for each other.

[@conradgaarder2789]

@@zorbathegreek8339 - I quibble only with your phrasing. “The changing demographic shift caused.” No, the changing demographic shift was caused.

[@nanszoo3092]

IDK about the exception. I grew up in a multicultural society and it seems natural to me that people should be from different places and backgrounds. Maybe it is just me, but that proves that diversity makes us all stronger ... when people accept it anyway. I don't want to be put in a box and made to conform to anyone else's idea of what I should be - why would I do that to anyone else?

[@tootsietkable]

@@zorbathegreek8339 seriously doubt that... have you seen the census reports? Though the census does not disclose what percentage of the Caucasian are neanderthal. Which were thought to have ran there course long ago. The recent covid pandemics allowed scientists to realize there are many Neanderthals among us. Humans as a species evolve.. seems the cousin neanderthal has survived by interbreeding thousands of years. Seems silly to worry about things you really can't control

[@karlamwynn4001]

Thank you for your hiring practices.

[@2magma.command]

@@zorbathegreek8339 who will whites fight in this "civil war"?? other whites? thats not smart because you'll simply diminish white numbers even more. And why is being "the majority" so important in the 1st place? Plenty of white majority countries on the planet and USA is only one country of many.. and remember whites themselves Brought african slaves. if whites diminish you only have yourself to blame..

[@andregolden5902]

This country wants mythology, not historically accuracy…

[@sk8queen]

Yeah... These mythological supremacists are sad.

[@lynns4426]

💯

[@TChalla007]

Yep, I keep posting that.

[@maryjane2965]

On point, that is exactly the impression we in the rest of the world have of America. Like, we see you, just look in the mirror. You might not Iike what you see. P. S. :not speaking about you as a person.

[@andregolden5902]

@@maryjane2965 understand perfectly…

[@irkhanbasc]

The professor has an interesting take on the Oklahoma City bombing. Many of us who remember the bombing tend to recall the perpetrators as being Timothy McVeigh (who was executed just weeks before 9/11) and Terry Nichols (who is serving his sentence in the Supermax prison in Colorado). Yet they were part of a larger movement, and we just forgot all about it in the aftermath of 9/11.

[@fazzaz31]

By and large the major media response was disbelief and "That's not supposed to happen here", when of course it's always been happening here, from Reconstruction to Jiim Crow the KKK, Smedley Butler's alarm call about the corporate fascist "Business Plot" and Congress' dropping of the ball, then Eisenhower (appointed Supreme Commander by Truman, and both of them Kansas men) warning about the military-industrial complex, and killing Martin Luther King jr and JFK and RFK and Kissinger and Vietnam and Reagan/Contra/Iran. White power elites manipulating white supremacists and on and on. The would-be legacy aristocrats have been plotting against ordinary Joes since the writing of the federal Constitution. You do know that a third of the colonialists sat out or actively supported the British during the 1776 Revolution..?. No wonder people are pissed off and rightly so. Its a conspiracy and it has always been a conspiracy, a goddamned real one.

[@fazzaz31]

It's worth noting that this professor is from the non-Ivy League U of Chicago, a school set up in Chicago by Rockefeller in direct opposition to the Harvard-Yale-Princeton government royalist breeding tanks, and rated among the top ten schools on the planet.

[@greenwahine]

Its about a 0 nazi tolerance. Period. Oversimplified maybe. it comes down to embrace of the hateful ideology or not. Conservatives should be asked if they support these white power militia groups that stormed the Capital or not. Trump said stand down & stand by to the proud bois and they did stand by for while until they didn't. A Radical Violent Right ang gun thugs should not be serving in government. Or glorified. Most people i still believe are horrified by turning children into soldiers for political gain.

[@1970joedub]

The USA was founded upon profit over people, human trafficking, and genocide. That vibe still runs deep.

[@DavidSibley040461]

@@fazzaz31 Talk about nut job conspiracy theories. Eisenhower somehow involved in some racial something or another? He is the same guy who ordered the 82nd (or maybe 101st) to escort black children to a mainly white school. The U.S. Government has not been racist in many decades. I am old enough to know that. My very short military career in the early 1980s: The company commander at Basic was Hispanic and most possibly all the Drill Instructors were black or Hispanic, the company commander at AIT was black, frankly whoever was in command at Jump school I don't recall meeting but the instructors were mostly black. I do not recall a single white person exercising authority over me. The only white officer I recall was a doctor I saw at sick call. That was nearly 40 years ago. Nobody cared. It was not an issue. That is just one example. In all my years dealing with government I recall zero racism. Nobody disputes that it once existed but it is almost completely gone.

[@GaryArmstrongmacgh]

The problem is that it's usually whole families that go down the 'rabbit hole' together.

[@FirewindII]

And when a 20 yr. old goes on a hateful rampage, a role model in his family at least implicitly supports and fomented what he's doing.

[@lorenrenee1]

They either go down together or it breaks the family apart.

[@deborahfrederick916]

shane3214 I think the title and content of the video completely debunks your theory.

[@biggreenblob]

That's one of the many reasons why the left wants to destroy the concept of what a family is.

[@zenwarrior3603]

@stain sucks your lying again.

[@wilywascal2024]

"We have met the enemy, and he is us!" ~ Walt Kelly "The secret of freedom is educating the people, whereas the secret of tyranny is keeping them ignorant." ~ Robespierre “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities” ~ Voltaire "There can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet." ~Abraham Lincoln “The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence." ~ Charles Bukowski "Everybody has a right to their opinion, but nobody has a right to be wrong in their facts." ~ Bernard Baruch, quoted in 1946 AP article. “It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled.” ~ Mark Twain “It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” ~ James A. Baldwin "When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent." ~ Isaac Asimov “If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.” ~ Ulysses S. Grant, 1875 "When fascism comes to America it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” ~ Typically misattributed to Sinclair Lewis, the original source of this quote is unknown, but likely derived from labor activist Eugene V. Debs 1917 quote, "Every robber or oppressor in history has wrapped himself in a cloak of patriotism or religion, or both." Before World War II, Charles Lindbergh typified American heroism with his daring flights, including the first solo transatlantic flight, and his celebration of new technology. He parlayed his fame and heroic stature into a leading role in the America First movement, which opposed America’s entrance into the war against Nazi Germany. In 1939, in an essay entitled “Aviation, Geography, and Race,” published in that most American of journals, Reader’s Digest, Lindbergh embraced something close to Nazism for America: "It is time to turn from our quarrels and to build our White ramparts again. This alliance with foreign races means nothing but death to us. It is our turn to guard our heritage from Mongol and Persian and Moor, before we become engulfed in a limitless foreign sea." The America First movement was the public face of pro-fascist sentiment in the United States at that time. In the twenties and thirties, many Americans shared Lindbergh’s views against immigration, especially by non-Europeans. The Immigration Act of 1924 strictly limited immigration into the country, and it was specifically intended to restrict the immigration of both nonwhites and Jews. Once again, nationalism, aka fascism, has risen its ugly head in America, in European nations, and in some other countries around the world. The fight of good people against ignorance, the fears that sprout from it, the hate which then blossoms, culminating in the bitter toxic fruit of evil, senseless brutalities and deaths, is a constant, never-ending battle we fear, but it is a battle from which we must never shrink. In this era, the likes of Toxic Trump and Marginalized Greene have become the face of the new "America First" fascist movement built up over the last four decades by the GOP, Reich-wing plutocrats, demagogues, and media. But, as with Lindbergh, the American people gradually come to recognize their dysfunctional poison and reject it. Most Americans understand, accept, and appreciate that the enduring strength of America is that we are a nation of immigrants and multiculturalism, a "melting pot" where the best ideas rise to the top, and superficial differences are meaningless in the face of our common humanity and purpose. Most Americans want competent leaders who speak truth, who strive to unite, who are not corrupt, who care about them. So, it should come as no surprise that President Biden is already receiving high marks from the public, while Toxic Trump never managed to rise above even a 50% approval rating. To conclude where begun, the following quotes are submitted for further reflection: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." ~ George Santayana "History doesn't repeat itself. But it does rhyme. ~ Mark Twain "That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history." ~ Aldous Huxley "If men could learn from history, what lessons it might teach us! But passion and party blind our eyes, and the light which experience gives us is a lantern on the stern which shines only on the waves behind." ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

[@graceantonio3573]

Thank u🙂 GOD BLESS YOU 😇 I call for God fearing Americans & humanity as we all pray for AMERICA's DELIVERANCE. So help us GOD!

[@user-qo3jh9mn1t]

Thank you. I especially like the optimism that we will get through this truly unfortunate time. My hope is that it will be a warning to the world of what can happen if people listen to hateful rhetoric.

[@hodaka1000]

SUCCESS TO THE USA 👍

[@yogaflirt7]

I enjoyed your treatise. It was VERY LONG, but right on the money. Did you get your PhD yet? Lol

[@debralucas2224]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇦🇺👍

[@morenofranco9235]

Professor Belew's insights into domestic terrorism and extremism provide a chilling view forward, of the path that America is taking toward becoming a police state, unless more people are woken up to what is going on right under their noses. An excellent interview, Michel.

[@melaniecotterell8263]

We need more domestic and less foreign. America first.

[@Kithara111]

The origins of the modern movement coincides with Reagan ("government is the problem") and the GOP 'southern strategy'.

[@ljimlewis]

Yup but that’s not the whole story. And the professor isn’t telling the whole story either. My comment is just below yours. There were a whole lot of “voters” who had it with the Far Left during Vietnam. And yup. The Dems had it coming. Even Reagan may have planted the seeds, but nobody figured Rush and Timmy in the equation, however. And the Republicans won the Cold War. Then we got a Trump who sided with an ex Commie while it was the Dems who were defending Ukraine. What a world we live in.

