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(Rolling Stone)   Cool: Veteran continues US tradition of fighting Nazis. Cooler: Veteran creates non profit to fight Nazis. Coolest: names it after Smedley Butler, because he foiled a fascist coup in the US   (rollingstone.com) divider line
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FatherChaos [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 4:06:31 AM  
I got paywalled.
 
Sebas [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 4:35:19 AM  
Wow, that is a totally weird headline: 'Neo-Nazi Hunter', which implies phsysical confrontations, when the interview actually contains this:

You're speaking figuratively. What does that mean exactly?
Dragging Nazis into court. Our objective is to take these people off field, using the legal system. Civil, criminal, it doesn't matter to us.

Weird way of framing it Rolling Stone!
 
Unobtanium [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-03 5:47:31 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


I usually can get Rolling Stone links to open fully in Incognito windows
 
Alphax
2023-02-03 6:22:12 AM  
Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.
 
Fart_Machine
2023-02-03 6:22:54 AM  

Sebas: Wow, that is a totally weird headline: 'Neo-Nazi Hunter', which implies phsysical confrontations, when the interview actually contains this:

You're speaking figuratively. What does that mean exactly?
Dragging Nazis into court. Our objective is to take these people off field, using the legal system. Civil, criminal, it doesn't matter to us.

Weird way of framing it Rolling Stone!


Taking them to court is how we got rid of the Aryan Nations.
 
dsmith42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 6:28:30 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


Hit stop loading as soon as text appears. The paywall only pops up after the page loads.

Or https://12ft.io/
 
AAAAGGGGHHHH
2023-02-03 6:34:00 AM  

Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.


The GQP has been absolutely seething since their coup plot was foiled (this time).
 
dailygrinds
2023-02-03 6:38:36 AM  
There's a guy that deserves a "Thank you for your service".
 
a_room_with_a_moose
2023-02-03 6:48:42 AM  
The judges would also have accepted the "Hero" tag.
 
Summoner101
2023-02-03 6:50:13 AM  
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Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 7:02:44 AM  
Does he tranq them and put them in a game preserve for sport hunting? Not that Meal Team Six would make for challenging quarry.
 
RasIanI
2023-02-03 7:05:00 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


Incognito mode is good for more than one thing...
 
RasIanI
2023-02-03 7:06:14 AM  
Dude is on the right path, IMO - the courts have put these clowns out of business in the past.
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-03 7:12:53 AM  
Nothing compared to Farkers' own record of direct physical action against Nazis.
 
Descartes
2023-02-03 7:15:33 AM  
undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


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somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 7:25:07 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


Not allegorically, metaphorically, nor figuratively...but literally no one cares.

In other perhaps more interesting opinions, I thought 'Amsterdam' was good. Mixed reviews but from what brief consideration i gave them i found them to be pedantic and lacking couture.
 
anuran
2023-02-03 7:26:40 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


I didn't
 
anuran
2023-02-03 7:31:14 AM  

Ragin' Asian: Does he tranq them and put them in a game preserve for sport hunting? Not that Meal Team Six would make for challenging quarry.


Yeah. Yeah. Gravy Seals. Meal Team Six.
It's fun to sneer but also dangerous. A few memes don't change the reality that the fascist Right includes shell of a lot of current and former military, police, and much of the BJJ/MMA subculture. Don't underestimate their capacity for violence
 
somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 7:36:36 AM  

Descartes: undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


[Fark user image image 349x466]


Uh yeah, mocking a suicidal guy with ptsd is definitely a great look...
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-03 7:38:19 AM  
Did the people who spent a LOT of time identifying the J6 insurrectionists report their findings to their employers?  Hitting the Charlottesville farks right in the wallet sure yanked a lot of tears, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that.
 
odinsposse
2023-02-03 7:43:28 AM  

RasIanI: Dude is on the right path, IMO - the courts have put these clowns out of business in the past.


True, but I do wish there was someone doing the same direct action against the billionaires funding the movements that radicalize these Nazis.
 
somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 7:44:03 AM  

GoldSpider: Did the people who spent a LOT of time identifying the J6 insurrectionists report their findings to their employers?  Hitting the Charlottesville farks right in the wallet sure yanked a lot of tears, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that.


