The white supremacists who made their way to Charlottesville for the purpose of inciting violence and hatred are receiving heavy, justified blowback in their hometowns, even from their own family members. After Pearce Tefft saw the images of his son, Peter Tefft, and heard Peter’s vile comments, he wrote a public letter disowning his son. Here is a snippet of that letter:
I, along with all of his siblings and his entire family, wish to loudly repudiate my son’s vile, hateful, and racist rhetoric and actions. We do not know specifically where he learned these beliefs. He did not learn them at home.
I have shared my home and hearth with friends and acquaintances of every race, gender, and creed. I have taught all of my children that all men and women are created equal. That we must love each other all the same.
Evidently Peter has chosen to unlearn these lessons, much to my and his family’s heartbreak and distress. We have been silent up until now, but now we see that this was a mistake. It was the silence of good people that allowed the Nazis to flourish the first time around, and it is the silence of good people that is allowing them to flourish now.
Peter Tefft, my son, is not welcome at our family gatherings any longer. I pray my prodigal son will renounce his hateful beliefs and return home. Then and only then will I lay out the feast.
The person who runs the Twitter account @YesYoureRacist, who brings online attention to noted racists, used the power of crowdsourcing to correctly identify many of the marching white supremacists. The first person he identified at the rally was Cole White of Berkeley, California. Mr. White has been fired from his job, effective immediately. His now former employer, Top Dog, even went so far as to tape a message to their front door:
I’m going to include an image of Cole White so we don’t forget his Nazi face.
Peter Cvjetanovic, who was identified after the image below went viral, went from racist, violence-provoking white supremacist bully to poor little victim overnight. He cried to his local Reno television station:
“I came to this march for the message that white European culture has a right to be here just like every other culture, “Cvjetanovic told Channel 2 News. “It is not perfect; there are flaws to it, of course. However I do believe that the replacement of the statue will be the slow replacement of white heritage within the United States and the people who fought and defended and built their homeland. Robert E Lee is a great example of that. He wasn’t a perfect man, but I want to honor and respect what he stood for during his time.”
Photos of Cvjetanovic protesting circulated on social media, denouncing Cvjetanovic as a racist.
“I did not expect the photo to be shared as much as it was. I understand the photo has a very negative connotation. But I hope that the people sharing the photo are willing to listen that I’m not the angry racist they see in that photo.”
However Cvjetanovic, a self-proclaimed white nationalist, defends his beliefs.
“As a white nationalist, I care for all people. We all deserve a future for our children and for our culture. White nationalists aren’t all hateful; we just want to preserve what we have.”
White supremacy. That’s what you have. There is growing pressure on University of Nevada, Reno president Marc Johnson to move beyond his statement condemning Cvjetanovic and expel him from the university. More than 10,000 people have signed a petition calling for his expulsion, many of the signers are Cvjetanovic’s classmates who say they do not feel safe attending classes with him.
We will continue to update this thread as blowback stories continue to surface. Dozens of these white supremacists are scattering back to their hometowns to hide, but their own communities are turning a spotlight right back on them and taking action. As it should be.
UPDATE: Nigel Krofta, center of the photo below, is no longer employed by the Limehouse & Sons Inc. welding company:
He still stands behind his hateful campaign and views. From the Post and Courier:
"If you look on facebook and anyone commenting who have known me in person know that I am a good person, but they have also known my beliefs I am very open about them. Even people from park circle and the Mill knew that," he said in a Facebook message to a Post and Courier reporter. "And it wasn't until this weekend did people feel the need to say something to virtue signal. They think they are strong and moral yet only when its convenient for them. They can attack my livelihood all they want, but I am not a materialist so it doesn't matter whether I am poor and homeless or have a steady comfy life. I have been through it all. I am not ashamed of standing for what I believe in, every man has a duty to determine for himself what he believes is right and wrong."