Bigots Are Furious at 60 Minutes This Week, And It’s Not Because They Profiled White Supremacists
Some people on the Internet are mad at 60 Minutes. Yes, a lot of them are bigots, but it’s not the racism in the way you’re probably thinking.
This week, Leslie Stahl profiled a group of White Nationalists who provide aid after natural disasters. It was one of the big pieces from 60 Minutes over the weekend. But, social media users are using it as an opening to be the worst.
Stahl’s piece is straightforward. In fact, it could be construed as too fair to these men. A few weeks after the Clavicular debacle, we’re still spending time on misguided men in primetime. Anyway, Robert Rundo is the main featured player in this profile.
The man is an unabashed White Nationalist and member of a group called “Active Club.” Despite the extremist beliefs at play here, Rundo believes that they’re not doing anything more extreme than organizations that advocate for the advancement of colored people, of all stripes.
When asked about identifying “white” people as his community, specifically, Europeans, Stahl shot back, “Right. And there’s plenty of organizations that are geared towards other ethnic groups, right? If we don’t look out for ourselves, who is?”
It all sounds compelling from a man who didn’t found this organization until 2020. But then again, that’s largely the point. Putting a smirking, helpful face on “fascism,” and that is Rundo’s characterization, not mine!
60 Minutes has social media users insulting Leslie Stahl
After clarifying “Active Club’s” role in disaster response, the social media comments gave the game away. While Rundo and his allies are coming and offering help to improve the public image of their plight, the people online are washing away any glimpse of that “goodwill.”
“A lot of mainstream media, how they depict us, they like to show a guy who’s in camo, trucker hat, maybe overweight, face tattoos, something like this,” Rundo explained. “What I wanted to do was to create something positive for young guys like myself.”
But, I would ask how positive their message could be if they’re attracting a wild amount of vitriol in comment sections like this? Pointing out people are Jewish and weaving in some antisemitic conspiracy allusions to boot?
And there’s tons more where that came from. Just rancid stuff. And, maybe if these people are that upset, you must be doing an okay job at calling it like it is.
As I pointed out earlier, Stahl went out of her way to not completely pillory that group. And, they’re still posting heinous stuff about her. Just another day on Elon Musk’s social media platform in the year 2026.
(featured image: CBS)
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