Demonstrators wave Nazi flags outside local theater performance of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ | CNN
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A group of people carrying Nazi flags demonstrated outside a Michigan community theater performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in a display of antisemitism.

Summary

A group of masked men with Nazi flags protested outside a performance of “The Diary of Anne Frank” in Howell, Michigan, shouting antisemitic slurs.

Audience members were reportedly frightened and needed escorts to their cars. The Fowlerville Community Theatre, which staged the play, described the protesters’ presence as a disturbing reminder of the fear faced by Holocaust victims.

The Anti-Defamation League condemned the display. The incident follows other recent displays of racism in the area.

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    But until then, if your neighbor yells “I think you all should die” out his window

    but when he in the street with a NAZI flag

    There is a difference here:

    Window dude is being a nuisance that should be dealt with. But he isn’t being specific, nor is he showing any tendency for violence. He’s just being a shit bag.

    Nazi flag dude is out in the street, his views are specific and violent. They are a call to commit violence on a mass scale towards minority groups. Nazis (and fascists of all kinds) frequently get violent, without being the first to be hit.

    Yelling out the window is a warning sign, waving a Nazi flag in public is an act of hate, and demonstration of an adherence to a violent ideology.