Isn't That Odd?

An odd coincidence on the Aberdeen American News homepage.  There is this AP story about a riot in Toledo when Nazis tried to stage a rally.  It's not clear exactly who did the rioting, but it appears it was by the Nazis themselves. 

At the same time, the American News picks up a seperate story on Louis Farrakhan and the 10th Anniversary of the so-called "Million Man March," which in its original inception a decade ago fell well short of a million men.  Isn't it odd that we see one story about racial supremacists rioting in Toldeo, but then we are treated to a puff piece about another racial supremacist, Louis Farrakhan?

What is the basis for this charge against Farrahkan?   What would you call a man who believes that his race is the Deity's chosen race, and that a second race is the creation of a mad scientist and is "the devil"?  What if this man also wallowed in anti-Semitic language?  What if this person questioned the humanity of other races? And finally, what if this person enjoyed parading around with an array of bodyguards who dress in paramilitary fashion?  Sounds a lot like the Nazi's who were marching in Toledo. But this is also Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam (which, by the way, has little if anything to do with authentic Islam).  You could pick up much of this simply by reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X or reading the Wikipedia article on the Nation, which includes this quote from Farrakhan: "Louis Farrakhan has stated that 'White people are potential humans…they haven’t evolved yet.' (Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/18/00)."  And loe and behold, Democratic luminaries such as Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Congressman Mel Watts spoke at Saturday's rally.  OK Democratic Party.  Here are prominent members of your party associating with racial supremacists and purveyors of hate.  Farrakhan is a real live fascist, not a pretend one.  If these men aren't malicious for associating with Farrakhan, they are surely criminally foolish.  I await your condemnation of Jackson, Sharpton, and Watts and your shaming them out of polite company.    I await the calls for Mel Watts to resign his seat from Congress for associating with a man as disgusting as Farrakhan.  I have a feeling I'll be a-waiting a long time.

Update: This news story says it was the anti-Nazi crowd that rioted in Toledo.  I am reminded of this exchange from Woody Allen's Manhattan. 

Isaac Davis: Has anybody read that Nazis are gonna march in New Jersey? Y'know, I read this in the newspaper. We should go down there, get some guys together, y'know, get some bricks and baseball bats and really explain things to them.
Party Guest: There is this devastating satirical piece on that on the Op Ed page of the Times, it is devastating.
Isaac Davis: Well, a satirical piece in the Times is one thing, but bricks and baseball bats really get right to the point.