Beneath the gorgeous stars and stripes, Patriot Entrance is quietly constructing a military in Tennessee—and their model of hate is extra harmful than ever.
Yo, what’s good, household? Illseed right here, tapping in with a fast replace on a troubling motion that’s acquired Tennessee (and people within the know) on edge. Now pay attention, this isn’t your granddad’s KKK—that is one thing slicker, extra organized and deeply embedded in America’s yard. They’re calling themselves “Patriot Entrance,” wrapping themselves within the flag and calling it patriotism. However beneath all these stars and stripes is nothing however old-school hate, rebranded.
NewsChannel 5 simply blew the lid off this factor in Tennessee, discovering out Patriot Entrance’s been quietly constructing compounds, coaching troopers and getting ready for what seems to be like battle. These dudes aren’t joking round. They’re out right here marching by way of downtown Nashville and hiding behind masks, in fact. Some stuff by no means modifications. There are reviews of them coming out the again of rental vehicles like some menace of a flash mobs. That is white nationalism masked in patriotism.
Jeff Tischauser from the Southern Poverty Regulation Heart broke it down: these are hardcore white supremacists aiming to carve out a “white ethno-state” within the U.S. Their chief, a 26-year-old named Thomas Rousseau, overtly says, “We’re Individuals, not White Individuals—’trigger there ain’t no different sort of Individuals than those that are White and from Europe.” Oh actually?
That is spreading.
Final fall, antifascist activists tried to push again in opposition to a white supremacist meetup at Montgomery Bell State Park, not removed from Nashville. However authorities appeared to be working with the racists. Protestors had been saved out. Jared Taylor, the organizer of American Renaissance Convention (extra reported racists) stated the attendees had been simply “considerate Individuals” involved concerning the nation’s route. Man, that’s simply coded language. Rousseau himself was there.
Cue up Joe Biden please…
Patriot Entrance isn’t all that new. They got here up from the chaos of Charlottesville in 2017. , The “Unite the Proper” of 2017 rally was a white supremacist convening that occurred in Charlottesville. Now they’re branded Vanguard America after one among their very own killed Heather Heyer, a white lady. Now they’re on school campuses, flooding neighborhoods with racist stickers, flyers, graffiti—you identify it. Regulation enforcement’s conserving tabs, nevertheless it’s a harmful recreation as these dudes preserve upping their techniques, staying organized, and staying harmful.
Keep woke! Don’t allow them to change the which means! Patriot Entrance wears patriotism as a masks, however hate is hate. You’ll be able to’t conceal that.
Oh and Kanye – go to hell.
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