Nothing crazy ever happens in my county because we're small and rural and people are just trying to live their lives. When the George Floyd protests started up we had a couple dozen people protest peacefully in the local walmart parking lot and that's about as exciting as it gets around here. Thank God. But today I say some stencils spray painted on a couple of control boxes next to a railroad crossing that just shows that even in a small town there are shady people. Evidently we have a chapter of a white supremacist group here and they're spray painting stencils of their name (patriot front) and logo and another of the country that says, "not stolen" above the image and "conquered" below it. These are painted in solid red and solid blue.

I went to their website on a secure browser and these are some crazy alt-right folks. Not much is said about these groups but they pose as much of a threat to this country that the alt-left does. Especially if they're as extreme as these folks are. They believe the only people who have any right to this country are those of european descent (not sure what they think about native americans) and if you are not like-minded they consider you a traitor. I guess it shouldn't surprise me that a group like this is in rural NC but I damn sure don't like it. It gives me an eerie feeling. People who don't think racism still exists only need to read about people like this who live and work among us all. Some are local officials, some are cops, some own businesses. It may not be systemic but it's there just under the surface. I generally don't look into groups like this because I have enough of life going on and don't need anything else on my plate, but to not be aware is to do myself wrong because the enemy is not just coming from the left.

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