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Oct 21 2017 10:15am
http://www.dailywire.com/news/22560/black-man-gets-past-nazis-hate-unusual-step-he-hank-berrien

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On Thursday afternoon, a black men took an unusual approach to a Nazi as they were outside white supremacist leader Richard Spencer’s speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville: he hugged him.

Aaron Alex Courtney, 31, approached the young Nazi, Randy Furniss, who was surrounded by protesters who screamed at him and punched him, and hugged him, asking, “Why don’t you like me, dog?” Courtney told the New York Daily News, “I could have hit him, I could have hurt him ... but something in me said, ‘You know what? He just needs love.’”

Instead, Courtney asked, “‘Why do you hate me? What is it about me? Is it my skin color? My history? My dreadlocks?” He later recalled, “After beating around the bush, and avoiding my questions, I asked him, I pleaded with him, I almost broke out in tears, growing increasingly angry because I didn’t understand.”

Furniss averted his eyes, but Courtney was insistent. He said later, “I reached over and the third time, he wrapped his arms around me, and I heard God whisper in my ear, ‘You changed his life.’”

When Courtney asked again, “Why do you hate me?” the man replied, “I don’t know.” Courtney said, “I believe that was his sincere answer. He really doesn’t know.”


In a climate of hate, I think stories like these give some hope.

Not to excuse the evil of any violent idealogy including Nazism, but I can't help but feel like the militant nature of BLM-esque groups only serve to increase the temperature of the discourse and make Nazi's look better than they should. If BLM groups adopted a non-violent approach akin to Martin Luther King (or in this case), they'd be much more effective at furthering their cause and truly healing the ills.

Curious about your takes.
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Oct 21 2017 10:24am
I think literally anything other than violence is going to have a better success rate at eliminating racism and bridging the gap between these groups. I'm glad to see it worked here.
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Oct 21 2017 10:25am
that was a nice move !



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BLM-esque groups only serve to increase the temperature


You means pro-trump russian bots ?

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Oct 21 2017 10:37am
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Oct 21 2017 10:42am
Uncle Tom.
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Oct 21 2017 12:48pm
Nice story hope it's true
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Oct 21 2017 01:21pm
he probably can't see well and mistook him for colonel sanders
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Oct 21 2017 05:54pm
I feel like this will go down in history as the first PaRD thread where everyone simply agreed with OP. :)
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Oct 21 2017 05:58pm
hope my man took a shower, nothing reeks quite like the negroid

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Oct 21 2017 06:39pm
Quote (Saucisson6000 @ Oct 21 2017 12:25pm)
You means pro-trump russian bots ?


There are a bunch of rumors that ex-russian George Soros is responsible for more militant wing of BLM

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