In this puff piece, Nazi trash Tony Hovater wonders what the world would look like if Nazi’s won the war. NYT reporter then proceeds to write article as if they had: https://t.co/MvXd5NfmTe— Paul Barrett (@paul_barrett) November 25, 2017
What the hell is this, @nytimes? This article does more to normalize neo-Nazism than anything I've read in a long time. https://t.co/btyFyujkh6— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) November 25, 2017
If this article is supposed to be about the normalization of white supremacy, then the @nytimes is certainly doing its part to do just that. https://t.co/jbxYTFjis7— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) November 25, 2017
Quick Thought: Why upset? This article isn't normalizing white supremacy. It's pointing out white supremacy is normal. It's not just skin heads. It's your friend, neighbor, church member, maybe ur pastor. Upset cuz this means it could be you too? #NYTimeshttps://t.co/Yiu5LXmrAr— Kyle J. Howard (@KyleJamesHoward) November 26, 2017
Oh my God, @nytimes changed the headline of that bullshit Nazi-sympathizing article. It now reads “In America’s Heartland, a Voice of Hate Among ‘Normies’”.— Stephen T. Stone (@Regular_Stone) November 25, 2017
FUCK YOU, NEW YORK TIMES.
Ohio Nazi #TonyHovater got the @nytimes white supremacy puff piece treatment but readers weren’t fooled. Backlash so bad they changed article title and removed it from twitter feed. Just when I thought social media was nothing but a time suck.— Margaret Kimberley (@freedomrideblog) November 26, 2017
You know why Black people are livid about that NY Times Nazi article? Because we don't find it confusing, amusing, fascinating or a learning experience to hear about the "Nazi next door" when we've long known and said aloud that racism is rampant in this country to crickets— DJ Polite (@Polite_DPJ) November 26, 2017
My v unpopular take on the #NYTimes article about the nazi next door is that is was less about normalization and more about THIS IS ALREADY REALITY.— a girl has no name (@shelliebeanie) November 26, 2017
I’m so sick of the “Can’t believe this *horrible thing* is still happening in 2017” schtick of reporting
Nazis are trending because NY Times wrote an article humanizing a fcking Nazi pic.twitter.com/RgLmTh8Dpt— hanis. (@bennetsmoak) November 26, 2017
I don't mean to sound intolerant or coarse, but fuck this Nazi and fuck the gentle, inquisitive tone of this Nazi normalizing barf journalism, and fuck the photographer for not just throwing the camera at this Nazi's head and laughing. https://t.co/Pxfx2KU9AN— Bess Kalb (@bessbell) November 25, 2017
NY Times Journalist: This young nazi hopes his bigotry and fascism will go mainstream and with my help writing this sympathetic article in the country's most powerful mainstream paper, maybe his fascism will go mainstream. https://t.co/pGDA1UTa59— Dan Therriault (@dantherriault) November 26, 2017
Complete and utter bullshit @nytimes— KD (@Fly_Sistah) November 26, 2017
Not once was being a Nazi condemned. The goal of the article was to normalize bigotry. However, I am pleased we are no longer being fed the "economic anxiety" lie. White people can't handle competition from POC so they want us silenced/removed
How many @NYTimes subscribers woke up this morning thinking: "Man, I really hope I get to read an article featuring a Nazi lying to me with my coffee and bagel" ?— Fresh Brew (@TheFreshBrew) November 26, 2017
So I think that given this history, we are right to speak out loudly and forcefully about this shady article in @nytimes on an unrepentant Nazi. I'm not giving him or the author any play on my timeline....— ProfB (@AntheaButler) November 26, 2017
Hey @nytimes. I’m not going to read your offensive clickbaity Nazi-white-washing article. And I’m not going to buy any NYT issues or subscribe until you re-examine your editorial policies re: normalising Nazis and climate change denial.— Esmerelda ☘️ (@poetic_medic) November 26, 2017
Bob is a vegan. He opposes child labor. He believes we should protect the environment.— Charles Clymér🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) November 26, 2017
He's a serial killer who has tortured and murdered 14 people.
He likes "Big Bang Theory". He pays his taxes. He served in the military.
He collects fingers.
Loves cats. Has three of them.
