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comment by bioemerl
bioemerl  ·  3693 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Understanding The New Black Panther Party

    exemption from taxation

I will never take any group seriously that advocates for anything like this.

Want exemption from taxes? Be poor enough to fall in that area, or leave the country.

The other points are kind of funny too. "we must be employed" "Free healthcare".

The most interesting point there is "The end to drug trafficking". I hope they mean "the end to drug trafficking laws" because the US government has been trying it's best already to end drug trafficking.

What I read of their goals and similar, they definitely aren't a hate group, and they definitely have every right to fight for some of the things they say, although quite a few are just downright stupid.

    There are plentiful examples of leaders over the past couple of decades saying things like: "Kill every goddamn Zionist in Israel! Goddamn little babies, goddamn old ladies! Blow up Zionist supermarkets!" and "I hate white people. All of them. Every last iota of a cracker, I hate it ... You want freedom? You going to have to kill some crackers! You going to have to kill some of their babies!"

That brings up the question of "does a group that creates or attracts extremists become a hate group"?

That is a interesting question, and I am inclined to say no. However, it depends on how shallow or common those views are. Is there a sect or division between groups that say this and groups that do not? Is this sentiment considered common among groups of the NBP's?

Hate group in practice while not in theory. Just like attacking crack was fine in theory but racist in practice.

I am reading about leaders heavily implying and giving rewards for the capture of people, but not of the rest of the group's dismissal.

This sounds like the sort of shit that young people join when they want to feel important about themselves. Honestly, I entirely agree that they can be considered a hate group, even if I do agree with many of their goals.