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A group calling themselves The Militia, arrive to 'keep the peace' outside the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,Virginia, August 12, 2017.

© Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images A group calling themselves The Militia, arrive to ‘keep the peace’ outside the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,Virginia, August 12, 2017.

Aug 17 (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union will no longer defend hate groups seeking to march with firearms, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, a policy change that comes on the heels of protests by white nationalists and counter-protesters at the weekend in Virginia.

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  1. This is one of the HARDEST times to be comfortable as an American citizen. Ever since November of last year I have been utterly ashamed to call myself an American — I much prefer “human being from planet Earth.” :/

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    • …and then you see what we’ve done (are doing) to the planet.

      I wrote this an intro to a post years ago:

      There’s an absurdity in calling oneself a humanist. The hat, which I’m proud to wear, solicits polarised emotions that are not easily reconciled. Here’s the rub: I loathe humanity, but at the same time I am also her greatest cheerleader. I’d build, without even a moment’s hesitation, an entire museum around a single human hand, and right next door I’d erect a mausoleum to house its pair. My heart beats faster every time I watch a space launch, and it breaks in two every time I turn on the News. I am at once amazed and horrified by our species….

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