Alt-right supporters headed on Saturday morning to a “White Lives Matter” rally in Shelbyville, in Central Tennessee. Fears and the other men, Mr. Spencer said: “If the allegations are correct, then they really did a bad thing. It’s not defensible, to be honest.”But Mr. Spencer and his allies have no plans to abandon the events that prompt controversy and turmoil. Mr. Griffin said that the movement struggled to attract more local support because of the promise of public condemnation. “We’re breaking a taboo,” said Mr. Griffin, who also oversees public relations for the League of the South, which describes itself as a “Southern nationalist” organization, and who helped promote Saturday’s rallies.

Source: New York Times October 28, 2017 14:30 UTC