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I wouldn't call the news talking about neo-nazis free publicity. It is in the editorial, not the front page. Of course, when I read the news on WFMY's site, I was out of town so I don't know if the NSM Meeting made the front page of the N&R. I understand your concern but some of us would like to know when someone, that considers me an enemy, is around so I can avoid them or be prepared; and other people need a constant reminder that the race card [whether you are white, black, latino, asian, or native american] is unfortunately still in play. I don't want to be ridiculed, stereotyped, dragged to death behind a pick-up truck, decapitated, burned alive, hung, or some other sick or twisted method of doing me harm or demeaning my character. It sucks that when I go certain places, not far from home, I have to watch my own back because I am hated, at least that is the fear that is socially hard-coded here in the south. It is hard enough keeping an eye on people around you to avoid being a victim of random acts of crime, but adding another layer, violent or harassing discrimination, makes life a lot more stressful. Of course, I am not looking for discrimination, I am just aware of the potential.

Great, and now there can be another shootout and another reason for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Some folks just learn nothing from the past. Didn't a number of Communists (their term, not mine) get together for a Death to the Klan rally that day? And isn't this gsostudent using pretty much the same inflammatory language?

And no, gsostudent, Hitler and his Nazi crew did not come to power through a democratic election, even if that's what you read in the Daily Worker.

Bottom line, my potty mouth friend: grow up and stop fanning the fires of ideological extremism. Cherishing human lives and maintaining a climate of civil, democratic discourse are more important than this kind of political posturing. It's not a game, when you stop and think about it.

As a Jew and hence as someone who's particularly sensitive to words like Nazi and National Socialist, I gotta say: I don't give a rat's ass whether this group of losers holds its pathetic meeting in Greensboro. If they rent a conference room at a local hotel, it won't reflect either well or poorly on our city. It'll just be a meeting of the morons that could have happened anywhere. So while I share gsostudent's disgust for what the NSM stands for, my commitment to American values, including the Constitutional right to free assembly, forces me to say this about those guys: "Whatever."

One could argue that Maoism is just a much of a hate ideology as Nazism. Who killed more? who knows but I think w're ready to leave it all behind in 1930's where is belongs. However, Nazis are without a a greater threat than the CWP could have ever hoped too because they're a bunch of gun nuts on meth.