[Vision2020] Racist Fliers Distributed in Southern Idaho

Sat Mar 20 12:57:42 PDT 2010

The secret is that most people don't care.  They don't deal with race 
relations on a day-to-day basis, and they probably don't have much of an 
opinion about it.  Hand them a flier, and they will throw it away.  A 
few people might get excited about the idea and join them, but they are 
(I'm guessing) far in the minority.

Make this into a national debate, and suddenly they take a side.  Now 
you've gone from a few people being "converted" to a few million 
expressing their parent's views on racism or their own bad experiences 
from the Army or whatever to everyone they can find to listen, and a far 
larger group yelling at them about it.

Look, I applaud your fight against racism.  Same goes for Tom and Keely 
and everyone else that is on board with you.  I just think it's 
tactically the wrong approach to take.

I don't know why I care so much about this particular line of thought.  
Anyway, I've said my bit now I'll fade back into the woodwork.

Paul

Bill London wrote:
> P-
> wrong.
> I have no idea why you think racism is near death.
> Yes, Aryans have free speech, but so do their opponents.
> We need to speak out, or their message will find more converts.
> BL
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Rumelhart" 
> <godshatter at yahoo.com>
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 12:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Racist Fliers Distributed in Southern Idaho
>
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> Think about it for a minute. These guys are having to resort to handing
> out pamphlets like the hari krishnas used to do in airports. They are
> having to resort to this because there is no where outside of a few
> sympathizer's homes where they can speak their views publicly without
> being laughed off the stage or getting their asses kicked. And you want
> to shine the spotlight on them. They're dieing out. Let them die out in
> peace.
>
> Paul
>
> Tom Hansen wrote:
>> Yes.
>>
>> This next few months (to a year) ought to be most interesting.
>>
>> There is a "re-birth" of Aryans up in Post Falls . . . over in John Day,
>> Oregon . . . and now in southern Idaho . . . not to mention sightings of
>> Confederate flags here in Vandalville over the past year.  They have 
>> every
>> right to fly whatever flag "floats their boat"  However, if you remember
>> correctly, Jason Hamilton was linked to the Aryan Nations.
>>
>> So . . .
>>
>> No, Paul.  I am NOT going to sit on my hands.  Nor am I going to ignore
>> and walk away from it.
>>
>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>
>> Tom Hansen
>> Moscow, Idaho
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>>
>>> This is tragic.
>>>
>>> The Mullets keep coming up in these things, and it worries me 
>>> particularly
>>> because of the large number of Mexican immigrants living and working 
>>> and
>>> contributing to life in Southern Idaho.  Violence always follows 
>>> campaigns
>>> like this.  The idea of "keeping America white" is, of course, as
>>> historically stupid as it is deplorably racist.  The U.S. has never 
>>> been
>>> "white," and the offense directed at those women and men of color who
>>> helped built this nation and did so under violence, oppression and
>>> injustice most Anglos have never experienced, is staggering.
>>>
>>> Keely
>>> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 07:25:32 -0700
>>>> From: thansen at moscow.com
>>>> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>>>> Subject: [Vision2020] Racist Fliers Distributed in Southern Idaho
>>>>
>>>> Courtesy of today's (March 20, 2010) Spokesman-Review.
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Racist fliers distributed in Southern Idaho
>>>> Aryan leader promises campaign will continue
>>>>
>>>> IDAHO FALLS – A North Idaho man says about 3,000 white supremacist
>>>> fliers
>>>> have been distributed in Southern Idaho as part of an Aryan Nations
>>>> campaign that started March 6.
>>>>
>>>> “It’s our constitutional right to distribute literature, and we will
>>>> continue to do it,” Paul Mullet, of Athol, told the Post Register on
>>>> Thursday. “There will be a lot more.”
>>>>
>>>> Mullet said he is the leader of the group. He has also distributed
>>>> fliers
>>>> in North Idaho.
>>>>
>>>> Barbara Holm, of Idaho Falls, recently received one of the fliers that
>>>> said “join the fight to keep America white.” It was stuffed with two
>>>> peppermint candies.
>>>>
>>>> “I just could not believe that something like that had come to my
>>>> driveway,” Holm said. “I was flabbergasted.”
>>>>
>>>> She said it was the first time she had encountered white supremacist
>>>> material in her hometown.
>>>>
>>>> “I’m also horrified that they can do this,” Holm said. “I think it’s a
>>>> sad
>>>> day for America.”
>>>>
>>>> Idaho Falls Police Department Sgt. Phil Grimes said the flier Holm
>>>> received likely didn’t violate any laws, but an investigation is
>>>> possible.
>>>>
>>>> Mullet last month revealed plans to move the group’s headquarters to
>>>> Oregon’s Grant County, a sparsely populated area 198 miles from 
>>>> Portland
>>>> and 147 miles from Boise.
>>>>
>>>> ---------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>>>>
>>>> Tom Hansen
>>>> Moscow, Idaho
>>>>
>>>> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
>>>> change
>>>> and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>>>>
>>>> - Unknown
>>>>
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