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Article: NAZI DEMONSTRATION CAN'T BE IGNORED, MUST BE CHALLENGED.(EDITORIAL)(Letter to the editor)
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- The Capital Times
- Article date:
- August 19, 2006
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DEAR EDITOR: IGNORING THE NEO-NAZIS IS THE WORST THING YOU CAN DO. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS GROUP AND OTHERS LIKE THEM ARE NOT JUST A BUNCH OF KIDS LOOKING FOR ATTENTION. THEY HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE OF COLOR AND ANYONE ELSE WHO DISAGREES WITH THEM. IGNORING THEM AND HOPING THAT THEY WILL GO AWAY IS DANGEROUS AND EXACTLY HOW THEY GROW. DO THEY WANT MEDIA ATTENTION? YES THEY DO, BUT THEY WILL GET THAT ATTENTION NO MATTER WHAT. I THINK WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT THEY SEE AND WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF MADISON SEE.
I grew up in the South near a town where the KKK, in full robes, would hand out leaflets in a busy intersection in the middle of town. My ...