Neo-Nazi Comments on This Blog Explored: Blaming Others for Their Problems is Their Trademark

I seem to have touched a nerve with my last posting.

A prominent neo-Nazi took notice of my last entry and decided to post a comment, to which I responded in the same way.

He said some things in his comments that I thought about overnight and throughout the day today. After sharing his comments with some close friends out here, I've decided to make some points here based on his comments in addition to the comments I made in my initial response.

His entry was based on my stated belief that many people will be attending the National Socialist Movement to protest the neo-Nazi rally...quite probably in the thousands. I think he thought I was talking about thousands of people attending the diversity rally, rather than the neo-Nazi rally.

I'm not hearing about anyone going to the diversity rally; they'd rather protest the NSM rally. And that's what everyone is gearing up for. The Lansing Coalition Against Nazis (LCAN) and the Anti-Racist Action Network (ARA) have been very busy getting volunteers together to protest the skinhead presence.

His comments in their entirety:

Thousands?

LOL

Thousands haven't turned out for a "diveristy celebration" in years.

About 100 angry kids will attend the "militant anti-Nazi" demonstration, and as many people as the City can afford to pay will attend the diversity rally. Then, the press will at least double their actual numbers and report that they "outnumbered" us.

LOL

Any other belief about what will happen shows a deep immersion in fantasy that is probably not in the best interest of your mental health.

I found it interesting that he thought that it would be angry kids attending the anti-Nazi demonstration. There will more than likely be at least that and many more. He's also forgetting about the MSU turnout as well as the church turnout.

And his comment that the city of Lansing would pay people to attend the counter-protest was REAL interesting. If he was keeping up on Lansing-area news, he would have known that the city is facing an $11 million shortfall in the current budget and can't afford to pay people to be there---except the police of course. The mayor has enough political enemies on the city council that something like that happening would raise a major screaming match and everyone would know about it. In advance.

So I find it laughable that they're already making up excuses for being outnumbered at their own rally (which hasn't even happened yet).

The last comment he made about fantasy was very amusing to me. He should practice what he preaches: after putting forth conspiracy theories about the city of Lansing paying people to go to the diversity rally, about the press inflating the numbers of people who were actually there, of only angry kids attending the anti-Nazi rally, and his worrying about my mental health (thank you), perhaps he should focus on his own mental health instead.

Blazing hatred of others causes more mental problems than fantasy does. I'll take fantasy over neo-Nazi propaganda and excuses EVERY time.