[@nancyloomis3046]

Oh geesh…Ronald Reagan. I credit him with bringing the “Evangelicals” into the Republican Party and that only attracted more far-right political extremists who hate the government. So many Bible Belt Southerners thought Reagan “walked on water” or that he was just like some “saint” who sat on the front row of “First Baptist Church” every Sunday. He was not. From what I understand, the Regan’s rarely attended church. But good ol’ Ronnie, he had a way of sounding just like what too many conservatives thought of as the embodiment of everything that was right and good in America…including “Mom and Apple Pie.”

[@djluminol]

I know this sounds conspiratorial but it is in fact true and you can read history books and essays about it. Back in the 50's during the ideological founding of movement conservatism they were trying to figure out a way to regain power and undue the New Deal. They made a devils bargain that imo could only lead to here. To achieve their political goals the right initially purged the racists, conspiracy nuts, anti government militia types and so on and that's why we remember the John Birch society today. Not so much for what it did or didn't do but because of a war the business wing of the right waged against them so they could win elections. They reasoned with conspiracy nuts and racists in the party swing voters would not vote for them. Turns out they were wrong. Lot's of us have heard of the three legged stool narrative regarding the right. The business community, civil libertarians and the religious right. What almost never gets mentioned is that the civil libertarians were anti government racial extremists and the religious right were Iranian style theocrat's. What became Christian Reconstructionism and Dominionism. The only part of the right that had not been consistently flirting with extremists since the birth of their ideology has been the wealthy business interests, although that changed when they realized they couldn't undue the New Deal using reason and debate. As mentioned by Huh? the southern strategy was the tipping point where the entirety of the right succumbed to extremist ideology in pursuit of their goals. They learned extremist emotional appeals worked and their ghouls ran with it consequences be damned. Imo these problems we are facing will not change until the ideology of the right as a whole does. They have more or less been this way since the 70's/80's. The ideology is built around grievance. Rather than the traditional conservative argument of stable communities through shared prosperity and hard work we get the immigrants took your job. True or not building a political movement based in fear and anger can only ever lead to one place. Until the motivation used to gain votes changes this situation will not change. It's not that conservatism is inherently bad. It's the type of conservatism being sold to people. The way it's being sold and the ways that conservatism wields its power.

[@GetOuttaTheJohnBoy]

@@nancyloomis3046 As opposed to now, where everything is literally shitty and backwards??? I'll take a heavy dose of the 80's any day, thank you.

[@moniqueloomis9772]

@first last Thomas is a grifting shill. Irrelevant.

[@OnlyThomasHayes]

12:43 "We still think about 'lone wolves' when we should be thinking about a ground swell." 🔥 This whole interview is on point.

[@utube012341]

Very good point and my personal fear

[@NoahBodze]

@@utube012341 Put another tampon in, Tom.

[@utube012341]

@@NoahBodze how clever of you . You must be a good little Trump boi

[@NoahBodze]

@@utube012341 I didn’t vote for Trump, pansy. Maybe double up on those pads for your heavy menstrual flow.

[@jamestcatcato7132]

@@NoahBodze pansy....,? Who outside the imbecile community even uses words as weapons?

[@mysticwanderer4787]

Interesting, I drew the same conclusion several years ago about the link between the Vietnam War and the rise of militant groups in the U.S. One day I went to a program honoring veterans at a local mall. As a veteran myself I just wanted to see what was being put on. All of the groups were there AMVETS. American Legion, DAV, VFW, etc. but there was one group that stood out. This was a group of Purple Heart recipients from the Vietnam War. They weren't particularly friendly. While most of the other groups either recruited or promoted veterans causes this group pushed 2nd Amendment rights and Open Carry. They had no use for the U.S. Govt. They were bitter and it was obvious. I have talked to many veterans from all wars and periods and in each group there are those that hold anti government or authoritarian views. Most of the later blame the liberals for all of the country's problems. Violence was appropriate to accomplish a purge of these "snowflakes" and "liberal weaklings." There is also a significant percentage on active duty with these same views. The more authoritarian the branch or unit the more this thought prevails. What happened at the Capitol was shocking, but when it did happen I unlike many in the media was not surprised to see many veterans and even some active duty personnel among them. The current administration had better stop playing nice and magnanimous good guy with those who participated and enabled this attack. As Kathleen Belew stated, this was just a rehearsal. Enabled by a feckless republican party and a propaganda network posing as a legitimate news outlet, Trump is still out there spreading lies and fomenting violence. I fear the next big thing will produce many body bags.

[@tellthetruthna8523]

Keep in mind, however, that only 10-20% of the Jan 6 insurrectionists were vets. The average age of the participants was 40 which means they weren't yet alive during the Vietnam War. The point of origin for militant groups and white supremacy isn't Vietnam. It goes back much further -- to the founding of America.

[@mysticwanderer4787]

@@tellthetruthna8523 I never said that the origins of para military anti- government groups was the Vietnam War, I said "The rise" of these groups meaning an explosion of membership occurred after the war. Some of the most anit-government groups such as the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers and the Boogaloo Boys have a strong presence of ex- military and ex cops. The Boogaloo Boys, a terrorist group, was founded and is almost exclusively made up of former military. You state "that only 10-20% of the Jan 6 insurrectionists were vets." The number is 10-15% yet vets make up only 7% of the general population. Worse, there were active duty personnel involved as well and let us not forget disgraced ex Army General Mike Flynn was almost certainly involved in the planning and execution of this coup attempt and it was General Charles Flynn that delayed the deployment of National Guard troops to the Capitol and then lied about it. If you think these were all just isolated cases then it is certain that you have either never served in the military or agree with their alt right stance. I would hope the former is the case but either way we cannot let this festering rot in our military continue to grow and organize.

[@tellthetruthna8523]

@@mysticwanderer4787 Whoa.... don't be so defensive. People are allowed to disagree. This professor was never in the military. Does that mean her positions are illegitimate? You didn't respond to my points that the overwhelming majority of the insurrectionists were not vets (15% is a relatively small minority) nor were most Jan 6 participants even alive during the Vietnam War and that militant groups and racism both date back to America's founding. It's not as if militia group and white supremacy are a 21st or even a 20th century creation. The Proud Boys were founded in 2016, the Oath Keepers in 2009, and the Boogaloo Boys in 2019. Quite a stretch to connect them to the Vietnam War. Stronger connections can be made such as right wing media platforms and social media in general. Given their training, I do view the fact that veterans and law enforcement are involved in political extremism as a problem. I simply don't agree with the thesis that the Vietnam War has any special significance as a point of origin which is the argument this prof has asserted. And, no, I'm not anywhere close to the right or the alt-right. This is an academic discussion not a personal attack.

[@mysticwanderer4787]

@@tellthetruthna8523 whoa, don’t think that this twenty year military veteran doesn’t know what is going on in the military or veterans groups many of them legitimate and peaceful. Are you a professor of military science? Do you know the culture that tends to promote an authoritarian climate. I am simply stating reality though you won’t see it at 30,000 feet. If you had read my answer with any consideration of the points I made then you would have seen that I agreed with you that the origins of some of these groups were before and some after the Vietnam era. The Vietnam era vets didn’t necessarily found these groups but they laid the foundation for many of them. You are talking academic theory based on superficial data and lack of understanding of the military culture and of Veterans groups even the benign ones. I on the other hand know both. I mean no disrespect but the fact that you are a professor has no bearing on the validity of your position on this subject.

[@tellthetruthna8523]

@@mysticwanderer4787 I was referring to the professor who is giving the interview. Kathleen Belew. I am not a professor. Not that it is particularly relevant but I am a lawyer which is probably why I like arguments that hold up under scrutiny. Yes, I understand military culture having grown up in a military family. I also understand how the culture can promote authoritarian climates but the reality is that most republicans in 2022 support authoritarianism yet most have never served in the military. I simply don't agree that Professor Belew established a nexus between the Vietnam War and the nuts that stormed the Capitol. Nor did she convince me that racist groups have any special connection to the Vietnam War era. If one is going to argue that a specific point in time laid a foundation for militia and/or racist groups the US Civil War seems just as likely as the Vietnam War. Or, why not the Middle East wars that followed 9/11? Most of the vets that participated in Jan 6 served in the Iraq and/or Afghanistan wars not in Vietnam The truth is that the military didn't create the delusional cultists that stormed the Capitol. It didn't create white supremacy in America either. No one thing is responsible for the contempt for democracy that threatens America but if I had to pick just one it would be right wing propagandist media outlets beginning with FOX and culminating with Facebook and Alex Jones and his ilk. I think her thesis was designed to sell her book (and to benefit from all the accolades that go with publishing as a professor) but when you drill down the connection between Vietnam and "white power" and 21st century militia groups is dubious. That is my point.

[@patrickjenkins6383]

A REALLY smart lady who seems to have devoted a significant chunk of her life to the study of American history. I'm Impressed, and even humbled by her passion & expertise. 🇺🇸😎

[@joc8092]

yeah, easy on the eyes as well

[@patrickjenkins6383]

@@joc8092 So true. Clearly beautiful, inside & out. 😎

[@brokenrecord3523]

It would be so hard to immerse yourself in this evil day after day.

[@Josh_Fredman]

I went to college with Professor Belew! She is about as smart as they come. So hyped to see her build a national profile!

[@Longtack55]

Assoc Prof.

[@Josh_Fredman]

@@Longtack55 It is traditional to refer to any rank of professor (adjunct, associate, full, tenured) as "Professor." She's also got her doctorate, so it would have been even more appropriate for me to call her Doctor Belew.

