Summary
Masked neo-Nazis marched through Columbus, Ohio’s Short North neighborhood on Saturday, displaying swastika flags and making racist and antisemitic statements.
Police are investigating, and no arrests have been reported.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Columbus officials condemned the display, emphasizing that hate and bigotry have no place in the state.
The incident follows a similar demonstration in Michigan last week, where masked protesters displayed Nazi flags outside a performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.
I’m just addressing the fact that Reddit isn’t always correct and we should want more credible sources than random people submitting things online with no vetting. That’s where they aren’t entirely wrong. I’m not saying they’re right and their memory is a reason to believe this is incorrect, but they’re just some person online just like the Reddit user.
I appreciate the thoughtful response, but I’m taint-deep in a lit review so I’m going to respond point by point to procrastinate.
Nobody said reddit is always correct, so you trying to address that statement nobody made seems like a pointless strawman. He did say reddit isn’t reliable “in any way, at any time, at all.” I maintain that this isn’t right and that this specific instance, where a user has posted original content to a local forum, is one of the handful of things reddit still does well compared to the alternatives.
You were directly supporting the stance of someone who didn’t submit anything other than their own opinion. Considering it wrong because it’s on a specific site isn’t exactly better than considering it correct. His statement was very concrete, while my initially comment “doesn’t seem like it’s from a previous occurrence” was intended more to invite additional evidence (which should, again, be easily provided if that photo’s been circulating online for 4+ years).
They’re not just like the reddit user, as the reddit user posted an album of photos with a specific location that matches the story details. Considering that less compelling than “I can nearly swear I remember” is the sort of shit that makes people give up having good faith conversations.