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Indivisible Guide

August 13, 2017  · Shared with Public
What we saw yesterday from terrorists in Charlottesville, was not America. THIS is America. We're hopeful thanks to the over 500 events you've organized today across America to say hate has no home here.
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Cara Skeat Ray
But the thing is, that IS America for many of our brothers and sisters. That isn't the America we want to be, but we can't ignore what many black and brown people are posting that this is what the world feels like when they walk out the door. Saying "this isn't America" is white privilege.
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Laviza Shariff
The unfortunate, messy truth is that the KKK and the other neo Nazi groups and these honorable people are ALL America.
It's easy to say this is NOT AMERICA, but look at our President and the views he espouses - and the very large number of people who love him. We can say there's more of us than them, but these hateful people are not going to back down or go away anytime soon. And that is terrifying.
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Jennie Lovell
What happened yesterday is America. It is a thing that actually happened what, less than 24 hours ago? It is America and we need to quit with this fantasy language, no matter how well intentioned.
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Jeanne Berry
500 or so Nazis showed up to their "rally" on Saturday.
500 different events standing up against hate were held on Sunday.
That's one city's event per Nazi.
That's a pretty good ratio. 🙂
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Ashley Vines Misitzis
Ohhh Indivisible. I love you, but that was America too. I would suggest some more reading on how these statements make people feel.
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Christy Steiger
These photos made me cry this morning. Thank you, Indivisible! We are up against a formidable enemy. Ugliness has a way of looking bigger than it really is. These white supremacists are in the minority, but they are getting stronger.
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Chris Stout
We're better than the alt-right, we're more willing to work things out than the people so lost in the "what about ME?" alt-right. All they think about is how the whole world is passing them by and trying to bully others into thinking that they are the correct thinkers because their skin is white!
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Sally Erickson
It *is* the United States of America. And it is horrific. We need to face that fact, and deal with it.
The demon will never go away, but we need to subdue it and work together to make our country what we want it to be.
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Michelle Robertson
From an actual resident of Charlottesville:
"There seems to be a perception from people outside of Charlottesville that what is going on here is two opposing groups coming to town and fighting some ideological battle that has gotten messy. That is not what is happening here. What is happening here is that several hate groups from the extreme right have come together under the "unite the right" banner here in our town and basically started acting as terrorists. This may seem like an exaggeration but it's not.
A church service was held over because they had surrounded the building and police had to disperse them. People had to be escorted to their cars. My friend was there with her daughter. Everywhere they meet, businesses close. We had drive by shootings yesterday from a van marked kkk.
A car plowed into a huge group of people. I'm sure you saw that on the newsfeeds. What you probably didn't see is that some of those people were on their way back from helping to repel a white supremacist march to predominately black housing development a few blocks away where they were attempting home invasions. I guess they were unfamiliar with the neighborhood. The residents repelled that one before antifa got there but there is some video of the alt-right folks getting run off on the daily progress twitter feed, if you're interested.
So, basically, what I'd like you to understand is, this IS NOT two side egging eachother on to unavoidable violence for more attention. This is one side of terrorists declaring that they can and will hold a town hostage (they've been saying it for over a month now, actually) and the town responding to that threat. The car that killed and injured people yesterday? Ohio tags. The medic tents (which treated both sides... turns out the alt right erst didn’t bring any medics. Guess they planned on doing all the injuring), water bottles, snacks, shade tents (all volunteer, donations, none shut down by police... all manned by that radical left you keep hearing about) yeah, we all live here. I saw a lot of people I knew yesterday, none of them were speaking for unite the right. None of them were escalating violence, most of them were offering some kind of aid and defending."
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1637545369612833&id=100000721566451
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Sharon Hanson
If tiny groups of racists and bigots want to meet, they need to do it quietly. The rest of us will speak loudly against them. Peace and ❤️ love to all.
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