[@Etatdesiege1979]

@@Longtack55 So?

[@robertmillar180]

This is a great interview - I learned a lot from it. The government should be more forthcoming about the problems that exist instead of hiding them.

[@1970joedub]

The USA was founded upon profit over people, human trafficking, and genocide. That vibe still runs deep.

[@mnemonija]

What is government hiding from you? Rudys affidavits? He didn’t share them with anyone.

[@philgarza6158]

I agree with you 100%. The problem is outlets like Fox news, Brietbart, and other fascist leaning outlets they will claim how white supremacists are the victims and marginalized by the government and being pushed out by minorites.

[@tinacone2862]

Dude nothings being hidden...maybe come out of mommy's basement put the game controllers down and ur phone...

[@CodeLife_12]

@@tinacone2862 Most democrat politicians are tiptoing around the very real and urgent problem of white power movements in the US. The Biden administration needs to call them out for what they are and start taking drastic actions before the republican party destroys the democratic system.

[@grantsmythe8625]

Professor Belew says that the problem is an "insufficient understanding of our shared history". I think she's right, in part, but the problem is also about some people being just damned hateful, violent and mean. Unfortunately those kinds of people are often found in some kind of leadership role.

[@es330]

Yes and these nasty and ignorant people were publicly lauded and validated by a certain nasty recent ex president.

[@judithlauron2856]

I believe many of the men the professor speaks of ARE damned hateful, violent …feel the hate and violence EMPOWERS them. They DO NOT Want a democracy…..they dream of 19th century when white men ruled; the blacks were NEVER to have anything the white power men had. This hate is devouring the Republican men who are enabling the hate groups and I believe this movement was alive and growing in large numbers Before trump raised his fist and said follow me.

[@G11713]

...perhaps not so much of an insufficient understanding but a rejection of our shared history. As an example, our history books all but exclusively identify the contributions of white men.

[@mtn1793]

Psychopaths are very comfortable selling their souls to the great deceiver… But how come we fall for their Lies still?

[@judithbradford9130]

Hateful violent and mean crossed with a generation of decreasing real wages, making the necessities of a decent life unobtainable for the majority.

[@grouchomarxist666]

A refreshing young professor who's a good presenter. She's concise, clear, insightful and doesn't begin every other sentence with the word "so." Would love to hear more from Dr. Belew.

[@markdouglas8073]

Read her book or listen to the audiobook. I did and highly recommend it.

[@rockuhard76]

Pretty lady, too. Not that that's the point.

[@bthemedia]

🤷‍♀️ Except she repeated lied with disinformation about the Oklahoma City bombing as an emotional trigger to gaslight PBS viewers to the Dem false narrative of “white supremacy” boogie man 👻 fears to seize federal power over state and individual rights.

[@davidm1926]

@@bthemedia web.archive.org/web/20071014123027/www.courttv.com/news/mcveigh_special/profile_ctv.html "His fascination with guns proved more lasting. McVeigh became obsessed with reading about survivalism and Second Amendment issues. He acquired several guns, and set up a generator and a store of canned food and potable water in his basement so that he would be self-sufficient in case of emergency. One of the books he read, The Turner Diaries, a racist novel popular in neo-Nazi and militia circles about an angry man who blows up the FBI building in Washington, would become a long-time favorite." Give us compelling fact-based reasons to reject these claims, not baseless allegations of disinformation. Don't gaslight about the white nationalist elements in the so-called Patriot movement. If you see all these guys as fellow libertarians, they need to clean house. Any concern about the Antifa boogeyman? Not making any assumptions about what your answer would be, just kind of curious.

[@grouchomarxist666]

@@bthemediaNot triggered. Not emotional. Not gaslit. Reactionary lunatics seem to know how to smash things, but they never know what to do next. Do you seriously think those Jan. 6 Trumphumpers were going to take over Congress? If you do, you're alone. Most of these right-wingnuts never bother to learn the first thing about how government works (they're usually drop-outs). Instead, they glom onto fringe notions like those expressed in the Turner Diaries, which McVeigh loved). No one is pushing to seize anyone's rights or expand the power of the federal government, even though it's the federal government that enshrines your rights under the first 10, the 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 21st, 24th & 26th amendments to its constitution.

[@AI-xs4fp]

One of the most informative and essential interiews I have run across. Like curtains being drawn back.

[@nanszoo3092]

I am so glad she brought up the "rehearsal." She is SO Right about how little we as a Society understand what has been happening all along in the shadows which the policies and rhetoric of the Trump campaign, his administration, and some of the Republicans have brought out into the light for all to see.

[@karlk9316]

Use of the term Trumpism is name calling. Support of Pres Trump is not an ideology, so it is not an "ism". Generally Pres Trump's supporters believe in the principles of constrained government, maximal liberty (liberty being freedom with responsibility), property rights, and Christian moral principles.

[@karlk9316]

We know so little about the events of Jan 6th because the FBI's report is classified, yet the FBI and DOJ is vigorously prosecuting roughly 450 protestors without the facts being known. Meanwhile Antifa BLM rioters who destroyed more than $2 Billion dollars of property with at least 35 dead and hundreds maimed were generally not arrested, and the arrested often let off by the hundreds.

[@metalmauler]

@Harold Moore bill Clinton had christian support.are they all idiots too?

[@jackhammer7824]

@@karlk9316 Small organization of idiots on a sunny day in January video recording their own criminal acts is a cake walk for prosecution. Riots across the country in the darkness of Night is another story. Sorry but The death / murder of George Floyd brought the racists, murders in law enforcement Out in the open. Violence and theft was the result. Sorry but I didn't start the fire.

[@choicelady]

Be assured that the FBI is aware of it all, probably has infiltrated most groups. It will not come as a surprise next time. It may not be allowed to come out at all.

[@Madaboutmada]

Chris Hedges has been warning about this for decades. Interview him as someone who has covered the falls of many countries.

[@evansquilt]

it's been done. There are multiple interviews with him on KZbin.

[@evansquilt]

@write away = nice job of proving that Professor Belew is absolutely right. Also? The Union won. Go boogalo somewhere else.

[@evansquilt]

@write away And it isn't going to be a bunch of fat, out of shape, stupid wannabes wearing Hawaiian shirts and playing soldier. Reported.

[@carolinemaybe]

@write away what are you talking about?

[@evansquilt]

What a sad little bot you are.

[@anthrogurl4484]

This was an excellent interview. Hard questions w/ nuanced answers by a scholar who is clearly passionate & well-equipped to offer immediate & long-term solutions. Kudos to Michel for asking the right questions.

[@melaniecotterell8263]

Solutions? What needs to be solved?

[@elizabethdaniels51]

Another well done interview with an intelligent, well spoken professor. How refreshing to get the perspective based on real scholarship! Keep it up and keep educating. Many thx!

[@jackhammer7824]

College Professor's and associated Professor's Rock. A gift of a educational system designed to erase creativity and focus on academic development.

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

All that and she’s HOT too 😍

[@makiburgess5733]

Imagine that! Listening to well-educated people speak about analysis based on actual evidence. What a novel concept.

[@Gregorypeckory]

Thanks to everyone who worked on this piece; a proper analysis is essential to success in combating organized bigotry in the United States, and this is an important contribution to understanding what's going on with the deep streak of bigotry through our society, the threat that it represents, the damage it's already done, and what can be done about it.

[@yogaflirt7]

Don't forget to talk about how social media is utilized to grow the extremism.

[@MMuraseofSandvich]

Yup. People think they're isolated to Parler and Gab, but they're really everywhere, trying to recruit more members, especially in northern European (read: majority white) countries.

[@trl2828]

Yes, the left has built up its extremism networks very well using social media.

[@Professional_444]

Monitized

[@fieldlab4]

Our social media just reflects a misguided misinformed fractured culture built up on false histories. It enables the bubbles that Americans have long preferred over reality. Social media is full of far-right delusional hate speech and misinformation. It is no more the cause of our problems than newspapers are magazines always were. They've just given all the old propaganda, denial and racism a supercharged platform.

[@mikaeels.6477]

Facts. The abuse social media and the outlets do nothing about it until the world talks about it. Ive reported tons of racist posts on fakebook and KZbin and they come back telling me they didn't see anything wrong with the comments. Smh. They use racist terms

[@triluna0]

In my opinion, the reason for the success of groups like these in our country and others is Fear! The play upon people’s fears of marginalization, capitalizing on an individual’s economic outlook. Fear turned outward is hate. Fear of the “other” produces this hate. That only scratches the surface, clearly, yet it cannot be misunderstood. Isolation and home schooling should be accounted as well as many other factors.

[@mtn1793]

Main fear is the cannibal greed heads afraid of running out of their addiction to false profits… Never Ever GOP Again

[@gmanon1181]

Fear created on lies isn't just fear. It's manipulation.

[@B.White70]

The fact that they look like, related to or sharing the same ideologies as most in leadership goes a long way to helping them out....

[@B.White70]

@@gmanon1181 willfully manipulated for the most part though.

[@indrinita]

@@gmanon1181 they're not victims

[@blackeyedsusan727]

Brilliant prof. Good speaker. Please have her on the show again. Thank you!

[@sdwalls72]

The answer is NOT Patriot act 2.0!! We need more parties in this country, more unions, more DEMOCRATIC institutions that represent the interests of working class people. People are being radicalized when they don’t have healthcare, a living wage and good schools for their children. Neither party in government represents these core issues! That’s the REAL problem. 🇺🇸🤔

[@fenyoaeemckinney2144]

BRAVO! You got that right! Unlike other industrialized countries Americans are stuck with this two party concept and are UNWILLING for expansion and change! Both parties are inept, corrupt and corporate puppets!!!😫😡

[@andrewcrowder4958]

Your suggestions are good in themselves, but they do not match the facts about the participants of 1/6. Not young, not disenfranchised, not poor.

