[Vision2020] Racist Group Leaves Fliers on Lawns

Wed Apr 22 11:20:28 PDT 2009

Well put. These groups ar sick and need to be confronted on a factual base. They do however have a right to express the views. It is just that they should not go unchallenged.
Roger
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From: bear at moscow.com
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:43:02 -0700
To: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Racist Group Leaves Fliers on Lawns

> Tom,
> 
> They are here and they have every right to be heard and I'm glad they are out in the open.
> Now, 
> having said that, these kooks need to be confronted and challenged where ever they can be!
> 
> You really need to read their web site to understand just how far these folks are willing
> to go! 
> (http://www.aryan-nations.org/about.htm)
> 
> I especially liked looking at the page on printing their leaflets. Typical propaganda.
> They have 
> taken a scintilla of fact, and encrusted it with their spin on it - so you can't deny the
> small fact 
> without looking like you're "pro". 
> 
> For instance, in the flyer titled "How Can This Happen", under the photo of the burning
> Twin 
> Towers (which has nothing to do with the verbiage in the flyer), they list  the amount of
> money 
> given to the country of Israel since 1949, a verifiable fact. They then twist this into
> "....... Israel 
> is sucking money from tax paying Americans to fuel the Zionist juggernaut". 
> 
> I'm NOT pro Israel, but that doesn't make me anti-jewish! Do I like what is happening
> between 
> Israel and Palestine, NO! But I am no more ant-jewish because of that than I am
> anti-eastern 
> orthodox because of the way the Russians treat Georgia! Confusion is a key to good 
> propaganda with an ignorant populace. In this case, they equate a country, Israel with a
> religion 
> and race. Not all Israelis are Jewish! Not all Palestinians are Moslems!  But, if you can
> find a "hot 
> button" that is easily confusing, it makes the miss understanding work for you!
> 
> 
> 
> Wayne,
> AKA Bear, aka spineless coward *S*
> 
> 
> 
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> > Courtesy of today's (April 18, 2009) Spokesman Review.
> > 
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> > 
> > Racist group leaves fliers on lawns
> > CdA neighborhood targeted for recruitment
> >  
> > Residents of a north Coeur d’Alene subdivision awoke Friday to find racist 
> > fliers on their lawns, distributed as recruitment letters by Aryan 
> > Nations, a white supremacist group.
> > 
> > ---------
> > 
> > White supremacist fliers were dropped in front of homes in a subdivision 
> > in Coeur d’Alene early Friday morning.
> >  
> > http://tinyurl.com/SupremacistFlyer
> > 
> > ---------
> > 
> > “I saw Aryan Nations and put it in the trash,” said Garvin Jones, who 
> > lives in the neighborhood southwest of Atlas Road and Prairie 
> > Avenue. “What’s wrong with these people? Give me a break. I bet if you 
> > went back in their family history, not one is 100 percent white.”
> > 
> > Jones and dozens of his neighbors found the fliers on their lawns, inside 
> > baggies that also held small rocks. 
> > 
> > They depicted a girl asking her father what he did during the “revolution” 
> > and asking “Where have all the White people gone daddy?” and “Why did 
> > those dark men take mommy away?” The fliers were signed “Aryan Nations, 
> > Church of Jesus Christ Christian,” and listed a post office box and a Web 
> > site. The group’s address is listed as “Couer d’Alene, Idaho.”
> > 
> > The Aryan Nations Web site lists Jerald O’Brien and Michael Lombard as 
> > the “pastors” who have taken over after longtime leader Richard Butler’s 
> > death in September 2004. 
> > 
> > O’Brien said area residents can expect the dissemination of “a lot more” 
> > fliers and said “like-minded individuals will respond and seek 
> > membership.” He said the election of President Barack Obama has served as 
> > the “greatest recruiting tool ever.” He said he had “several handfuls” of 
> > members in Coeur d’Alene.
> > 
> > The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations – which has fought the 
> > Aryan Nations for decades – condemned the flier distribution and offered 
> > its services to anyone who was threatened or harassed.
> > 
> > “It’s bound to be a small group of people trying once again to bring hate 
> > into the community. They don’t have anywhere to operate from except a post 
> > office box,” said Tony Stewart, a spokesman for the task force. People in 
> > the community, he added, “will reject it as they have in the past. Anyone 
> > who feels intimidated should take comfort in the fact that the people are 
> > here for them, and we are here for them.”
> > 
> > Several residents of the neighborhood that received the fliers were 
> > interviewed for this story, but most of them asked not to be named out of 
> > fear of retribution. All of those interviewed expressed shock, disgust or 
> > anger at the fliers. At least two called the police. One caller was a 22-
> > year-old white woman who has a 4-year-old African-American son.
> > 
> > “My son’s black, so it’s not OK,” said the woman, who asked only to be 
> > identified as Chelsee B. She said she was afraid to let her son play 
> > outside. Coeur d’Alene Police Department Sgt. Christie Wood said no 
> > investigation would be conducted, because the distribution of fliers is 
> > protected as free speech under the First Amendment. She added, however, 
> > that targeting people for harassment based on race is a crime and should 
> > be reported.
> > 
> > Stewart said hate speech is protected, but hate crimes are not. He 
> > encouraged any member of the public with concerns about racial harassment 
> > to contact the task force at (208) 765-3932.
> > 
> > The Aryan Nations was effectively bankrupted on Sept. 7, 2000, when a 
> > Kootenai County jury returned a $6.3&#8194;million verdict against the 
> > organization, its founder, Butler, and three former members. The verdict 
> > in the civil trial found that Butler and his organization were guilty of 
> > gross negligence in appointing security guards who carried out an assault 
> > against two people driving past their property. 
> > 
> > When Butler lost his 20-acre compound near Hayden Lake as a result of the 
> > outgrowth of a civil suit in 2000, millionaire racist Vincent Bertollini 
> > bought Butler a home in Hayden. It served as the Aryan Nations 
> > headquarters until Butler’s death in 2004.
> > 
> > A new Alabama location for the “Aryan Nations World Headquarters” was 
> > posted on the group’s Web site soon after Butler’s death. A splinter group 
> > set up shop in Pennsylvania.
> > 
> > O’Brien, however, said the “world headquarters” of the organization is now 
> > in Coeur d’Alene in a location that is “membership privileged information 
> > only.” He acknowledged that he lives in a home on the east side of 
> > downtown Coeur d’Alene that regularly flies two white supremacist flags.
> > 
> > Newspaper files show O’Brien marching in a neo-Nazi parade in Coeur 
> > d’Alene in July 2004 and joining in a skinhead rally that drew eight 
> > people outside the Spokane County courthouse in June 2007. O’Brien has a 
> > large swastika tattoo on his scalp.
> > 
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> > 
> > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > 
> > Tom Hansen
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >   
> > "So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't forget to 
> > have fun doin' it.  Lord, let your laughter ring forth.  Be outrageous, 
> > ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can 
> > produce.  And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer 
> > joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it 
> > was."
> > 
> > - Molly
> > Ivins
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