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(1,038 posts) Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:05 AM Jul 2024

Neo-Nazi leader charged with plotting to have Santa give poisoned candy to US Jewish children

Grasping this level of hate is important to recognize so it can be fought against

Georgian Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, indicted on charges including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence

The leader of a neo-Nazi extremist group based in eastern Europe has been charged with plotting to have an associate dress up as Santa Claus and hand out poisoned candy to Jewish children in New York City to sow terror, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, according to a statement from the US justice department. It was not known if he has an attorney.

Chkhikvishvili, who has various nicknames including Commander Butcher, allegedly leads the Maniacs Murder Cult, which prosecutors said is an international extremist group that adheres to a “neo-Nazi accelerationist ideology and promotes violence and violent acts against racial minorities, the Jewish community and other groups it deems ‘undesirables’”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/16/neo-nazi-charged-new-york

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Neo-Nazi leader charged with plotting to have Santa give poisoned candy to US Jewish children (Original Post) Passages Jul 2024 OP

Just apart from the fact that this is a really horrible plot by a horrible person, Ocelot II Jul 2024 #1

I agree it is pathetic to the extreme. Passages Jul 2024 #4

Oh my gawd.............................. Lovie777 Jul 2024 #2

Throw him in jail and feed him the candy. 58Sunliner Jul 2024 #3

Uggh. I try to be optimistic for our youngest cohorts, but boy is it tough. All that I believed was at least hlthe2b Jul 2024 #5

Sometimes when I read of this kind of hatred, I don't know. Passages Jul 2024 #6

I still have hope for our future. Elessar Zappa Jul 2024 #8

did Santa know? prodigitalson Jul 2024 #7

Ocelot II

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1. Just apart from the fact that this is a really horrible plot by a horrible person,

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:09 AM

Jul 2024

he's also a stupid horrible person. Why did he think Jewish children would be taking candy from the Christmas character, Santa Claus?

Passages

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4. I agree it is pathetic to the extreme.

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:17 AM

Jul 2024

Lovie777

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2. Oh my gawd..............................

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:09 AM

Jul 2024

58Sunliner

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3. Throw him in jail and feed him the candy.

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:11 AM

Jul 2024

hlthe2b

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5. Uggh. I try to be optimistic for our youngest cohorts, but boy is it tough. All that I believed was at least

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Wed Jul 17, 2024, 10:24 AM

Jul 2024

contained--all the NAZI idiocy, hate, and destruction from the history I absorbed in school and from my voracious reading--simmers right below the surface once again. Yet, do we have the "greatest generation(s)" to fight back again? When much of the attack comes from within?