Misdirection Play, Still Rising Again Dept. 0
At the Bangor Daily News, Scott Cuddy expresses his dismay at plan by a neo-Nazi group to establish, well, a traning facility in Maine. He notes that he is gratified that many Mainers are expressing their disapproval of this and is displeased that others are not.
What led to this post, though, is that I want to point out a misdirection play–quite a common misdirection play, actually–that Cuddy mentions, almost in passing, in the course of his discussion (emphasis added):
Unfortunately, some influential conservatives have sought not only to downplay and dismiss these racist groups, but are actually trying to deflect from the issue by claiming that the real problem is anti-white racism.
Follow the link for context.