This @nytimes article on the Nazi Nextdoor is getting a lot of criticism, but I think people are missing the sheer horror of it. This isn't an attempt to normalize hate. It's a chilling announcement that racist hate is ALREADY being normalized. https://t.co/SOxJnmYoEP— Alan Cross (@AlanLCross) November 26, 2017
The problem with NYT is that they will never acknowledge that an article they published was misguided, not thoroughly vetted. They will spill ink vilifying Michael Brown, but the Nazi next door is just a normal guy...— Ray Thompson (@rathompson01) November 25, 2017
Who would have thought that neither Richard Fausette nor his editor at @nytimes would not have studied WWII or even seen a God da*m WWII movie at any time in their lives? How else to explain this article? Normalizing this sh*t is dangerous as hell. Nazi— Michelle (@Bing7789) November 25, 2017
I'm baffled by the idea of a Nazi being a "big fan" of Seinfeld, but nowhere near as much as I am baffled at the idea that the NY Times used journalistic resources for this garbage fire of an article— Alistair Ryder (@YesitsAlistair) November 25, 2017
So the impulse to profile a white supremacist isn't itself terrible. I do wonder how the piece might have been different if it had been reported by a woman or person of color or anyone else who might have noticed...different things.— ana marie cox (@anamariecox) November 26, 2017
This is true. The writer seemed so... perplexed... that regular-looking white people with non-agressive tattoos could be the embodiment of evil. POC are like, 'yeah, we know'. https://t.co/IBSYJKsA94— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) November 26, 2017
Dear New York Times,— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) November 25, 2017
As an Asian-American doctor in the Deep South, a low-key Nazi attacked me in the parking garage. Please don't normalize white supremacy.
Sincerely,
Eugene Gu, MD
All perspectives are valuable if you can learn something from them, even if the thing you learn is "wow, what a stupid way you have of thinking about things". No particular article or POV bugs me too much so long as balanced by a wide range of viewpoints.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 27, 2017
Some people may be surprised or need to learn that white supremacists don't look (to everyone) like monsters 24/7 365 days of year. Sometimes they just look like guy mowing his lawn who just happens to be a monumental a-hole & danger to society.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 26, 2017
If you're not the one personally being terrorized by a monster then it won't look so much like a monster TO YOU. Hopefully you should be able to recognize that others have damn good reason to see the situation differently.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 26, 2017
The ability to see things from additional perspectives rather than from just your own is sadly not a gift that everybody possesses.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 26, 2017
Writing profiles of white supremacists at this time is probably a good idea now that we know they're way more plentiful than expected/hoped for. Spending significant word count on how cuddly (to you) they turned out to be - not so much.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 26, 2017
I assume if you're not mad about that NY Times article then you're also not mad at Colin Kaepernick because you surely realize that Nazis killed many more American soldiers than kneeling football players did.— Roy L. Pickering Jr. (@AuthorofPatches) November 26, 2017
The author of the "Nazi Next Door" article in the @nytimes wrote a column addressing the furor it caused. His intent was apparently to find out what makes someone become a Nazi, but there was no smoking gun. https://t.co/POPrDxCkPY— Mauigirl52🖖Resist! (@Mauigirl52) November 26, 2017
Readers Accuse Us of Normalizing a Nazi Sympathizer; We Respond https://nyti.ms/2i87fcm
why did the NYT actually link to the page where you can buy a swastika armband pic.twitter.com/tTBIr1n6CA— Michael Whitney (@michaelwhitney) November 25, 2017
“We regret the degree to which the piece was criticized by readers. We recognize that backlash is potentially damaging. We do believe, though, that embedding links to online stores that sell Nazi paraphernalia in Nazi articles is product placement at its best.”— ArtistLike (@Artistlike) November 26, 2017
Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/TXLDISljsf
Here are some 'regular folks' who've come to watch a lynching (Marion, Indiana 1930). They seem like normal people! That one dude on the left is smiling for the camera! pic.twitter.com/bamTBdPLZQ— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) November 26, 2017
Normalizing monsters seems to be all the rage these days.
Hey @nytimes, look! Nazis can seem like regular folks! From the @AuschwitzMuseum: a photo of Nazi staffers having fun between killing Jews: pic.twitter.com/M0a38bA6SU— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) November 26, 2017
Tough call, but if given no choice I'd rather read about Charles Manson being anti-pollution than about the charm of some random Nazi's tattoos and taste in TV shows. Fortunately I do have a choice and so elected to read neither.Killer Charles Manson was "loving" and "compassionate"—and cared about the environment, grandson says https://t.co/PySF7PQVJI pic.twitter.com/WIIJp13Xzz— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 25, 2017
Always punch a Nazi!🤜🏻 pic.twitter.com/StOMgmCTuf
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