[@oldpossum57]

The christian working class and middle class followed Reagan into giving up unions, and assuming a much greater share of the tax burden, impoverishing themselves to benefit the Uber-rich in the least equitable economy of all time. GOP tells these people they can’t afford Social Security, a fund that workers pay for.

[@oldpossum57]

That is very true. J6 are employed, in positions of responsibility or ownership, white, over 35. They buy into an extraordinary US paranoia, that their lives are in danger. @@andrewcrowder4958

[@jfergusonify]

Yes. Have you seen the recent interview with Tim Miller, ie. April 2024?

[@Froggy77100]

Something that wasn't mentioned; there needs to be sufficient consequences in order to deter events such as the insurrection at the Capitol -- from happening in the first place. Having no fear of consequence can be directly attributed to why these groups continue to act & have become emboldened in their hate & harmful actions. We can begin teaching factual, accurate history, policy can be introduced & changed. However, without substantial consequence for committing hate crimes, insurrection, domestic terrorism, etc. There is nothing to deter those actions from continuing & possibly getting worse.

[@GRJ-uz7kf]

Yes, those silly little trespassing charges being used were never designed for a violent insurrectionist assault against lawmakers in the U.S. Capitol.

[@jetmech9287]

Oh this is rich. LOL, omg the delusion.

[@fireflymary9269]

Consequences don’t necessarily deter as has been researched and proven. Think about what you are saying. People with causes don’t think they are wrong or criminals. They are passionate to the point of thinking they are superior and must fight against those who are perceived as evil. They feel justified even more by the Bible messaging they feel they receive to justify their cause.

[@jetmech9287]

@@fireflymary9269 You just described the political left, but substitute scientism for the bible. Congrats.

[@PD-fe7dz]

@@fireflymary9269 This country has a history of NOT giving strict consequences to a large group of White people. if they gave severe consequences to white people, especially white men, it would deter most of them. They make an example only out of their serial killers,. while for the most part others continue to act out. Why wait to do something about people showing up at Judge Kavanaugh's home, and not stop this when they showed up to Attorney General William Barr's home with a horse and rope?🤔 The reason this subject is so important today is because White people are afraid of white people. What seemed to be a joke or something that indifference to the suffering of minorities could stomach, is now at many white people's doors. With the increase in technology, you can't create jobs for white men as you once could in the manufacturing age. You either know how to think logically and you can program or more and more white men will be left behind economically. The abusing and killing of Black people, women, LGBTQ, and any other marginalized group won't change wealth inequality, the social and moral decline, the minimum wage, the decaying infrastructure, the government's debt, student loan debt.. etc 🤷They are going to have to address some serious problems in this country and the politicians are not ready to do so. They are trying to continue to kick the can down the road and it's no longer working. All of this double talking is not going to cut it anymore. For example, why bring up a border wall when the Mexicans have clearly shown that they can tunnel through or fly into the country, but corporations still hire them to work without any severe penalty 🤔The best thing for America to do is to train intelligent civilized and educated people to move this country forward, and not backwards where you could only have a bunch of dead Americans. It's time for all of these 70, 80 and close to 90 year old people to go. No country that stays in a regressive state can compete with a world that moving forward. Hatred and racism is all they know and they are afraid to let it go. So much so that people will knowingly hang on to the joker and the riddler while they blow smoke up their you know what!! Just screaming White power with no marketable skills for today's market, so that you can take care of yourself, you'll still be impovished and homeless as more and more white men and women join this dynamic. 🤷

[@edwardanderson1562]

Missing in this discussion are the effects of the Waco massacre, and the attack at Ruby ridge, and how they connect with Oklahoma City.

[@danielstadden1149]

You used the words massacre and attack in regards to Waco and Ruby ridge but when it comes to the bombing it's just Oklahoma City, as if it were justified

[@jonathanjones35]

Wow. The professor was very sharp. Great questions, great interview, great responses.

[@mikaeels.6477]

I agree

[@mikey_gc8]

@Ewardian Rose oooo, edgy

[@myresponsesarelimited7895]

@Ewardian Rose 1 ...she wasn't talking about the Vietnam War (or the American war if your Vietnamese) - she was talking about a moment that grew out of the aftermath, if you were looking for the history of the Vietnam war your search was sht and you got lost 2 ...if you didn't hear the wisdom of what she said - your either hugely bias to an ulterior narrative, extremely zealous, or dumb as a rock, and - 3 ...oh no you didn't just try and blame that shit on her???😆😆

[@357Amun]

@Ewardian Rose She is responsible for the world being perverse since the beginning of time, and she's only been here for less than 50 years???? See how intelligent that sounds???🤔

[@myresponsesarelimited7895]

@Anthony Mcken she pretty much said the same stuff she said on RNZ, but she is obviously very sharp and concise so I imagine it will be a great read, let me know what you think when you're done please

[@redbarchetta8782]

I problem warned about for years and ignored even after Timothy McVeigh. And now we have tens of thousands Timothy McVeighs. Good luck with democracy now America.

[@judithbradford9130]

yeah, a lot of us feel like Cassandra, because America has ignored its Christian extremist problem SO hard. I've been saying since we let them take public money for RELIGIOUS early childhood education that a generation raised on evangelicalism would lead straight to an American fascist movement, as Sinclair Lewis predicted, "carrying a cross and wrapped in the flag".

[@ginawhiteley8834]

@@judithbradford9130 spot on! I agree.

[@theodoreroberts3407]

We are on that very path, and there is a good chance that this is the last of the American experiment as the founders imagined it. Instead of America getting better it's getting worse and will eventually become nazi America. Just keep turning a blind eye... People of color are not the only one's who will suffer, just like before. "Those who don't learn from history..."

[@doriswashington7299]

This is a horrifying system. This has gone on for decades. Worst ever Government involved in 1920

Ignored by conservatives who have positioned themselves strategically in power. Religious freedom is fine but Religion has no place in government.

[@xiongpaolee]

THANK YOU for these longer segments that allow for some deeper conversations!

[@craigkeller]

So, we’re developing our own ISIS. How ironic. Great presentation.

[@Spiral.Dynamics]

The US supports and arms all terrorists worldwide.

[@communitygardener17]

I believe the concept is, "choose your enemies well, for you become them."

[@msc2u1]

No. America's own ISIS has always been here.

[@brianjennings7644]

Y'allQueda..you mean.

[@ninij9692]

Yes, many dictators have taken lessons from the United States over the last hundred and fifty years.

[@emilywilson7308]

Wow! I wonder why we grew up not getting the full story of our shared history and how it is impacting what’s happening today. I like her ideas moving forward.

[@grantsmythe8625]

We didn't get it because it's painful to hear and we didn't want to hear it from the people best suited to tell us. For example we really didn't want to know much more about slavery and its consequences and aftermath than that it happened.Also we certainly didn't want to hear about slavery from the descendants of former slaves. The same can be said about women's struggle for equality.

[@emilywilson7308]

@@grantsmythe8625 the truth will eventually come out and we have to face it.

[@grantsmythe8625]

@@emilywilson7308 Yes, some people will face it but I'm afraid that there are others who never will. I don't think that Trump Evangelicals will ever face the truth about Trump's immoral and downright evil character. (His Malignant Narcissism, a diagnosis he shares with Adolf Hitler, by the way.)

[@jeremyserwer2586]

@@grantsmythe8625 Oh no they get it, they made a trade for more power and money. These groups on a fundamental level are about prosperity and absolute devotion to an ideal that is sometimes racist and nationalistic and certainly about excluding those that are unlike them. trump and his early developers found these angry folks and learned to speak their language that's why he was so successful at directing the acts of violence--he knows exactly how to pull their strings to do his bidding.

[@asecretturning]

Because our country has been shaped by white supremacists and religious delusions for over four hundred years. Pull on one little thread and the whole tapestry is endangered.

[@edmundcrowley1983]

Outstanding journalism by Amanpour and Company. Great interview!!!

[@theprimalpitch190]

This is significant information and analysis many people need to hear. One downer is that I see comments and gripes about the expert's presentation. It's very high quality and definitely worthy of a national news network. I fear some people have trouble hearing from an expert who happens to be female.

[@parrisprice5892]

Or any expert, thats contrary to their goal ,which appears to be fascism n authoritarian leaders

[@magsbayou]

@@parrisprice5892 I agree. Any information, regardless of topic and presenter as well as negative or positive, they gripe and contradict because it does not fit their narrative.

[@merlinidlehands3302]

I thibk she a great teacher kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH6XkIKjosuprJI

[@gtaylor6937]

I hear you. Her speech patterns drive me a bit nuts too though, and I'm a woman in business who always speaks her mind. Her message is extremely important, but listening to her is challenging - she sounds completely academic, not someone who has lived what she knows. Over use of "um", ending phrases with a tone that makes it sound like a question mark, low octane energy in her voice. If I heard this exact same message from a Kamala Harris or a Rachel Maddow, I would take it much more seriously. Tough, I know, but women have to learn how to put their vital energy into their deeply held convictions and knowledge when speaking.

[@allensandven0]

So many people only hear what they want to hear even if it’s just a portion out of context . When your looking for bunny clouds in the sky there everywhere!

[@jonmeador8637]

This was great. What I didn't hear her talk about is tie-in with religion. There's power in saying "we're a white nation." You turbo-charge it when you say "we're a white, christian nation." "When Fascism comes to America it'll be wrapped in the flag and carrying a Bible."