They didn't really have to...getting indicted tends to fark up yer schedule. Well, for most people...
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-03 7:45:19 AM  

somniferous sloth: GoldSpider: Did the people who spent a LOT of time identifying the J6 insurrectionists report their findings to their employers?  Hitting the Charlottesville farks right in the wallet sure yanked a lot of tears, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that.

They didn't really have to...getting indicted tends to fark up yer schedule. Well, for most people...


A lot of them weren't charged.
 
somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 7:47:58 AM  

GoldSpider: somniferous sloth: GoldSpider: Did the people who spent a LOT of time identifying the J6 insurrectionists report their findings to their employers?  Hitting the Charlottesville farks right in the wallet sure yanked a lot of tears, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that.

They didn't really have to...getting indicted tends to fark up yer schedule. Well, for most people...

A lot of them weren't charged.


Well yeah, but the ya think the idiots that were charged got a three day vacation?
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-03 7:51:15 AM  

Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.


He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.
 
GoldSpider
2023-02-03 7:53:54 AM  

somniferous sloth: GoldSpider: somniferous sloth: GoldSpider: Did the people who spent a LOT of time identifying the J6 insurrectionists report their findings to their employers?  Hitting the Charlottesville farks right in the wallet sure yanked a lot of tears, and I wouldn't mind seeing more of that.

They didn't really have to...getting indicted tends to fark up yer schedule. Well, for most people...

A lot of them weren't charged.

Well yeah, but the ya think the idiots that were charged got a three day vacation?


Heh, want a cynical take?

More to the subject at hand, I'd love to see more of the literally-a-member-of-a-militant/hate-group types get publicly outed, even if they haven't committed a crime yet.
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-03 7:54:44 AM  

somniferous sloth: Descartes: undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


[Fark user image image 349x466]

Uh yeah, mocking a suicidal guy with ptsd is definitely a great look...


I personally took it as mocking the brass and other higher ups in govt that allowed for such an atrocity to occur.
 
Null Pointer
2023-02-03 7:56:28 AM  

RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.


FYI For a variety of reasons some of the shine has come off of Chesty lately. I think Butler is back as the top Marine.
 
somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 7:56:30 AM  

RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.


Not often you learn something from a fark post, much less three things at once. Thank you.
 
SirGunslinger
2023-02-03 7:58:14 AM  

RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.


Generally the best soldiers are also the greatest advocates for peace.
 
somniferous sloth
2023-02-03 8:00:50 AM  

RandomInternetComment: somniferous sloth: Descartes: undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


[Fark user image image 349x466]

Uh yeah, mocking a suicidal guy with ptsd is definitely a great look...

I personally took it as mocking the brass and other higher ups in govt that allowed for such an atrocity to occur.


That makes sense...damn you lack context!
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-03 8:22:21 AM  

SirGunslinger: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

Generally the best soldiers are also the greatest advocates for peace.


When you've seen how horrid death and war actually are IRL outside of the propaganda...it changes your views on things.

For reasons I don't want to get into I understand this on visceral level.

But you are correct.
 
RandomInternetComment
2023-02-03 8:23:57 AM  

somniferous sloth: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

Not often you learn something from a fark post, much less three things at once. Thank you.


You're very welcome.
 
Emposter [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:30:29 AM  
FTFA: What if anti-fascism were the height of patriotism.

It is.  What a dumb question.
 
caljar
2023-02-03 8:31:38 AM  
So, are these people Nazi's because some left wing person doesn't like them and called them Nazi's, or do they actually call themselves and follow Nazism?
 
Majin_Buu [OhFark]
2023-02-03 8:33:42 AM  

AAAAGGGGHHHH: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

The GQP has been absolutely seething since their coup plot was foiled (this time).


They trained their zerothink base to believe that "entitled" is something that can only be applied to the Kids These Days™ but we know how they roll when it comes to accusations and confessions.
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-02-03 8:40:41 AM  

Null Pointer: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

FYI For a variety of reasons some of the shine has come off of Chesty lately. I think Butler is back as the top Marine.


Chesty is still a Dahar Master.
 
