Alarms about the Alt-Right Have Been Ringing; America Has Just Been Way Too Slow to Awaken.

Mattias Lehman
Aug 28, 2017 · 1 min read

If you’ve been referring to the recent "escalation" of the Alt-Right’s actions as a "wake up call", or primarily dealing with shock in the wake of the events in Charlottesville, you haven’t been listening.

You haven’t been listening to the people to whom politics really matters. You haven’t been listening to the women harassed during and after GamerGate. You haven’t been listening to the black people in the streets for Black Lives Matter.

And on a personal level, if we are friends, or even if you just enjoy my writing, you haven't been listening to me.

So start listening. Start listening to and supporting the voices you thought were crying wolf the whole time, or you're just hitting snooze again and waiting for the next wake-up call.


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