Compared to Southwest Virginia the Hampton Roads area of Virginia is downright liberal. That said, there are nonetheless many far right crazies and outright racists to be found in the area. If you doubt me, check out the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of hate groups and see how many are based in Hampton Roads. That said, these folks usually maintain a fairly low profile in the larger public. However, yesterday visitors to the Norfolk General and Children's Hospital of the Kings Daughters parking garage facility - which is about 6 blocks from my office - found white supremacist literature (see the image above) on their cars. It goes without saying that these folks don't like gays either. It's a frightening reminder of how far we still need to go in Virginia. WVEC-TV 13 has details:
People visiting Eastern Virginia Medical Campus Sunday night returned to their cars to find what appeared to be recruitment literature for a white supremacist group.
"This is bull crap," said one person who was at Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters to see her nephew. She asked not to be identified after finding the paper in a plastic baggie on her windshield.
The papers were left in cars in the parking garage located at the corner of West Olney Road and Children's Lane.
13News Now contacted spokeswomen for Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. They made security aware of the situation so that the literature could be removed.
No doubt those distributing this trash see themselves as "godly Christians" as well. I doubt they vote Democrat. Meanwhile, this kind of bullshit does nothing to help attract progressive new businesses to the region.
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