Hatewatch Headlines 8/30/2017
McInnes’ ‘Proud Boys’ are the new extremism; VNN keeps going amid other site shutdowns; Jones says Trump liked warnings of civil war; and more.
Rewire: How hate goes mainstream: Gavin McInnes and the ‘Proud Boys.’
Pro Publica: Have you experienced hate speech on Facebook? We want to hear from you.
Kansas City Star (MO): Missouri-based white supremacist website keeps going while others are being shut down.
Media Matters: Alex Jones claims President Trump ‘really liked’ Roger Stone’s predictions about civil violence.
Mother Jones: What the media got wrong about last weekend’s protests in Berkeley.
AlterNet: Five alarming revelations about white supremacists in the aftermath of Charlottesville.
Washington Post: ‘We don’t pretend this is over’: After Charlottesville, campuses brace for more trouble.
Herald-Sun (Chapel Hill, NC): Tiki torch with “See You Soon” message found on North Carolina campus.
Raw Story: Georgia Republican warns black attorney she ‘may go missing’ if she tries to remove Confederate monument.
Think Progress: Rep. Steve King thinks undocumented immigrants brought here as children should turn in their parents.
New York Times: White supremacists don’t deserve tax exemptions.
Phoenix New Times: Arpaio’s attorneys say he’s unhappy that he’s been labeled a racist.
BuzzFeed: The Gorka who matters – and loathes the CVE program – is still working for the Trump administration.
Salt Lake Tribune: In Utah and elsewhere, state and federal officials excuse extremist antigovernment rhetoric too readily.
Reno Gazette-Journal (NV): Nevada-Reno student who went to Charlottesville rally resigns from campus escort job.
Salon: What’s the protocol for dealing with hate speech at work?
Gizmodo: Pepe creator Matt Furie has reclaimed his cartoon frog from an alt-right children’s book.
Florida Politics: Anti-LGBT rights political committee fueled by Liberty Counsel ramps up in Jacksonville.
Mankato Free Press (MN): St. Peter gay couple shaken by threatening anti-LGBT letter.
Oregonian: No penalties for neo-Nazi responsible for anti-Semitic banners on freeways ahead of eclipse.
