My concern with this feaux anti-White Nationalist outrage, that it will swell their ranks

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White supremacy is a rapidly fading ideal held by an infinitesimal group of disaffected loons.

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I don't understand why these idiots are suddenly getting so much attention by the media.

At this point, I feel like if you ignore them they will just go away.

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I don't understand why these idiots are suddenly getting so much attention by the media.

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Because the media wants people to think these fringe neo-nazis are a mass movement.

So they can link the mass movement to "Trump's base."

Voila, you have a completely bullshite explanation of why Trump won the election.

And will swell the Antifa movement as well. Liberal arts kids who only get exposure to the right through shitty Twitter feeds will think that there are more Nazis, white supremacists, and Klan members than there actually are and may agree with Antifa that this needs to be solved rather violently.

That riot in Charlottesville was an incredible loss to sane Americans. Save for the Oklahoma City Bombing, that's the most disgusting behavior I've seen from home grown terrorists in my lifetime.

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This is all a game.

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A modern day, but very real, Game of Thrones it is.

All the attention they're getting legitmizes their movement in their own minds.

The reality is the White Supremicist/KKK is a fringe minority whose opinions don't align with probably greater than 95% of Americans. Their hate isn't a mainstream ideology.

Where we are currently however, the left is painting with a broad brush. That all Trump supporters are racist Nazis, that if you voted for Trump..you're guilty of empowering racism. That the KKK is a growing evil and is an imminent threat to America. This legitimizes what they're doing. They grow by the spotlight. They can reach out to formerly marginalized loons and say "The unpure society recognizes were a force to be reckoned with and has declared war on us. It's time to fight back and win. Join us."

Giving a platform to loons like David Duke and Richard Spencer is a mistake. Sharing their tweets, publishing articles about their opinions gives them mainstream power and credibility as threats. Whereas they're otherwise limited to less publicized outlets.