To badly paraphrase Sheriff Ed Tom Bell from ‘No Country For Old Men‘: the shitty bullshit we see these days is so shitty and so bullshit it’s hard to even figure out what the fuck is going on.
The US electing Donald Trump, a man who is either a white nationalist himself or at the very least a fan favourite of white nationalists across America, has seen racial politics come to the forefront in a way that hasn’t happened since, well, probably since the last time America got a new president – but in a much worse way this time.
While it’s not enough to make large parts of the population fear for their safety, security, wellbeing and, at times, lives, these Nazi fucks are also coming after people’s shoes for some reason.
Shortly following the announcement of Trump’s win, New Balance‘s vice president of public affairs told the ‘Wall Street Journal‘ that they were happy to see the Obama administration replaced with a Trump one. This resulted in a pretty huge backlash from Trump opponents (AKA not racists), who went as far as burning pairs of New Balance and dumping them in the garbage.
New Balance released a statement reassuring consumers that their support for Trump was in reference to his stance on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and not an endorsement of his Mexican wall and Muslim related policies – but it was too late, neo-Nazis had already sunk their filthy claws into the shoes.
Andrew Anglin from the white supremacy website The Daily Stormer wrote:
“I’m a Nike guy. Or rather, I was. It’s time to get on-board with New Balance now. Their brave act has just made them the official brand of the Trump Revolution.”
Oh but support for Trump doesn’t automatically equal racism, you say? Don’t worry, he clarified:
“New Balance is making a gesture to support White people and to support US manufacturing. We need to support that.“I see New Balances now becoming the official shoes of White people.”
Finally, a convenient way to tell if someone is white, other than by, uh, looking at their skin. Nazi fuckin’ dumbasses.
Source: Houston Chronicle.
