One of the chief proponents of the Boer genocide myth is Simon Roche, a South African white nationalist. Roche has deep ties to American Nazis.
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Roche’s planned appearance at a scheduled event in NC was also promoted privately by now former Marine Michael Chesny, who helped co-organize the Unite the Right rally in 2017.
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It’s not a coincidence that Trump is dog whistling to the same violent white supremacists then and now. These matters are related and you don’t need a lot of yarn to draw the web of connections.
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But more curious is his choice to send that message on a day when his world is collapsing around him. When the going gets tough, the tough... incite a race war?
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His message was not to create a distraction in the media. It was to inflame racial tensions to boost his support
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It was a subtle message to his followers: everyone around me may be a criminal but I’m still a racist and so can you
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