PBS wanted to do a story about
Donald Trump supporters. They try hard to be very neutral when it comes to
Republicans (for
Democrats they’ve clearly chosen
Hillary Clinton). It turns out their chosen Donald Trump fans are sporting white supremacist tattoos.
Cenk Uygur, host of the
The Young Turks, breaks it down.
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Above, you see
Grace phone banking for Donald Trump, with the
Celtic Cross tattoo on her right hand.
Despite the tattoo being in plain view of PBS’ cameras, the story never acknowledges that it is interviewing a walking white power billboard.
The Anti-Defamation League explains that the Celtic Cross is one of the most “commonly used white supremacist symbols.”
Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow at the
ADL, tells me:
The Celtic Cross is an ancient and revered
Christian symbol typically not associated with extremism at all. However, one particular version of the Celtic Cross—a squarish cross with a thick circle intersecting with it (also known as
Odin’s
Cross), has become one of the most popular white supremacist symbols around
. In the past 20 years, its popularity has done little but grow, thanks to its use as the logo by Stormfront, the largest white supremacist website in the world.”*
Read more here:
http://gawker.com/pbs-news-story-on-first-time-trump-voters-prominently-f-1765284316
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- published: 18 Mar 2016
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