[@ArtsAliveAmerica]

Right. If they're sober, they're hiding in "the rooms" and if they're not, they hang at the VFW or Legion where Fox has entertained them since its 1980's debut. The co-dependent women do what they're told, taking "happy pills" to keep up with the madness they live with. Domestic violence is key here as these women don't see how subtle the abuse can be and they innocently defend their husband's and son's actions at all costs.

[@eemoogee160]

@@ArtsAliveAmerica Sadly, I'm sure many women are true believers.

[@mtn1793]

Many tie ins to be had here: McCarthyism, Cold War profiteering, the murders of JFK, RFK, MLK, -Nixon’s craven silent majority ploy after he sold out the peace to be elected. I could go on. How it boils down with Vets is that dirty stinking scent of a Lie. Any Lie. All the Lies from every direction, and the complete lack of any Real direction. Where is the Love in phony fake leadership? It doesn’t exist and We all know it. Never Ever GOP Again. And May partisan politics be banned forever, before it’s too late!

[@ginawhiteley8834]

When fascism comes to America it will be draped in a flag a d carrying a cross. - Sinclair Lewis. It has come with the Republicans and evangelicals. USA might lose democracy.:(((

[@cmortenson3647]

Yep. America needs to stop subsidizing religion.

[@georgedunn320]

Time for that Faulkner quote again: "The past is never dead; it isn't even past."

[@myob2k]

What’s so crazy is that the klans and others followed Christianity when Jesus was and is a brother and not white smh 🤷🏽‍♂️ the irony

[@asecretturning]

I mean, Jesus was never real and Christianity was invented centuries after that in direct contradiction of those teachings but yeah, everything about humanity is rooted in Africa and that's a fact.

[@jeffphakenewz8556]

That's ok, since the self-righteous Right don't actually live by Jesus' teachings. They just use their religion and the flag to deflect any and all inconvenient (to themselves) facts/realities.

[@arguescreamholler]

You see Many of them wearing Beards Now. Why do you think they're doing it? They Gave Up Christianity. THEY WORSHIP THE NORSE GODS NOW! TOR(Thor)! LOKI! ZEUS! That's what the bead is for. THOR (MARVEL) first hit movie, two more before that. Fight With MICHEL CLARK DUNCAN, "You're Big, FOR A BIGGER!" Harriet Tubman's "BIGGER LONG" CABIN IN THE WOODS "White Nationalist Nazi Paraphernalia Displayed All Over The Girls Bedroom, 88 On The Bike! White Nationalist Nazi Music Is The Soundtrack! IN OTHER MEDIA? All Black Women And Girls In Sexual, Intimate Relationships With WHITE MEN(people) ONLY! NO BLACK FAMILIES OR COUPLES SEEN. Why I don't watch a lot of stuff now.

[@arguescreamholler]

There are NO CHURCHES That Teach The Gospel Of JESUS. NONE! Jesus Overturned The Tables Of The Merchants, Destroyed The Things That Shouldn't Have Been In The Prayer Hall. Jesus took the people out of the temples! (Sermon on the mount) Jesus told people NEVER TO GO BACK TO ANY TEMPLES. Jesus said, ALL OF HIS DISCIPLES WILL BETRAY HIM, And lead the people Back Into The Temples. ALL! They teach only Judas. Revelation is about ALL HAVING THEIR OWN COPIES OF THE SCRIPTURES! All having A Bible! NOT THE END OF THE WORLD! What's really crazy? YOU SEE PEOPLE WALKING INTO THESE CHURCHES WITH BIBLES IN THEIR HANDS.

[@richb9091]

So right, and he preached against Rome which is where we are right now America. just let it all sink in critical race theory scares them the real truth of the bloodlust of these people is psychotic

[@oleeb]

Why haven’t we recognized the right wing violent extremism? Because historically the FBI, elements of the military and local law enforcement have viewed right wing extremism favorably. Law enforcement and the military are known to have had strong right wing and extreme right wing views as institutions. That’s the truth. Historically, left wing and civil rights movements that overwhelmingly peaceful if not pacifist, have been viewed as dangerous and a threat to the status quo.

[@mike9rr]

While I am glad the professor pointed out that it is only a small minority of veterans that engage in anti-government violence, one thing that I had to listen twice for was the disclaimer that the Viet Nam war was ALSO a catalyst for peaceful activism. Example: Viet Nam Veterans Against the War (VVAW). They are still active. Among their many contributions are getting recognition for Agent Orange related illnesses, reaching out to other vets, trying to make some amends by sponsoring projects in Viet Nam, like schools and libraries.

[@gamtngirl3655]

She said that! Relisten.

[@mike9rr]

@@gamtngirl3655 I think I caught it the second time around. I will modify my comment.

[@atlanticrf]

You do realize the VVAW was partially funded by the USSR?

[@mike9rr]

@@atlanticrf Source?

[@mike9rr]

Still waiting.

[@itstrbo]

If a few years of bad rhetoric can lead to an insurrection, surely a few years of deliberate and honest dialogue could lead to something positive....or maybe I'm being naive....

[@LK-bz9sk]

This movement of hate is so long lived a few years of honest dialog will do nothing, most unfortunately

[@5kids1goldfish]

This was not "a few years of bad rhetoric". White Supremacy goes back at least a few hundred years, and colonialism designed institutions around keeping some people in service to those on the top as it took on capitalist ideology. She talks about how violent actions can be stirred easily in people coming home from war... and the USA always has some kind of war situation going on somewhere... We still have to address the violent past of chattel slavery, white Christian churches whose ministers were paid by selling off black parishioners, and all kinds of ongoing harm to people of color-- meanwhile our "alternative facts" people are not open to reason. It's not about being reasonable. Or you could have honest dialogue. This is about power.

[@5kids1goldfish]

@write away oh... then I guess it's okay.

[@5kids1goldfish]

@write away I'm confused. What response were you looking for? We've had forced breeding of slaves and the public torture of black people to terrorize other slaves, and brutality of genital surgeries without anesthesia to found modern gynecology... now in modern times we maintain the school to prison pipeline, profit off jailing black people more so than white, continuing a habit of family separation policies, continuing also modern slavery through incarceration, deny standards of health care and education, and all manner of things that would make anyone sick just to hear about. Am I supposed to make myself feel better reading up on other histories elsewhere? How about you read up on how Americans treated Chinese people, Muslims, Africans and Native tribal people right here in America?

[@itstrbo]

@@5kids1goldfish yeah you're right no need for honest dialogue, eff it...

[@axolotl3964]

Thank you to this professor, I'm really glad that my feelings of distress regarding right wingers is basically on point. We all should be very concerned about their motives and behavior.

[@gmanon1181]

This happens when only one group tide itself to power for too long leaving the rest missrepresented This is why race Theory is vital to fight the negative force of systematic racism.

[@westypoprocks772]

Tbh, all this right wing hate on CRT made me dive deep into lectures on CRT, the history of africans in america, slavery, systemic racism. Wow.

[@westypoprocks772]

Tbh, all this right wing hate on CRT made me dive deep into lectures on CRT, the history of africans in america, slavery, systemic racism. Wow.

[@moniqueloomis9772]

👏👏👏

[@jetmech9287]

CRT is just racism. Welcome to becoming that which you claim to hate. Congrats on that.

[@westypoprocks772]

@@jetmech9287 Learning the history of systemic racism in america makes you racist? Cant learn about slavery? Cant learn about the indian wars? Cant learn about redlining? No learning about the civil war and it causes? No learning about the chinese exclusion act? Japanese internment? If i learn about the atrocities japan and germany committed during ww2, or will that make me racist? Should we ban the bible because it might make people anti-semitic and anti italian, because the romans and the jewish leaders killed jesus? You can not like history, but hiatory cant be changed. If you ignore history, you will be doomed to repeat it.

[@chancerobinson5112]

Still crickets on holding ‘45, Giuliani, Rep. Mo Brooks, Rep. MTG, Rep. Boebert, et al accountable…. In the United States, Political Class will and does protect you.

[@keithklassen5320]

Rudy has had his legal license suspended, pending further investigation, for grossly unethical conduct. But yes, in general your point stands.

[@chancerobinson5112]

@@keithklassen5320 At that time, Giuliani had not been elected to anything. However, he ran with the right crowd and had a fairly successful political career. Inciting a riot, plain and simple, and the key criminals walk!

[@georgeseiling5719]

This - but also talk about the Kremlin backed Dark Money Putinists who both exploit these fissures and employ academic mouth-pieces to gaslight and direct the blame squarely on Yank vs Yank.

[@georgeseiling5719]

* blame **and focus**

[@karlk9316]

The political repression you and other marxist Dems are promoting and supporting is fundamentally anti-American and can only lead to suffering and chaos. The founding of the Republic was by Christians and Jews, mostly by Protestants who protested the ongoing abuse of power in Europe by the unseparated Church and state. In order "to promote domestic tranquility" there was to be no reprisals against the losers of elections. The Founders studied history and knew that such reprisals lead to civil war or endless cycles of violence. Yet here you and other marxist Dems are, advocating illegal and unjust reprisals against political opponents. Your minds have regressed, not advanced, due to the corrosive influence of marxism.

[@seann8293]

Greatly instructive interview. Thank you! Prof K. Belew wonderfully masters and speaks about the subject matter. She inspires seeking and reading more of her work.

[@martavillanueva1062]

Parents who are proactive about their children's education becomes dangerous when the parent is teaching these beliefs.

