Students expelled because of hate group on Facebook
Students expelled after Facebook group calls for 'execution' of Jews, black people
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A Nazi-themed Facebook group that called for the “execution” of Jews and African Americans has led to the expulsion of five Boulder, Colorado, high school students in an unusual case of “alt-right” hate speech spreading to teens in a liberal city.
About 15 students participated in a “4th Reich’s Official Group Chat” on Facebook, according to a Boulder police report, which said members discussed “killing all Jews and [N-words]” and encouraged each other to “recruit more members so they can complete their ‘mission’.”
Members wrote messages championing “WHITE POWER!”, posted pictures of guns, called a firearm a “[N-word] BLASTER”, used derogatory terms for gay people, joked about “rape memes”, declared that they “must lynch the [N-words]”, and mocked Mexicans, copies of the group’s chats showed.
The controversy culminated in expulsions at Boulder Preparatory high school but comes at a time when the alt-right movement – known for white supremacist views and its overtly racist ideology – has gained traction during the divisive US presidential race.
This isn't reaching teenagers just now. Racism and antisemitism are passed down from generation to generation. They just feel brave enough to say it now.
Honestly wtf. Why are there so many openly racist people in America all of a sudden? Can we just gather them all into a big group and push them off a cliff?
Good, how disgusting of them. The little bit of conversation revealed that they had is super terrifying.
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At least one student attempted to play down the seriousness of the group, with an officer saying “he informed me that the whole thing was ‘funny’ and he would not actually ever do any of those things”, the report said.
Just yikes, if someone had threatened them in this manner they wouldn't find it funny. Talk about a crock of ****.
The Trump effect. Even if he loses, the damage is done because he has normalized and validated alt-right bigotry and given it an accepted place in the mainstream.
They threatened to shoot and hang certain groups of people, glorified Nazi ideals and talked about a final solution to end peoples lives...
When do the schools draw a line if not at that?
They should not be allowed to be around others who might be in those groups they target.
The school should have analyzed all of them deeply rather than just expell them and leave the problem to someone else. They could have taken the students to a psycologist/psychiatrist to see what's the source of their behaviour. Some of those students might not have have been serious at all (and with these i don't mean it's not serious matter).
The Trump effect. Even if he loses, the damage is done because he has normalized and validated alt-right bigotry and given it an accepted place in the mainstream.
I don't know if it's a good/bad thing that people have the gull to express their hatred in public because of Trump.
the fact this is reaching teenagers now… 
