{"id":87704,"date":"2024-06-11T07:43:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87704"},"modified":"2024-06-11T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T12:45:02","slug":"what-a-difference-a-mask-makes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=87704","title":{"rendered":"What A Difference A Mask Makes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was the &#8220;white nationalist rally&#8221; in Charlottesville seven years ago looked like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Looking back on deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville 4 years later\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U_w7lfPJvlY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind of a cantina band scene, a grab bag of endomorphic remainders from a dozen states, waving tiki torches and chanting.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, here&#8217;s another &#8220;white supremacist group&#8221; &#8211; the &#8220;Patriot Front&#8221; &#8211; marching in NYC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"White Nationalist group Patriot Front march through World Trade Center in NYC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAzHhoyAV6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fit-ish looking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matching uniforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marching in step. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And no reporter has ever tried to interview them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No crowd of &#8220;counterprotesters&#8221; in sight &#8211; odd, considering every time ten &#8220;KKK&#8221; members gather outside a Speedway, they draw hundreds of opponents.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What a difference wearing a mask makes.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the &#8220;white nationalist rally&#8221; in Charlottesville seven years ago looked like: Kind of a cantina band scene, a grab bag of endomorphic remainders from a dozen states, waving tiki torches and chanting. Now, here&#8217;s another &#8220;white supremacist group&#8221; &#8211; the &#8220;Patriot Front&#8221; &#8211; marching in NYC. Fit-ish looking. Matching uniforms. Marching in step. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87704"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87709,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87704\/revisions\/87709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}