[@karlk9316]

On the contrary, Dem Party school boards who are forcing marxist Critical Race Theory onto children against their parents' wishes are dangerous. Fascist and Marxist regimes have always has degenerated into totalitarianism.

[@pattyamato8758]

You're right, but parents who teach their children these hateful beliefs are not being "proactive about their children's education", they are making sure their kids are not educated, to keep them home (likely also to escape consequences for child abuse) to instead teach hate

[@GladiusOstentis]

@@karlk9316 Critical Race Theory is not being taught in our public schools. It is being taught at the college level, but even so, not everywhere. Sounds like you fell for another BS talking point from some right- wing talentless hack "news" grifter who, just like the GOP, loves to control you with fear and also like the GOP, are funded handsomely by the establishment. That's where Republicans and corporate Democrats are one in the same. They sold their souls for that corporate cash and no longer work for the American people.

[@gold9ja]

@@GladiusOstentis 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@black_sheep_nation]

“When you have a hammer, everything is a nail” GQP in a nutshell.

[@timcrawford8744]

OH,NO! Says Mr.Potatohead!

[@daxbruce3491]

@@timcrawford8744 nope potatohead went woke. Lol 😆. 😆 🤣

[@rickmabry6333]

and now story to keep te division going starring kathleen belew poor ,resides in the hood and current wealth ??? go figure.wake up people. don't let the elite lead you down the ath that they hoose for you. call them on where they live, their wealth and how they got there. if america is so bad they should unload that wealth and get into the trenches with you.

[@asecretturning]

If you were in a nutshell you'd want a hammer too 😤

[@daxbruce3491]

@@rickmabry6333 Well the proud boys and Oath keepers aren't pulling their weight anymore, someone has to pick up the slack

[@elburko9453]

Kathleen Belew is such a refreshing golden example of human beings at their finest, the antithesis of the forces she strives to understand, illuminate and educate others about so that we can protect all those higher ideals and more people can break free and shine as she does from her dazzling mind and soul. And I can't help but mention that also animates her considerable beauty. Thank you for your appearances and I will, having listened intently to you four or five times now over the past difficult troubling year, buy and closely read your very important book. Bright good actualized people such as yourself help me stay somewhat on the cautiously optimistic side in my view of humanity and this country more so than pessimistic, helps keep me involved though as you make clear we still have an astounding amount of vigilant work to do. Thanks again.

[@Yell5651]

Terrific insight into a frightening situation.

[@bthemedia]

Terrific gaslighting and political misdirection & disinformation on the root causes of these historic tragedies - all in line with their political narrative 🤦‍♀️

[@arguescreamholler]

A lot of us was warning people since street gangs was being promoted by white politicians and the entertainment industries. *That's what was very strange and didn't make sense.* At the same exact time, ETHNIC CLEANSING GENTRIFICATION WAS PLACED INTO OPERATION! *Destroying The Economic Base, Shopping Districts, Businesses, And Social Gathering Clubs, Halls, Centers In Black Communities.* 1970's. *Why None Of The Media Sources Reported Of This Enormous Confederate Conspiracy OVER 5 DECADES OLD!?

[@firmfount5]

I agree! Great questioning approach with a very knowledgeable and forthcoming researcher. It would do the country good to expand this conversation on a platform more accessible to everyone.

[@jeffreyjablowicz1200]

@@bthemedia right on!

[@jackhammer7824]

@@arguescreamholler 5 Decades? Honestly the civil war never ended In the underlying mindset of the south and the white racists in America. Great advantages have helped overcome the barriers blacks have faced. Setbacks also have occurred in messages out of a Negative culture in the 80s, crack cocaine, Rap music, single mothers with no male support or images for children to relate too. This bred the gangs situation and increased street violence. Hopefully we as nation will do better soon. The alternative is not pleasant to think about. 😕

[@G11713]

It would seem that the GOP has become more deeply a big part of this white power movement. Interesting times.

[@parrisprice5892]

The republikkkan party is dying, rather than try to have better policies ,and an interest in better ideas,they are lazy ,and have chosen to embrace every crazy ,racist ,that will support them . Alot of it is based on racism. They even embrace russian propaganda to try n deceptively get ppl to vote for them. I fear democrats are too slow to act. And not acting severely enough. Dump should be in a prison awaiting trial for an attempted coup,among other things

[@bruceswearingen7718]

@@parrisprice5892 Exactly

[@B.White70]

Always have been, lol. They were the Dixicrats and democrats before then. History matters. The party of Lincoln would be democrats today after the switch. Which, also shown that the enemy is in all side of government. And not just a singularity in one party. They got the whole thing wrong, merica.

[@parrisprice5892]

@write away so whats the REAL problem, 300 million guns! Or the republikkkans bought off by the NRA to oppose any decent ,common sense gun laws.

[@martiwaterman1437]

@write away Have you not been to Parris Island, South Carolina? Apparently, not. Marine Corps train there. Bless your heart.

[@mireillelebeau2513]

Michel Martin may be one of the best interviewers I have ever seen.

[@bobapbob5812]

I'm reading Lawrence O'Donnell's book "Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election". He shows a lot of the beginnings of the movement from Barry Goldwater to Ronald Reagan and Nixon.

[@aliciasmomentsinnature]

This is the information that we need on all the public channels local news reports so people can actually be informed about how complex abd close to home this issue is

[@rnnyhoff]

We all can't attend your lectures at University of Chicago Professor Belew (it would be so edifying) ... but your proposed solutions after an impassioned question from your interviewer, Michel Martin, about what to do with armed insurrectionists who want to overthrow our democracy is equally heartfelt and I do believe, with proper education, we can make headway in this existential battle of or our time. To think we have an ailing Earth and pandemic and hunger ... and yet, this behavior takes precedence. So sad and threatening.

[@scottielowe4726]

The White Power Movement: A direct line between slavery, Jim Crow, and the fallacy of white supremacy. Fixed it!

[@stevencooke6451]

When she mentioned the end of the war, the first thought that popped into my head was Freikorps, and Germans feeling that they had been "stabbed in the back" by their leaders and Jewish elites. While comparing people and movements to Nazis and Naziism is overdone--and especially by those on the Right who love deflecting and projecting--in this case, it is fully warranted. To also had more of a connection the deflectors on the Right call just about everyone who disagrees with them Communists, even though, of course, almost none of them are even close to being Communist.

[@gcs7817]

No one who participated in Jan 6 is one bit remorseful. They all knew what they were doing and they’d do it again

[@blackicestudios]

So I guess I’m some ways they capitalize off of PTSD ….. that’s nasty.

[@B.White70]

Facts. There's a long history of doing that brother.

[@asecretturning]

Trauma is at the root of all violence.

[@B.White70]

@@asecretturning lol totally disagree. That position totally voids mental illnesses and other natural factors. Trauma suggests a pattern. Normally true but not a source for all. To me that's a bit illogical. Could you explain further?

[@elenalatici9568]

@@asecretturning That's the truth and it's long been known.

[@elenalatici9568]

@@B.White70 There have been countless studies and books written about the connection between trauma and violence, however, it's been focused mainly on childhood trauma and criminal violence in later life. This is the first time I've heard about the connection between warfare and white power. Many people of color fought in Vietnam. There WAS a Black Power Movement in the late 60's and on into the 70's. That, however, was completely smashed by the government, which was--I'll go out on a limb here--comprised of probably 99% white.

[@ellenrosegaynor8063]

I remember Reagan's words, chilling in the implications, backing these ideas talking about "Big Government" is Enemy

[@bobcourtier4674]

While Reagan himself was the head of the government.

[@fieldlab4]

Reagan was a war mongering neofascist product of the Dixiecrats. He certainly wasn't against big government, he was against democracy or anything that would interfere with his white supremacist worldview.

[@jennysk2057]

@ Ellen Rose Gaynor -- Reagan's assessment was incorrect when he made that statement in his first inaugural address, ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem"). However, he enhanced the "fear of big government" long before that, during his gubernatorial announcement: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoexhoKFbLWCjtU. Pay attention from 6:50 to 8:50, where he tells his supporters that their hard earned taxes are helping "welfare freeloaders". It's sad that uneducated, (and educated), people fall for this "divide and conquer" tactic to gain and hold onto power and money. It eventually backfires and ends up hurting the gullible supporters, while a few grifters benefit.

[@covfefe1787]

@@fieldlab4 Reagan a white supremacist ok you’ve gone too far we must purge our nation of leftists 😂🤣🤡

[@fieldlab4]

@@covfefe1787 Reagan was not a racist? 😆 What are you smoking? Anyone with eyes in their head at that time could see he was racist. He even supported gun control when the Black Panthers showed up at the California State Capitol! But maybe you were born yesterday, or maybe just a Russian troll. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/

[@AnnettesVlogCorner]

What work have we done to realize that the African American people have never stormed on or disrespected the Capitol buildings!!🤔

[@daveamico990]

Excellent research and point of view. Well done Kathleen. You're life's work is evident in your speech and unwavering response. Thank you for your commitment to understanding this extremely important topic and your ability to articulated this sensitive subject. All accolades to you at this moment... Good luck in future. We need your continued endeavor.

[@tsananthanarayanan1713]

This professor should educate the GOP Senators and Representatives to enlighten them the origins of the insurrection on 6th January

[@timcrawford8744]

Great idea! I wonder how many short busses would be needed to take the Republicans to class. Form a caravan, call it the “Louis Gohmert, Marjorie Green Smart Lift”. Make sure there are plenty of crayons (but no black and brown ones).

