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'Absolutely a hate crime': Racist banners displayed on Walnut Creek walkway [California]
SF Gate ^ | November 22, 2022 | By Sam Moore

Posted on 11/23/2022 5:25:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

White supremacist banners were recently displayed on a pedestrian walkway in Walnut Creek, disturbing local residents and city officials.

The banners reportedly displayed slogans such as "It's OK to be pro-white" and "White Lives Matter," NBC Bay Area reported. "White Lives Matter" as a slogan was first circulated by neo-Nazi groups in a backlash against the Black Lives Matter movement, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

"It was like a gut punch to turn a corner and see that," resident Maya Borgueta told NBC.

Walnut Creek is home to some of the Bay Area's active white nationalist hate groups. The city was also known for demonstrations on the El Curtola overpass above Highway 24 denying the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Walnut Creek's mayor, Matt Francois, told NBC that "this type of messaging is not welcome in Walnut Creek," and that the city does not tolerate hate speech.

"It's absolutely a hate crime," Francois told NBC. "These are the kind of things hate crime was made for, because even freedom of speech has limitations."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: culturewar; marxism; whitelivesmatter; woke
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1 posted on 11/23/2022 5:25:28 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“These are the kind of things hate crime was made for, because even freedom of speech has limitations.”

Spoken like a true fascist.


2 posted on 11/23/2022 5:28:30 AM PST by euram
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Changing one word changes a movement into a hate crime?


3 posted on 11/23/2022 5:29:44 AM PST by cyclotic (Follow 1776rm.com. Fighting for our Constitution. @1776RM on Truth)
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Then saying Black Lives Matter has to be a Hate Crime.

Common sense.


4 posted on 11/23/2022 5:30:47 AM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

White Lives Matter isn’t racist at all if BLM isn’t racist.

Blacks are subhuman is racist.
“Equity” is racist against whites and certain Asians.
Diversity is racist against whites and certain Asians.


5 posted on 11/23/2022 5:31:04 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More provocations by the left.


6 posted on 11/23/2022 5:31:41 AM PST by Jonty30 (You can't spell liberal without the a-hole. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s like a gut punch to turn a corner and see a “Black Lives Matter” banner up and floating the breeze.

BLM also stands for “Burn, Loot and Murder”, tactics the Black Lives Matter thugs employ to threaten, intimidate, and terrorize everybody not in their inside group. Which include a large number of other black lives, apparently those that do NOT matter.


7 posted on 11/23/2022 5:32:59 AM PST by alloysteel (People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do - Isaac Asimov)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The Left: Everything we don't like is racist.

8 posted on 11/23/2022 5:34:30 AM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

False flag banners are a hate crime.


9 posted on 11/23/2022 5:37:25 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (Remember August 8!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Walnut Creek is home to some of the Bay Area's active white nationalist hate groups.

Groups. More than one. Must be running around everywhere in that hateful town. And those are the active ones! Missing from the article? The names of any of them.

10 posted on 11/23/2022 5:38:03 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Hey Mattie Francois, if white lives don’t matter who’s going to pull the welfare cart?


11 posted on 11/23/2022 5:40:56 AM PST by shoff (Vote Democrat it beats thinking!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“I’m proud to be Black,” said the Black man.
“I’m proud to be Asian,” said the Asian man.
“I’m proud to be Hispanic,” said the Hispanic man.
“I’m proud to be White,” said the racist.


12 posted on 11/23/2022 5:42:22 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (We are already in a revolutionary period, and the Rule of Law means nothing. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What?!?!?


13 posted on 11/23/2022 5:43:37 AM PST by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I worked in WC for 20 (1992-2012) years, lived about 15 miles north, never in all those years do I recall a single incident associated with WS hate groups. Total BS.
14 posted on 11/23/2022 5:44:21 AM PST by Michael.SF. ( The problem today: people are more concerned about feelings than responsibility)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Oh, F*** Off, you pack of worthless TWOT’s!

I live in WC — this sort of woke crappola is all over the place.

Am surprised that anyone was willing to defy it. Good on them.


15 posted on 11/23/2022 5:50:24 AM PST by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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To: ClearCase_guy

So what you are saying is that “white is not alright”?


16 posted on 11/23/2022 5:52:29 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

White lives matter is hateful.
But somehow “black lives matter” is not hate.
Whoever went along with this BS ought to be flogged.


17 posted on 11/23/2022 5:52:55 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Those aren’t white supremacist, and they aren’t hate crimes.

If they appear to be racist, “they” asked for it. They’re begging for it.


18 posted on 11/23/2022 5:53:45 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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White lives matter is hateful. But somehow “black lives matter” is not hate. Whoever went along with this BS ought to be flogged.

Exactly, the pendulum swung so far it's now in outer space.

19 posted on 11/23/2022 5:53:47 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They cannot see the hypocrisy that is so obvious..


20 posted on 11/23/2022 5:56:01 AM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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