Okay, before we get started I need to say something that needs
to be said and you’re going to understand the context later in
the piece. Nazis and White Supremacists are terrorists-
just like ISIS. And the people affiliated with them are also
terrorists, just like ISIS. We lock up ISIS affiliates- as we should,
so why do we treat Nazis and White Supremacists
differently? Well here’s why. Because they’re white.
“Why did you wait so long to lambast Neo-Nazis?” “I didn’t wait long.”
why did Trump wait so long to condemn Nazis?
“I wanted to make sure, unlike most politicians- that what I said was correct.”
(Laughter) I’m sorry, but if you think that Donald Trump has ever waited to be
correct before speaking, you are absolutely a moron, and should
turn off this video right now. While you’re turning it off,
go follow my Instagram at least- you’ll fit right in with the rest
of some of the commenters.
“You don’t make statements that direct, unless you know the fact.”
Donald Trump is not a person who’s known for waiting for the facts.
Especially when it fits his agenda, like in the case of the supposedly
muslim shooter that attacked a mosque in Quebec. As you may remember,
the White House immediately used that to promote Trump’s Muslim ban.
“We’re not going to wait and react as I said in this statement.
"The president is going to be very proactive with protecting this country.”
turns out that the shooter wasn’t a Muslim, but a fucking white nationalist.
Speaking of white nationalists, back to Charlottesville.
“I had to see the facts unlike a lot of reporters. The Facts. And the facts.”
Yeah, Donald only waits for facts when he’s clearly in the wrong.
But then he conveniently brushes over the realities-
if the Nazis happened to vote for him.
“In fact, everybody said: ‘his statement was beautiful- if he would’ve made it sooner
"'that would’ve been good.’”
Donald, no sane person said your statement was beautiful, are you fucking kidding me?
As a matter fact, the only people who supported your statement was this guy...
“We are determined to take our country back. We’re going to
"fulfill the promises of Donald Trump.”
And this guy...
“Hail Trump, Hail our People, Hail Victory!”
Hail hydra!
THOSE are the guys on your team. And you’re absolutely aware of this,
which is why you’re still trying to shift the blame. It took you 3 days of
withering bipartisan attacks before reluctantly condemning the KKK and the Nazis,
which is probably the most American thing you can do- and then within 24 hours,
you drew an equivalence between the groups you just condemned
and the counter protesters who suffered casualties. On what planet
are Nazis and the people Nazis run over with their cars equally at fault?
"What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, alt-right do they have
"any semblance of guilt? I think there’s blame on both sides."
Asking for accountability from these people is like asking why Heather Heyer
didn’t move out of the way of the car. It’s like blaming part of the violence
during the civil rights movement on those pesky protesters
who kept taunting police dogs. It’s like claiming that the twin towers
were leaning into the planes. That’s a Neal Brennan joke.
This is victim blaming 101. But I guess it’s hard to see that
only one side was responsible for the violence, the Nazis and
their sympathizers, when you know they were the side wearing your uniform.
Why else would you say this?
"Not all of those people were neo-Nazis, believe me, not all of those people
"were white supremacists by any stretch."
It’s so strange when the same person who holds all of Islam accountable
for terror- is so eager to turn the other cheek when it comes to excusing
violence committed by his rabid, white supremacist followers.
Now I’m not saying all of christianity is held accountable, all white people
are held accountable for the actions of these fucking assholes.
Just like all of Islam shouldn’t be held accountable for the actions of ISIS.
"You had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people
"that were very fine people- on both sides."
Yeah, Trump’s right, there were some very fine people on the side of
the Nazis advocating for ethnic cleansing. Let’s take a look:
“Jews will not replace us.”
Nothing to see here Just a bunch of normal nice white folk.
Are the nice people here?
“Blood and Soil.”
Don’t really see the nice people when I’m looking at the militia are they-
are they here? Now let me ask you this, if ISIS, a violent terror group,
advocating for the destruction of America and it’s values, just like
Nazis and white supremacists are, wanted to exercise their 1st Amendment
rights by setting up a heavily armed but peaceful protest, just like this one
where they’re brandishing assault rifles and waving black flags calling for
the death of all Christians, and then one of their radical sympathizers engaged
in an act of terror by violently driving into a crowd of counter protesters,
would you be looking to shift the blame to the other side like this?
“You had a group on one side, and you had a group on the other side
"and they came at each other with clubs. But there is another side,
"you can call 'em the left, you just called them the left-
"that came violently attacking the other group.”
Because the only difference between ISIS and Nazis is
the color of their skin, Donald. As a matter of fact, White supremacists
are responsible for the majority of domestic terror. But I guess that’s
the reason why the many memos that came from the FBI and the DHS
warning your administration about the fact that white supremacist groups
had carried out more attacks than any other extremist group
and that number was going to increase found itself in the trash.
I’ve said this once I’m going to say this once again: I’m not saying
that white Christians are Nazis, but the fact that you’re trying
so hard to make it seem like actual Nazis and their sympathizers should
not be condemned is the exact reason why 60 years after the civil rights
movement these assholes don’t feel the need to hide their faces under hoods.
Anyone and everyone who does not condemn them outright is
absolutely complicit in the violence that has already taken many lives
and will only escalate from here. So I’m asking once again, to everyone-
conservatives, progressives, everyone- do the right thing.
Do the AMERICAN thing and join the fight against white supremacy
and Nazis and keep resisting.
I’m Hasan Piker. Please share this video with your friends if you think condemning
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