2025-09-03 - White Supremacy In Southern Oregon =============================================== This morning i downloaded an archived radio interview on my to-listen list. The common thread in this interview was the amount of support for white nationalism from the community in general and also from local law enforcement. Another thread calls attention to a pattern where hate groups move their targets. The targets change but the hate remains the same. White Supremacy In Southern Oregon Below are a couple of quotes from Ashland freelance journalist Brad Smith. > There's something I have to say about Rogue River. These people > who showed up to counter-protest to equity, they call themselves > [the Rogue River Patriots]. Real patriots do not deny their fellow > American citizens their rights, including the right of safety. > Real patriots do not attack, assault, or insult people based on > gender, sexual orientation, race. Real patriots don't do that. > But fascists and white nationalists do. And what we saw in > Rogue River on Saturday: They weren't patriots, they were > white nationalists. Q: What is the best way to face this hatred? "When they go low, go high." --Michelle Obama * * * What follows are a few of my own thoughts. You can find a lot of swastica graffiti around Grants Pass. I know someone who bought blue spray paint to transform them into the blue square hashtag. Blue Square Personally, i place more weight on actions than on symbols. Recently i read how when the Nazis took over the Netherlands, the Jewish population was thoroughly integrated through mixed marriages. Dutch people demonstrated and wore armbands in solidarity. Still, 107,000 out of 140,000 Dutch Jews were deported to meet Nazi quotas. In comparison, the French Jewish population was less integrated and France did not have so many public demonstrations. Out of an estimated 350,000 French Jews, 85,000 were deported. This smaller proportion was attributed to a combination of France being less automated, plus covert resistance within the French government. tags: audio,oregon,political,race Tags ==== audio oregon political race