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Comment by The Flying Atheist on May 23, 2012 at 3:10pm

Yes, this is a very interesting story, Dallas.  I was going to post it here but you beat me to it.  There's some more detailed information on the background of the attackers from this Chicago Tribune article:  Chicago Tribune

The attackers:  "The men are connected to the Hoosier Anti-Racist Movement, which is part of the Anti-Racist Action Network that formed in Minneapolis in 1987 to address discrimination, according to a leader in the organization, Jacob Domke."

The Sutherlin brothers became interested in combating fascism while growing up in diverse family in Bloomington, a predominantly white city that is home to Indiana University, Domke said. Though they are white, their half sister's father is black, he said.

"When you grow up in a multiracial family in Indiana, I think that can open your eyes to the problem of racism in this country," Domke said.

"Jason Sutherlin, the oldest of the three tightknit brothers, shaped his social philosophies as a teen at the Bloomington's Peoples Park, a decades-old popular spot for protests. The site has been a haven for the anti-establishment movement since 1968, when two members of the local Ku Klux Klan burned a black-owned store there."

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 23, 2012 at 8:41am

For a second, I thought those mug shots were the white supremacists. However, I suspect there is more going on here than meets the eye. The anti-racist thing may just be a game they're playing with the authorities. It may be there is some bad blood between them that has nothing to do with ideology, but rather just some kind of vendetta.

Comment by Sentient Biped on May 23, 2012 at 8:39am

Strange story there in CHicago, Dallas.  From the yahoo pic, looks like the "anti-racist" attackers were white... probably a good think considering the reaction if they were any other race.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 23, 2012 at 7:54am

And now for something completely different.

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 22, 2012 at 7:05pm

I wish these people would give it a rest already: KKK invites NC residents to ‘whites only’ cross burning

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 16, 2012 at 6:58pm

Hehehehehehe:

 

Comment by Dallas the Phallus on May 11, 2012 at 1:57pm

The callous depravity of gun nuts: Report: Trayvon Martin gun range targets were sold online

Comment by Sentient Biped on April 15, 2012 at 9:20am

Comment by Sentient Biped on April 7, 2012 at 8:50am

The book isn't about the slavery prior to the civil war.  It's about the pattern of arresting people for no reason other than being black, putting them into forced labor situations, using them in labor camps and factories for little or no pay and destroying their lives.  This went on for about a century following abolition of slavery.  It's not about words.

Comment by leveni on April 6, 2012 at 11:08pm

 Makes me want to nuke much of the South, at least for most of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

It's interesting how words can make us feel. In Australia we don't have this problem about slavery. The reason being: we never wrote about it, therefore it never existed. So the guilt and blame thing doesn't happen here. 

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