petrophase
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I was listening to public radio this afternoon here in SD. The 'Head of Intelligence' for the Southern Poverty Law Center was discussing changes in the demographics and behavior of hate groups since the election and in recent months. His idea, derived in part from studying social networking and forum sites, was that typical neo-nazi, anti-semetic, and separatist groups were becoming more brazen and more organized. The radio station being an NPR affiliate, he then attributed this increased outspokenness to aggressive or violent-sounding rhetoric recently spoken by the likes of Glenn Beck, leaders of the Tea Party movement, etc.
The segment was mainly about race and racism, but towards the end he mentioned pro-2A groups and an upcoming 2A march in D.C. His inference was that 2A groups and racists groups go together like lemon and lime. While he did not mention OCDO, the OC movement, or Starbucks, I believe he implied that ANY pro-gun group would necessarily be subtlety or overtly racists or would appeal strongly to those who were racist.
This has not been my experience with OCDO or the OC movement. I am black, so it is an issue that I pay particular attention to. It is particularly heartening to see the diversity of not only race, but also gender and age, at the OC events that have been shown on news shows in recent months.
So how about it: are there many OCers out there who are non-white?
What has been your experience with the OC movement or OCDO?
Have you ever felt excluded or unwanted at OC events?
Note that the question I'm not asking is if it is more difficult in practice to OC if one is nonwhite.
I was listening to public radio this afternoon here in SD. The 'Head of Intelligence' for the Southern Poverty Law Center was discussing changes in the demographics and behavior of hate groups since the election and in recent months. His idea, derived in part from studying social networking and forum sites, was that typical neo-nazi, anti-semetic, and separatist groups were becoming more brazen and more organized. The radio station being an NPR affiliate, he then attributed this increased outspokenness to aggressive or violent-sounding rhetoric recently spoken by the likes of Glenn Beck, leaders of the Tea Party movement, etc.
The segment was mainly about race and racism, but towards the end he mentioned pro-2A groups and an upcoming 2A march in D.C. His inference was that 2A groups and racists groups go together like lemon and lime. While he did not mention OCDO, the OC movement, or Starbucks, I believe he implied that ANY pro-gun group would necessarily be subtlety or overtly racists or would appeal strongly to those who were racist.
This has not been my experience with OCDO or the OC movement. I am black, so it is an issue that I pay particular attention to. It is particularly heartening to see the diversity of not only race, but also gender and age, at the OC events that have been shown on news shows in recent months.
So how about it: are there many OCers out there who are non-white?
What has been your experience with the OC movement or OCDO?
Have you ever felt excluded or unwanted at OC events?
Note that the question I'm not asking is if it is more difficult in practice to OC if one is nonwhite.
But I strongly disagree with Pace, Illegals are a HUGE problem here in the US....Way too many of them here in Green Bay area alone.......specially when we are talking 20 Million plus of them in America, they all came here illegally so they should all be sent packing. They all need to go, along with their anchor babies. The TEA PARTY movement has been taken over by ANGRY AMERICANS , not nutcases, Pace you really need to watch something other than MSNBC, it's controlled by the Liberal media.