BitwiseShift
2023-02-03 8:55:53 AM  

FatherChaos: I got paywalled.


You lucky bastard.
 
Bruscar
2023-02-03 9:01:52 AM  

RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.


Our place of worship used to use War is a Racket in religious education classes. It makes an impact on preteen boys who think World of Warcraft is real life.
 
Psychopompous
2023-02-03 9:14:55 AM  

Bruscar: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

Our place of worship used to use War is a Racket in religious education classes. It makes an impact on preteen boys who think World of Warcraft is real life.


I highly recommend Gangsters of Capitalism
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Bruscar
2023-02-03 9:16:03 AM  
Goldsmith's aspirations are unimpeachable. I do, however, see some potential issues with his plan. (1) Without a sponsor, how long can he work unpaid? (2) Without funds, he's completely reliant on volunteers. How many people can work unpaid? What caliber of investigator is available long-term on an unpaid basis? (3) What training has he received on evidence - proper gathering, validation, maintaining chain of custody - any issue that might make evidence inadmissible to court? Does he train volunteers with this information? (4) Are legal authorities receptive to the assistance he is trying to provide or jealous and territorial? Do they examine the evidence he submits or toss it into a round file because he's viewed as an outsider? (5) Have there been any prosecutions? are any planned? (6) What screening and training does he have in place to prevent affiliated volunteers from actually joining, in earnest, a far-right group?  (7) What safety protocols are in place to keep volunteers and their families safe?

I think his work might be more effective in cooperation with the state office of the ACLU, NAACP, perhaps even the AFSC or some similar organization that already exists. I wonder if he has contacted any such organizations and proposed a joint project or requested a grant?
 
dsmith42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:29:38 AM  

RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.


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Good book about General Butler, the wars he fought in that he later denounced, and the Business Plot.
 
dsmith42 [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 9:30:56 AM  

SirGunslinger: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

Generally the best soldiers are also the greatest advocates for peace.


Which is also why Senator John McCain was such a warmonger.
 
Bruscar
2023-02-03 9:36:21 AM  

Psychopompous: Bruscar: RandomInternetComment: Alphax: Next up on Fox News: Smedley Butler, the greatest enemy America has ever seen.

He was debatably the greatest marine ever after chesty puller...yet he died a pacifist. He wrote a pamphlet called war is a racket. Read it sometime.

Our place of worship used to use War is a Racket in religious education classes. It makes an impact on preteen boys who think World of Warcraft is real life.

I highly recommend Gangsters of Capitalism
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Thank you.
 
lilbjorn
2023-02-03 10:52:00 AM  
Back when proto-fascist Ronald Reagan was using US tax dollars to secretly fund the Contras, the Smedley Butler Brigade was at all the rallies and marches in Boston.
 
HugsAndPuppies
2023-02-03 11:33:10 AM  
I just donated.
 
Ragin' Asian [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-03 2:05:55 PM  

somniferous sloth: Descartes: undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


[Fark user image image 349x466]

Uh yeah, mocking a suicidal guy with ptsd is definitely a great look...


Fundraise for the VA so they don't get to the point where I need to write housing grants when they become unhoused.

When I refer to "Meal Team Six", they're people who never served, but throw on some army surplus camo, strap on an AR, and follow an insurrection. Poke them with a stick and they cry, "MAH RAHTS!"
 
LumpyProle
2023-02-03 3:16:39 PM  
How to Punch a Nazi
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Puns optional
 
another one of them [TotalFark]
2023-02-03 8:19:52 PM  

Descartes: undiagnosed PTSD. A suicide attempt on the eve of being re-deployed in 2007 got Goldsmith booted from the service with a less-than-honorable discharge.


[Fark user image image 349x466]


Surely cheaper than diagnosing and treating PTSD.

Unit readiness ratings are more important to some COs than the physical and mental health of the troops.

If a soldier is in treatment, they can't be combat ready, and are preventing that slot from being filled.

Discharges were the easy solution. Especially BCD/DD because that eliminated follow-on expenses because those discharge types rendered them ineligible for VA benefits.

Assholes. You broke them. You bought them. You f*cking owed them. It should be taken out of your retired pay.
 
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