I agree with Marshall Harris, but I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that the left would also call Harris a Nazi, which is infuriating to me.
The Marine was on Iwo Jima for perhaps the most famous raising of the American flag. The world has come a long way since 1945, but then Harris saw the images from Charlottesville — white supremacists and neo-Nazis carrying torches.
“I feel sorry for them. I really do,” Harris said. “Their minds have gone some direction, some totally wrong direction.”
When Harris sees the swastika, he sees the enemy. He calls the Unite the Right rally sickening, and so do other vets.
“I can’t believe it’s happening. The Nazi party was in Germany,” said WWII vet Henry Beckham. “That’d be like saying Hitler is marching down Pennsylvania Avenue.”
Beckham, who lives in Fate, was an Army Air Force sergeant during World War II. He said the rally in Virginia is offensive to him and his generation.
“No color of your skin makes any difference. And I say to all of them, ‘Go home and enjoy peace and tranquility in this great nation of ours,’” Beckham said.
Harris said our difference are much smaller than what unites us.
“No matter what nationality or what color, if you’re Indian or black or gray or whatever you are, you know, that heart inside is beating and it’s red,” Harris said. “Doesn’t make a difference what color your skin is on the outside.”
ht/ Tammy
Nationwide, the KKK might have 5000-8000 members. Actual Nazis, even fewer. Anyone that believes these people elected Donald Trump, or that he would even court their support, is falling for a elaborately constructed deception operation, orchestrated by the true enemies of the US, the Marxists who populate the democrat party and their lapdog press.
This mans’ concerns are misplaced.
I was hearing on Curt Schilling’s show, yesterday, that this Kessler dude who got the permit for C’ville is a former CNN employee and a donor to dem candidates.
This story isn’t finished unfolding.
I agree with him but it seems he could find a little revulsion for the antifa marxist scum flooding the cities as well. The clan and nazis make up such a small persentage of the troublemakers that they’re a parody of themselves. On the other hand the leftist extremists are in the multitudes.
His pleading sounds alot like Rodney “Can’t we all just get along?” King. Umm…NO, WE CAN’T. Missed the memo, huh?
I don’t know why he’s not *more* worried about Communists – in and out of government – destroying from within and out.
Bottom line, he’s a great man.
But I wonder if he realizes that the left thinks he’s the Nazi?
How old is this guy? Honestly those Antifa Flags can easily be mistaken for a Nazi Flag. In fact the look like they were designed around a Nazi Flag. Someone that old is probably just lumping them all in the same group. As they should be actually.
Doesn’t seem to mind masked ISIS fascists walking down the street with clubs and sucker punches ready to go.
BUT NO! 50 UNARMED people show up at a statue, and tears start rolling.
How much did the media pay you for this propaganda piece?
What a great friend to have Fur.
I wish these men were younger and had a strong voice that could be heard by younger people.
The torchlight parade across UVA campus was so over-the-top. Kessler was toying with his supporters, seeing how far he could get them to go (not barring the possibility that many of the torchlight marchers were paid participants). It was not a permitted activity, yet no police action was taken to disrupt the photo-op.
In one fell swoop, the Left has been enabled to brand anyone who speaks out against them as a right wing extremist, a Nazi or a Klan member. It was a trigger for the immediate suppression of alternative thought, both actively, in the shutdown of accounts and websites, and self-censorship by individuals and organizations seeking to avoid notice of newly weaponized SJWs.
The comparison to Nazi’s is ironic, in that Hitler filled a void created by an impotent and enabling government that was ineffective in countering a failing economy and Marxist insurgency. It is a pattern repeated in Italy, Spain, Argentina and Chile. One might make the claim that the Left are attempting to force the cycle of chaos again, this time with the Right painted as the aggressor and anyone disagreeing with the extreme Left as violent Right-wing extremists, grooming the common man (or person, to use a gender neutral label my new leftist overlords will accept) to accept a leftist authoritarian government.
