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Arkansas 'Whites-Only' Town Revives Far-Right Ideals: Return to Segregation?
(thedailyguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
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What's with this source?? Guys we are getting fake newsed I think. Almost no one is reporting on this. I think that this is like a group who want to build a rural racist person compound. I don't think it's a "town".
I found this on another article.
So it's not a town. It's just some racist people on some private land. Calling it a town implies that they have captured an actual municipality including state funded infrastructure.
We really need to brush up on media literacy around here. If a source is trying to rip off the names of other popular media companies to trick you into thinking that you're reading something else. Maybe they're not the people that you should be using as a source of information...
I believe you are incorrect in your assessment of the situation.
This is not fake news. This is actually happening, and they are actually seeking to build a 'town'. It is still in the beginning stages, but that is their stated goal. AND, they have plans to expand:
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5419057-whites-only-community-return-to-the-land-missouri-arkansas/
Now I don't know anything about the OP's source. But I can tell you that this is being reported by MSNBC, the Independent and others.
It's a trailer park on some land. These sources that you linked are not calling it a town.
Ok, well what would convince you, then? What criteria are you looking for exactly before you acknowledge that this is a dangerous thing happening in our country? Are you waiting for a town charter from the state, perhaps? I'm not really sure why you're fixated on it being a 'town'. Like it's not cause for concern until they suddenly have paved roads and municipal buildings? I'm just not understanding your logic, here.
It is a cause for concern, but the article is definitely titled misleadingly. It makes it sound like this was backed by the town's government, when its really just a bunch of crazy racists trying to start a compound and eventually turn it into an officially recognized town.
A "town", like an actual municipality with a police force, stores, hospital etc, which is whites only, would be so incredibly fucked up.
Some racist dickhead inviting other racists to come live on some piece of land that he owns, while it is fucked up, is nowhere near as fucked up as a whites only "town".
Do you really not understand why a state sanctioned and funded municipality which is whites only would be 10,000 times worse than some racist people on some private land?