White nationalists feel emboldened to voice their views openly in ordinary settings
Evidence
Thomas blamed most of the world’s problems on the globalists, people like CNN founder Ted Turner and Bill Gates, but placed America’s moral decline firmly at the feet of the Jews: “The whole media is owned by six companies, which are all owned by Jews.” But he could feel a new and encouraging shift, he added: “I can talk to people like you at a gas pump and we’re not talking in hushed tones, you know? Communication is the first step.” … “I’m Jewish,” I told him. His face registered several different shades of polite surprise. … “That’s fine!” he said at last, reassuringly. “You might think I’m full of shit. And that’s fine.” — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 734
Categorization
- CANDY: The exchange where Merlan reveals she’s Jewish to an anti-Semite who cheerfully waves it off is darkly funny and immediately quotable.
- XREF: connects to: White supremacists present themselves online as ordinary, respectable people; Contemporary white supremacists present themselves as ordinary, mainstream people — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2565; Tacit Christian nationalists can believe in inclusion yet grant it no practical path — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 337
Broader Connections
- White supremacists present themselves online as ordinary, respectable people
#corroborates(0.85) - Contemporary white supremacists present themselves as ordinary, mainstream people
#corroborates(0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2565 - Tacit Christian nationalists can believe in inclusion yet grant it no practical path
#complicates(0.75) — Andrew L. Whitehead; Samuel L. Perry, Taking America Back for God, 337