I can understand his frustration. Hundreds of thousands American’s killed, wiping out the ideology of the Nazis, yet here we have a bunch of knot heads parading around in their brown shirts and spouting off about racial mongrels and superiority. Their stupidity gives cover to the worst elements on the left and allows them a relative free hand to be violent against those that oppose them as well.
It’s UnAmerican on a fundamental basis.
At the start of World War II the Nazi’s, Fascists, Communists, and totalitarians were allies and were against us. Then the other three attacked both us and the Commies and the Commies joined with us to defeat the other three! Now here in America, the Nazi’s, Fascists, Commies, and Totalitarians are once again allies and are united against us!
After decades of corruption, deceit, division and unchecked violence in our campuses and streets since the 60’s, I can understand their frustration and sorrow.
In the same light, I would ask how and why have we allowed progressive, socialist, communist and marxist ideologies to infiltrate, flourish and infect our government, judicial, education and economic systems in the past 67 years?
Why did we sit back and allow our “elected” government to tax and regulate businesses out of existence? Those businesses, industries, finances and jobs that didn’t disappear moved to other nations leaving 10s of thousands of families impoverished?
Did we believe the evil of the world had been beaten after WWII, just as those who fought in WWI (the world’s “last” great war)?
Why have we allowed the career politicians to replace citizen representatives. Why have we allowed the career politicians to become millionaires at our nation’s expense? Why do we allow career politicians who create and hide behind their “good old boy rules” and exempt themselves from laws while they ignore our legally elected President and refuse to exert any effort to make America great again?
There is no doubt, the frustration and sorrow expressed by Mr. Harris and Mr. Beckham is shared with the majority of Americans.
We share your frustration and sorrow, as well as, the guilt for what we allowed to take place over the past 67 years and before.
It is past time to make America great again.
Charlatans like Schumer, Pelosi, McConnell and Ryan (and many others) are willing to do and say anything to remain in their position of power and control.
If America is destined to be great again, these career deceivers and swindler millionaires must be voted out of office. It is past time.
I feel like to be fair I have to clarify this post somewhat.
Marshall Harris has it right. He doesn’t delineate between the left and right when he looks at these riots, with the fistacuffs.
It’s all Neo-Nazis to him. And he’s largely right.
I root for the “right-wing” factions because I like to see the left get their bell rung. But there is too much to not like about these ‘ALT-RIGHT’ fighters. I don’t trust them. I don’t feel like they’re part of “my family.”
This Jason Kessler, I have no use for the guy.
Fox can suck a diseased one, because I have it on good authority that they were interviewing Harris for a different topic, and when he made his comment they exploited it and made it the story.
It doesn’t matter though. I know what’s in the Harris heart, and this is a great man who put more on the line in the name of freedom than these Starbucks Window Breaking Basement Dwellers.
Stick Baseman was recently arrested.
I had no idea the guy had a rap sheet that included Grand Larceny and a couple of other things that leads me to believe he’s simply into cracking skulls and it doesn’t matter which side of the line he is on.
I’m happy he’s cracking leftist skulls, however.
I’m rambling.
God Bless Marshall Harris.
These rioters, trouble makers, and thugs are such a small percentage of the population and, actually, a small percentage of the worthwhile news.
If, course the media are complicit in pumping up the trouble.
We need more police, more real jail time, and less media coverage air time.
Marshall Harris is my dear friend. You fuck with him, I will fuck with you.
The Tamminator.
My mom is about the same age as Mr. Harris. She doesn’t have the internet so gets her news from TV. While she hates all this violence as much as I do, she has no clue who or what Antifa is. My guess is Mr. Harris doesn’t know who they are, either. I’m betting he doesn’t care. In my eyes, real Nazis, Fascists, Communists, ISIS, etc. are all enemies of this country. I’ll bet Mr. Harris feels the same way. God bless you, sir. This nation and the whole world owes you a huge debt of gratitude for the sacrifices made by you and your generation.