[@nelsonschmitz5882]

@@timcrawford8744 My late son with Down Syndrome would have taken umbrage at the analogy of short buses, although he would have understood the difference between right and wrong. My counterproposal would be to require these fools to be captured during an address to Congress such as the State of the Union, which would involve Biden giving these clowns an intellectual shellacking combined with mass arrest of such individuals who have violated ethical protocols.

[@jjmars9160]

That would, unfortunately, be a waste of time.

[@josephwheeler6674]

The GOP DIxiecrats will not listen to sound logic. Their agenda is to hold the line on the status quo, to maintain white privilege at all cost. Everyone who oppose them are communists, socialists, or unamerican in some way. No if, and, or buts about it. This whole interview in their eyes is radical. And don't dare try and hold a bipartisan commission on the Jan 6 insurrection. In fact, to some of them it was just a Capitol tour.

[@ratbatnufftime2861]

At the risk of losing their base??? They won't accept any assistance from her.

[@SFolkes97]

The problems that plague societies are so complex, embedded, perpetuated, intrinsic that I often wonder how they could ever be untangled. Prof. Belew has done one of the best summations/explanations I've ever seen. You have to understand it, and at least be aware of it, before you can attempt to fix it.

[@zora_noamflannery2548]

- Good to know there is intelligent life in the universe. Thank You! PS: Michelle Martin is the new Gwen Ifill.

[@unifiedvision999]

I'd say that the young men we sent off to war, many of them were already racist coming from the South, and War then brutalized them. And at the same time that they were off to war, there were peace protests and civil rights progress which seemed intertwined to these hateful people.

[@fredgarvin4482]

Why do you equate south and racism? Look at where all the high profile incidents happened. All in the north. Minneapolis. Boston. If the north isn't racism then why is Harlem an actual thing. Why do "black" neighborhoods exist in an area you equate with not being racist?

[@Rhythmicons]

Perhaps it was because the Vietnam War was so unpopular that the soldiers weren't given their ticket tape parades like their fathers and uncles who fought in WWII and Korea enjoyed.

[@Rhythmicons]

@@fredgarvin4482 Do you really need a lesson on the rural south?

[@unifiedvision999]

@@fredgarvin4482 very nice ridiculous argument. Obviously I equate racism with unrepentant Southerners whose grandpappys were slave owners.

[@unifiedvision999]

@@Rhythmicons just another way to say they were not welcomed back as heroes yes, that certainly made them bitter toward the society that rejected them. I say no matter what the war is that they were sent to fight, just or unjust or a mixture of both, our veterans all deserve respect, honor, and good benefits.

[@elvdell5582]

You wanna see laws change? Let one of these minority groups retaliate in any credible way. Loved the interview and what was said in regards to teaching history. I agree 100%. Teaching more accurate history is more for the people coming next, not those that are already indoctrinated. For the life of me I can't reason out how people deny the racism that exists in this country while at the same time the government itself rails against teaching accurate history, and phantom minority groups.

[@kellywalker1664]

It's why history class is so boring in the US. The sanitized propaganda is naught but a sleeping pill for teen agers.

[@Tonimaroni2BeKindToAnimals]

Grandma went on fox praising trump the day after she got paroled.

[@nelsonschmitz5882]

@Do no harm The essence of this is, since when has anyone recently seen a person who has suffered consequences? That is the hallmark of our toothless legal system.

[@len452000]

@Cori's Closet …. The judge AND DOJ don’t need to be hoodwinked. That’s the power of white privilege…. You automatically get the benefit of the doubt on your side. If she were a black BLM peaceful protester, that same judge and DOJ rep would’ve made sure this destroyed her life.

[@BrianJohnson-du6pj]

Why hasnt the Biden Administration hired this lady??? This is why we need to invest in education and critical thinking.

[@DavidSmith-ss1cg]

The Biden administration, much like Trump's, is really just "Riding the Tiger." Biden may be president, but he's not in charge - but he and his team all know that it's important to look like he's in charge and has a plan. But his plan is to have a good showing by his own administration; and not so strenuous - he's old, and doesn't think of the current time as the emergency that it is. His political opposition would be delighted to cause a major disaster that they'd then blame on him. This is what stopped the Trump party train; it's obvious that they think that the COVID virus was a sinister plot, designed to embarrass their beloved orange buffoon. It's such a shame; somewhere in the US, there's an assistant high-school principal who could name an agenda and disperse resources like the producer of a play, and solve most of America's problems in an afternoon. But established "special interest groups" are more used to the glacial progress of the US "Business as usual" program. We're doomed.

[@judithbradford9130]

In Texas we'd need to start with getting rid of the current state educational rules which actually FORBID teaching critical thinking. You can LOSE YOUR JOB in Texas for teaching logic in schools if they catch you at it.

[@rodneysmart9774]

Every time US soldiers come home from a war, I hear new racial/ethnic slurs, I never heard before.

[@jetmech9287]

But not quite as bad as all the slurs that leftists have been using and making up since Trump came down the escalator. But I guess we don't want to talk about that, huh?

[@charlesbeaudry3263]

Politicians are not allowed to discuss White Power violence. How can you deal with a problem if there is no way to discuss it?

[@carolcisko6768]

Liberals discuss it all the time ….

[@desertportal353]

This is an important reporting and research. Thank you.

[@selfdetermination7087]

Agreed

[@parrisprice5892]

I agree too, but while a comprehensive understanding of whats going on needs to be adressed in a scientic n logical way,those that are in the 30% who want to keep this country from changing are not going to listen try to understand, or change. If you dont chop the head off these groups,and their political leaders,we run a risk of losing our democracy

[@sabrinaslodge]

@@selfdetermination7087 uhhju

[@bthemedia]

Except 99% of what she said is false information and gaslighting the Oklahoma City bombing was white supremacist related - yet there is no evidence of this. It was direct response to ATF atrocities and federal government overreach at Waco and Ruby Ridge. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing

[@bthemedia]

@@selfdetermination7087 better to do the research yourself, her allegations here are completely false and misleading. I can’t believe PBS and KZbin allow such disinformation and gaslighting of history on their platforms. Fits their political narrative though 🤷‍♀️

[@MrDjslav5]

Thank you so much for your excellent research. You really help to put the timeline in perspective. A true service to humanity - Nice Work Ms. Belew!

[@yvonnecamacho7887]

Professor Belew.

[@lauriereid4531]

This is FANTASTIC!🙀🔥 thank you

[@judithsmith9582]

There is no hope. None whatsoever. Any efforts towards doing this will be demonized as "rewriting history" a chorus that is already in full cry. People already homeschool their children in order to keep them from being "brainwashed." The United States of America is NOT united, has not ever really BEEN united, and is tearing itself apart. I'm glad I don't have any progeny to suffer through the turmoil that is now taking, and is going to take, place. We live in scary times.

[@junanougues]

@@judithsmith9582 You all think I'm licked. Well, I'm not licked, and I'm gonna stay right here and fight for this lost cause...🇺🇸

[@tokenjoy]

The level of self delusion evidenced in this comments section is impressive.

[@g0679]

And so, here you are. Give that man a Kewpie Doll!

[@tokenjoy]

@@g0679 It takes the sane to diagnose insanity. You can thank me when you're cured.

[@TP-ie3hj]

@@tokenjoy The delusion would almost be funny, but these are the very people that will goosestep all over the world. In the belief they are stamping out the white hate.

[@marshabrown2561]

@@TP-ie3hj And there is very little white hate to stamp out if the truth was told. But that doesnt fit the narrative does it?

[@paulmiller184]

I am not a white supremacist and was drafted into the Viet Nam which ruined my life pretty much. My hippy girlfriend wanted us to go to Canada but I chose to take my chances and got lucky to serve in a field hospital but I lost the girl and became an alcoholic. I have watched this argument by Belew and can't figure out what Vietnam has to do with white supremacy. I didn't meet any white supremacist while I was in the service...

[@deborahedelman2659]

Excellent interview to get at the myriad of levels of the problem of domestic terrorism!!

[@Badpoison1]

It's a bit unnerving to hear her call legitimate terrorists "white power activists".

[@savlosavage]

It’s so the false equivalence isn’t presented

[@Badpoison1]

@@savlosavage how do you mean?

[@moniqueloomis9772]

@@Badpoison1 I'd like an explanation to that, too.

[@tomkeagy3648]

Thank you. Probably the most intelligent and comprehensive talks about where we are and how we got here. So much work to do, please continue speak the truth. Peace

[@mackenziedog1872]

A white woman who doesn't want to be tainted by white males bigots is rare brave sight:) thanks

[@judithbradford9130]

She said that the CAUSE was an insufficient understanding of our shared history, not that history teachers could FIX the problem.

[@Froggy77100]

There is no one action that will fix this, or any problem. If factual history is taught -- that insufficient understanding can begin to phase out going forward. Like any subject taught in school, it's also up to parent's & community to teach & set positive examples themselves. A decent comparison, is the amount of family members & children, that turned in parent[s], who participated in the January 6th, insurrection at the Capitol. The interviews that have been public &/or made public -- exhibit that one's ability to learn fact's has positive affect going forward. One young man who turned in his father, is a great example of this. Had he not learned more in school & had access to research himself. There's a good chance his father's words &/or opinionsb of hate would not have been challenged. I believe this is exactly why so many are opposed to factual history -- both good & bad, being taught in schools. The groups of people who are in hate groups, white supremacy groups, etc. They don't want anything being taught, that could cause their children &/ or family members to question anything that comes from them.

[@MsTMarie83]

Well gop pushing tons of laws about Trans students & teaching "patriotic " history.. very disturbing times in america

[@anneporter123]

Excellent interview. Please bring this professor back again and again. We all need this information! Thank you. Thank you.

