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Eli Steele: This is what America looks like What happened when far-left and far-right collided in Huntington Beach
Fox News ^ | Apr 29, 2021 | Eli Steele

Posted on 05/02/2021 5:28:25 PM PDT by Mr.Unique

SNIP...I had the misfortune of attending in Huntington Beach two weeks ago. When this perfect day for the beach had ended, all that was left in the streets was the residue of racial hate. In the hours prior, many Americans shouted profanities and ideological cliches at one another with no genuine attempts to find common ground. Instead, they left behind cardboard signs with scrawled social justice messages on the sandy sidewalks as they returned to the comfort of their homes with their ideological hatreds renewed.

The reason why I drove down the coast from Los Angeles to Huntington Beach was my desire to learn what kind of people embraced White Lives Matter. Were these people genuine White supremacists or were they amateurs fighting identity politics with more identity politics? It was widely believed that it was these folks who posted KKK fliers around town and in nearby cities, prompting the antiracists to announce their own counter-rally two hours before the 1 p.m. start time for the White Lives Matter rally.

When I arrived at the pier, the antiracists began their rally on time with well-intentioned platitudes about choosing "unity and community" over allowing their city to become a city of hate. As the speakers continued, I kept looking across the street at the main drag running through the heart of Huntington Beach for signs of the White Lives Matter rally. I saw nothing.

At 1 p.m., the lead antiracist speaker proclaimed a victory of sorts since nobody had shown up except for a few guys holding 20-foot poles with the US, Trump 2020, Don’t Tread on Me and All Lives Matter flags. I was about to call it a day when a steady stream of antiracists began crossing the street toward the Trump supporter holding the biggest flagpole.

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Video shows which group is actually racist and violent.
1 posted on 05/02/2021 5:28:25 PM PDT by Mr.Unique
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It also shows a recurring problem. The ANTIFA/BLM people show up in large groups. The Patriots, when they show up, are always seriously outnumbered and are ripe for any attack the Left wishes to take to them.
Our side remains completely unprepared for any face-to-face confrontation. Still, nowhere near enough of us want to get actively involved in making our case in public.


2 posted on 05/02/2021 5:35:08 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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To: Mr.Unique

“Far Left” in America are a bunch of communists like ANTIFA, BLM, the media, the Democrats, and Academia.

“Far Right” in America are a bunch of hard-working citizens who pay their taxes, love their country and think the Constitution is pretty cool.

It’s mis-leading to think that this is a wide spectrum with two sides at opposite ends. The “Far Right” is pretty much sitting on top of the fulcrum. The “Far Left” is way the heck on the end of the arm.


3 posted on 05/02/2021 5:37:05 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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Antifa rioters go wild in Portland for May Day protests despite mayor pledging to ‘unmask’ the anarchist mobs
Daily Mail ^ | 5/02/21 | Christopher Eberhart
Posted on 5/2/2021, 5:34:27 PM by Libloather

Portland descended into chaos again late Saturday and into Sunday even after the mayor had pledged earlier in the week to crack down on ‘anarchist mobs’ and ‘unmask’ them.

The mayor himself had received an apparent death threat in a voice-disguised, anonymous Twitter video Wednesday, just days after he promised to ‘take our city back’ from violent rioters and ‘hurt them a little bit.’

Two groups of radical protesters, who have throughout the past year represented Antifa and other far-left causes, were armed with weapons, body armor, shields and flares. The riots came as violent skirmishes occurred worldwide during so-called ‘May Day’ protests in favor of worker’s rights - but that descended into anarchist free-for-alls.

Police declared a riot and ordered the ‘protesters’ to disband.

Late Saturday, two large groups - one about 30 to 50 people and another about 80 to 100 people - started their battle against law enforcement near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in south Portland while the other blazed a path of destruction from Shemanski Park to a federal courthouse, Portland police said.

They shattered windows and graffitied buildings of several businesses and government facilities, according to Portland police, who arrested five people including one man who’s accused of pulling a butterfly knife out on a cop.

Outside the ICE facility, federal officers fired pepper ball rounds at the group, local TV station KATU reported.

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4 posted on 05/02/2021 5:37:26 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ( We are alive! In spite of being stupid and getting vaccinated twice!! On: 01/31/2021 & 2/21/2021!)
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To: Mr.Unique

Bookmark


5 posted on 05/02/2021 5:43:08 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: Mr.Unique

There is video from back then where rioters/anarchist were punching people out on Main St in HTB.

