https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lle-un-committee-warns-us-over-rise-of-racism
Important excerpt:
Also, wow... a few hundred morons show up for a rally with the support of a number of keyboard warriors and suddenly it's alarming? There are only between 5000 to 8000 KKK members, and the largest Neo-Nazi group in the US has only 400 members. Is that too many? Absolutely. But the overwhelming majority of Americans vehemently denounce the KKK, Neo-Nazis, the Westboro Baptist Church, and other hate groups. The media (both American and foreign) are making it sound like 1 in 3 Americans are actual Nazis when in reality those people are ridiculed, scorned, and ignored by basically everyone.
Oh, and I almost forgot this:
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So the UN is telling us we need to change the 1st Amendment to make it illegal to say racist things. In other words, basically get rid of it. That's not surprising, considering that in most Western European countries the police can come knocking on your door because you made a politically incorrect Facebook post.Cerd also called on the US to ensure that the freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly are... not misused to promote racist hate speech and racist crimes
Also, wow... a few hundred morons show up for a rally with the support of a number of keyboard warriors and suddenly it's alarming? There are only between 5000 to 8000 KKK members, and the largest Neo-Nazi group in the US has only 400 members. Is that too many? Absolutely. But the overwhelming majority of Americans vehemently denounce the KKK, Neo-Nazis, the Westboro Baptist Church, and other hate groups. The media (both American and foreign) are making it sound like 1 in 3 Americans are actual Nazis when in reality those people are ridiculed, scorned, and ignored by basically everyone.
Oh, and I almost forgot this:
Shame on you, America! Why don't you try to be a paragon of racial and religious tolerance like Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia?Such statements are usually issued by the United Nations committee on the elimination of racial discrimination (Cerd) over fears of ethnic or religious conflict. In the past decade, the only other countries issued with early warnings have been Burundi, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan and Nigeria.