Posted on 07/19/2022 8:50:56 AM PDT by lowbridge
The scheduled "ReAwaken America" tour stop in Rochester, New York, was canceled on Monday.
The owner of Main Street Armory said he'd heard a deluge of concern from local residents.
"ReAwaken America" has been described as a promoter of Christian nationalism and white supremacy.
The owner of an upstate New York venue that was set to host the controversial "ReAwaken America" tour in August canceled the event after it received widespread backlash from locals.
Main Street Armory's owner, Scott Donaldson, wrote in an email on Monday that he made his decision after "careful thought" and in response to an outpouring "of concern from our community, both good and bad," several local media outlets reported.
"I'd like to say that the Main Street Armory is an equal opportunity and non-political venue," Donaldson's statement read, according to Spectrum News. "We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, etc."
"I believe everyone has the right to their own opinions and beliefs," he continued.
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Organized by Clay Clark, a conservative podcast host, the events have been described as a hotbed for far-right extremist groups such as QAnon. High-profile Christian leaders have said it promotes Christian nationalism that pushes "anti-democratic, pro-violence and Q-Anon-inspired ideology," Baptist News Global reported.
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An online petition created by New York residents urged Main Street Armory to withdraw from hosting the tour, saying the event is "likely to draw white supremacists and other members of hate groups from around the northeast to our community."
It also warned that the event's dates, August 12 and 13, fall on the anniversary of a demonstration by white supremacists in Charlottesville that turned violent.
The petition has received more than 2,000 signatures.
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And it might also attract Space Aliens from Aldebaran....................
The Dems have reduced it to garbage.
“If you hold this event at your venue, we will have to send in our agents to agitate and sow chaos.
Signed: The FBI.
Visited there a few weeks ago.
Probably saved themselves from a problem.
Or some FBI morons
There go’s some local revenues.
I don’t know that Baptist news either.
From Wiki:
The ReAwaken American Tour is a political protest movement against COVID-19 mitigation measures and in support of the theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump.
That’s all that’s required for the left and the media to brand it “white supremacist”.
Because??
An armory run by cowards?
What a pack of weenies. Your Facebook page gets some basement dweller whines and you run.
I hope all potential MainStreetArmory customers blacklist them for this. Make them go bankrupt.
If you take the knee to whiners you are not worthy of operating a business in the US.
Democrats yelled ‘EUREKA’... every time Republicans plan a pro-Trump rally, all their opponents have to do is post that the rally will be swamped with white supremacists, and that’s it.
Deep State’s local apparatchiks are clearly terrified that the tour will make some converts...
They’ve clearly got cause to be worried. If people of color still voted in lockstep with Deep State, Deep State wouldn’t have to steal elections.
Cancel the cancel culture. Sue them into poverty so they have no phone, home, or way to access the Internet for being dirt poor.
Freedom of speech and assembly were quaint ideas—the great American experiment has failed.
Neither does ReAwaken America.
The left is just lying and fear-mongering again. They’re a nasty, vindictive bunch.
“anti-democratic, pro-violence and Q-Anon-inspired ideology,”
Why is anti-democratic first on the list of horribles? That has all the markings of a focus group tested talking point.
Pro-violence? Citation needed.
Q-Anon is a conspiracy theory. What ideology does it “inspire?”
What load of garbage.
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