These families never imagined their loved ones would be drawn to Neo-Nazi groups. Now they’re fighting to get them back and begging the government to help.
These families never imagined their loved ones would be drawn to Neo-Nazi groups. Now they’re fighting to get them back and begging the government to help.
Exactly. When communities have organised in response, the NSN get chased up the road even when they bring out knives (see: failed attack on Gummo Cafe). But when a community does nothing, they’re left with a group of a couple of dozen interstate tourists trying to seek attention and intimidate people, often with a police line protecting them. Any group of a dozen, no matter how pathetic, will make unorganised individuals less likely to do anything, and the problem only grows if they gain greater numbers to mobilise.
One of them is on record at a UK fascist conference saying that when they’re outnumbered and getting told to leave, they “feel like shit, it’s horrifying”.