Here’s a video of one being knocked out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8axQBzm0wJc


6 posted on 05/02/2021 5:47:10 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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“The only way to stop this is to follow the example of the 1960s multiracial Civil Rights movement and find our moral courage to stand up to these racial ideologues.”

No, the only way to stop this is to rewind time and make sure Obama never gets elected to anything, anywhere. Just to be safe, we should rewind time even more and make sure he doesn’t even get born.


7 posted on 05/02/2021 5:54:30 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“If we were in a real pandemic, there’d be no need to declare it.”)
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I saw ads on the Internet promoting the “white lives matter” rally. But the word had gone out that this was a false-flag operation.


8 posted on 05/02/2021 5:57:45 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ClearCase_guy

Ie Citizens vs Marxist revolutionaries


9 posted on 05/02/2021 5:59:17 PM PDT by swingdoc
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To: dragnet2

That was last year, no?


10 posted on 05/02/2021 6:00:43 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (Thread spamming is a denial of service attack.)
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To: ocrp1982
Our side remains completely unprepared for any face-to-face confrontation.

I think you are missing the real problem. The Antifa/BLM people have backup from the police, the DA's office and the government in many places. So any "confrontation" between conservatives and the leftists is really just an opportunity for the government to throw conservatives in jail.

Time and time again the Antifa/BLM rioters and fighters get charges dropped, and as we learned this week in the case of the rioters arrested after the Trump inauguration they actually get paid in a "settlement" for being arrested.

By contrast, a conservative who was in a fight with some Antifa thugs in New York is serving a long prison sentence, and conservative people who just strolled through the Capital on January 6th are locked up in solitary confinement without even being tried for a crime.

The McCloskeys got arrested for holding firearms to defend their own house from a mob. It took the governor to stop the prosecution. Few conservatives are so lucky.

11 posted on 05/02/2021 6:06:36 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: ClearCase_guy

‘Right’ and ‘Left’ are vague terms always defined by one side so that Nazi’s sit on the other. Since the notion of left and right started by where people sat in National Assembly during the French Revolution the most logical definition for Americans is where they sit in Congress.


12 posted on 05/02/2021 6:06:49 PM PDT by Nateman (Keep Liberty Alive! Article V!)
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To: Fiji Hill

Fiji Hill wrote:

“I saw ads on the Internet promoting the “white lives matter” rally. But the word had gone out that this was a false-flag operation.”

I.e. a trap, so few conservatives showed up?


13 posted on 05/02/2021 6:16:03 PM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: Mr.Unique; All

Thanks for posting. noted


14 posted on 05/02/2021 6:19:32 PM PDT by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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To: Mr.Unique

Bkmk


15 posted on 05/02/2021 6:19:35 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: Fiji Hill

Yeah. You can’t be too careful about where you go and who you associate with.


16 posted on 05/02/2021 6:46:42 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (Thread spamming is a denial of service attack.)
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To: WildHighlander57; Mr.Unique

I read that fliers promoting this event were found in Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. The slogan “White Lives Matter” is a red flag. In Southern California, rallies for conservative causes like Trump, the Newsom recall, opposing lockdowns, etc. are always multiracial.


17 posted on 05/02/2021 7:07:30 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: ocrp1982; Mr.Unique

All this story tells is how easy it is to get an adversary to show up in one place at a predictable time.


18 posted on 05/02/2021 7:54:57 PM PDT by jimjohn (...like Donkey Kong.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Too bad the author couldn’t be bothered to reveal a date more specific than “two weeks ago.” No way to know whether this was a Saturday, when Ray Comfort presents the Gospel at the pier regularly.


19 posted on 05/02/2021 9:16:17 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 ((Watch "THE CHOSEN," the great show about Jesus: https://watch.angelstudios.com/thechosen))
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All this story tells is how easy it is to get an adversary to show up in one place at a predictable time.

In Portland, OR the Proud Boys used to do this all the time - advertise a rally in downtown Portland on such-and-such date, and then not show up at all. The Antifaggots always took the bait and had a protest/riot downtown looking for the Proud Boys, but ended up just getting into it with the police (for what that was worth).
20 posted on 05/02/2021 10:27:15 PM PDT by fr_freak
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