[@jcampbell4039]

I'll have to listen to this a few times. My mind reels and takes off on one point while the next is being discussed. What a great interview!

[@wood1040]

The assistant professor forgot to mention dominion evangelicals and that part of the vile danger in line with q and white power movement.

[@andrewpinson1268]

Yes that is the several parts of the political party strategy. To divide the country and pit one group against the other. Associate one bad group with the other party and keep doing it. Diminish any bad groups on your side. Paint one group as victims and one as domineering. Keep trying to attain the high ground by in this case attacking the religious groups. Dominate the information networks. Take over the education of the youths. Offer money to those victims. Take away as many rights of the other side as possible. Skew any voting or legislative and judicial movements as possible. Now can any one tell me who is doing this in America now.

[@debralucas2224]

Yes, and I don't know why. They're incredibly dangerous at this time in history.

[@GladiusOstentis]

@@andrewpinson1268 Sounds like the republican party!

[@andrewpinson1268]

@@GladiusOstentis Try again. Pay attention to a variety of news and cross reference for the truth.

[@gold9ja]

@@GladiusOstentis 👏🏾😆

[@Catlady77777]

This really blew my mind & I'm still reeling... Thank you Dr. Bellew.

[@andrewlambert7246]

The Oklohoma bombing was directly coupled to David Koresh and the branch devidion incident.

[@janetmcarthur5257]

When it comes to really high profile state sponsored terror like 911, then the fake-left switches gears and actually defends the deep state nazis. Those fake leaders know where their funding comes from, and they don't want it cut off.

[@monicahill9741]

This was such a informative, direct, cut to chase questions/answers interview! Great job ladies and please keep up doing what you do!!! America NEED you!!!!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸😊😊😊🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@lennychorn147]

To bad they're giving a lot of false revisionist history. I was politically active during the 70's and 80's. Neither the KKK or Neo NAZI could get more than a dozen or so people. They would be out numbered by 50-1, by counter protesters. Then all this bullshit about Trump and his supporters are a bunch of white supremacists and anti Semitics, is a bunch of ridiculous lies.

[@josephperson7950]

Excellent segment and analysis

[@blackawana]

Thank you.

[@darkmatter9556]

I agree 👍🏾

[@francisimanuel7121]

America is not alone, in not having those conversations. It is almost every country in the world.

[@sambabisky4742]

Thank you Kathleen, very informative, articulate and with clear language.

[@MQuinn-eb3zz]

This all comes down to education, or the lack thereof. The US has always been afraid to critically analyze its history, as well as its ongoing political policies and its affect on its people and the greater global community.

[@ljimlewis]

No Madam/Sir! I’m a Boomer born 1946. The explosion of anti - racism grew out of the 60’s. The explosion of drugs, the explosion of anti-war Left, the The Baby Boomer Bombings, the Detroit Riots, Newark, Flower Children - Manson, all worse than what we see now. Please remember, the rest of the country had had it with this stuff. That’s how Reagan got in.

[@MQuinn-eb3zz]

@@ljimlewis Sounds like your are describing the rise of the Right, not the die-hard Racists. Otherwise, you are admitting that Conservatives are, all in fact, Racists.

[@stavrosk.2868]

Americans consistently vote against their own best interests and yet they consistently are disaffected by politics and politicians. Idiotic.

[@annagaw5312]

Good interview and discussion, but unfortunately I feel like we are already too late. When they have reached a saturation point within one of our two political parties, how can we possibly institute any serious policy changes? In my state, Republican majorities are passing laws to prevent voting, expanding gun rights, and pushing CRT paranoia. I also don’t think you can separate the white power movement, Qanon, Maga, and the Republican Party, they have clearly formed an alliance.

[@sanjuansteve]

Despite the title of the book Fear, Jan 6th, etc, I think we're neither discussing the properly framed problem, nor the big picture solutions yet. #FearIsTheProblem. Fear is the root of vanity, bullying, misogyny, homophobia, racism, bigotry and greed. Fear allows people to mentally wall-off their own empathy to virtually zero. #MakeBigotryShamefulAgain Three of the biggest generators of fear are 1) out-of-control capitalism and historically unsustainable and exponentially growing wealth and income inequality levels (if you lose your job you might lose healthcare access, your home, car, partner, child custody rights, etc), 2) fear-mongers like Fox/Faux/Fear News, the GOP, etc. (they’re all out to get you, all the time), and 3) religion ('evil' is waiting around every corner, all your life with eternal unimaginable fiery torture as a deterrent). Let's be honest, no amount or size of Great Walls, or military spending, or nuclear arsenal, or non US soil military bases and ops, or international weapons sales, or personal weapons and magazine sizes, or of school teachers with guns, or of privatized, militarized (and systemically racist) police and mass incarceration, or of mass deportations including the Dreamers, or of bans of entire groups of people, or of intentionally torturous (and often permanently orphaning) separation of immigrant children as a deterrent, or threats to shoot rock-throwing refugees, or torture of POWs, or control over women, or Space Farces, or border moats filled with snakes and alligators, or anything else will ever Make American Republicans Feel Safe enough... Every single American Republican policy puts fear and greed (fear) before people and planet (including equality and empathy) and no single policy in the world in the modern era is as patently bigoted and of the scale as their continued fight to ban (and register, and ''pre-arrest'', etc too) all Muslims (a bigotry-blanket of fear/hate covering all 1.8 billion people of all colors, from all nations, of all ages, of all sexes and sexual preferences, etc). Fear (and the empathy and critical thought it kills) is what separates the right from the left. The fear at the root of ”Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” -- Albert Einstein Liberals hate American Republicans because all of their policies put fear and greed (fear) before people and planet (including equality and empathy). American Republicans hate liberals for the exact same reasons, because they’re afraid we’ll get in the way of their fear and greed. We're closer to #AmericanCivilWarII than most people believe and just like before our own friends and family members would take up arms against us for not getting on board with their extreme greed and bigotries just like the Confederates in 1865 or the Nazis in 1938. With tuition free education, universal healthcare, a universal basic income (UBI) and internet access for all, we'll raise the starting point of capitalism from zero, we'll let you die with no money, to a level of life with dignity, reducing societal daily fears on a massive scale which will free us to welcome the coming automation revolution with open arms rather than fear and great harm. #getALLmoneyOut #EqualityMovement #BLM Call me overly positive, but I think we’re leaving the era of ‘greed is good’ and celebrating wealth and entering an era of altruism and equality. Let’s #AutomateEverything and #SkipToAbundance. #EraOfAltruism #CelebrateSelflessness

[@katella]

Well said.

[@sanjuansteve]

@@katella Thank you my friend.

[@cone4302]

People used to joke that purging Trumpers are a legitimate form of self-defense. Its not a joke anymore

[@mrstcj6069]

I spent most of my teen years being friends with one of the front men for the white nationalist "American front" skinhead movement before he had that title. We were actually really good friends. The same guy that broke Geraldo Riveras nose during an interview. The same guy was raised by a wonderful mother married to an amazing stepfather who also happened to practice Judaism. This guy went from a rebellious punk kid to a race hating dangerous young male in a matter of 2 years. Im not even sure what prompted this to be honest. It was 1983. I do know he read a book about the life of Hitler and it just changed everything about him after that. I knew I could no longer be friends with him obviously as soon as he went into race hating mode. Next thing I know I hear he's organizing some huge Skinhead rally in Sonoma County, California. I thought someone better stop him because it's only going to get worse and it did.. The one thing I did know about him was that he loved commanding attention. To be in charge of things and people. Not sure what ever happened to him but occasionally I do look up his name hoping to see him on social media somewhere a completely normal person, living a normal life without all that hate. So far no such luck.

[@lucyross5478]

My elderly mother is very involved in her county GOP. She believes Jan. 6 was an aberration, and doesn’t see it as having a relationship to her political party. After she ranted for an hour about how the government makes everything worse, I told her two things: Her affluent situation in a state where four of the country’s poorest counties are located contradicts her sentiments - she’s had three COVID-19 vaccines funded and administered by the government; she enjoys a clean water and food supply and subsidized healthcare the rest of us can’t get. The second thing: I asked her why she is so involved with her political party if there are no policy solutions for any of the political problems that keep her up at night. She had no answer for me. All she could say is that the only solution to human problems is for families “to sit down at the dinner table.” My elderly mother is being manipulated in a Republican project to dismantle government and give the keys to the country to the 21st Century robber barons who are ruining the world and plundering every possible resource to feed the bottomless pit of their unmet needs. They will die with all the toys while the rest of us strangle on plastic and wildfires burn the world. The only thing we can do, according to mom, is to have family dinners where we all pretend that father knows best and the food is blessed by a far off God.

[@joeyrubles6926]

meh. Reducing government is a good political and policy solution. Less debt, less bureaucrats to run Holocausts.

[@jfergusonify]

Wow. I hope Dr. Belew is a consultant for the government. Clearly her analysis is essential in confronting and controlling domestic terrorism. Thanks to Amanpour and Co for offering this important information. Congratulations to Ms Martin on an excellent interview.

[@alexandralibin5131]

We need a federal oversight agency which would provide guidance to citizens using online sources of information. This agency would rate sites - much like we do with movies - with designations such as 'news', 'opinion', 'not factual', 'entertainment', etc. After all we don't let eight year old attention R rated movies.

[@Justanotherconsumer]

Not a job for the federal government. All it takes is having the wrong person in power to turn that into a tool of aggressive disinformation.

[@kasnarfburns210]

I was reminded of the Mothers and Daughters of the Ku Klux Klan by that photo. I think a lot of Trump supporters saw him as a wrecking ball to the Washington machine. I'm also reminded of the Handmaid's Tale.