Hundreds Protest in Borough [West Chester, PA]

Daily Local News (West Chester, PA) ^ | October 21, 2007 | JUSTIN McANENY

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Sounds like they are ready for my favorite sign which specifically protests them:

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[ConservativeWarrior]

Thanks for the ping. I look forward to attending.

[skyeblue]

There will be another article in the Philadelphia Inquirer regarding the West Chester pro victory rally written by Kevin Ferris on Friday, October 26th.

Anyone wishing to join our merry band can find information and a contact source at MidnightBlue

http://midnightbluesays.blogspot.com

[JihadNeverSleeps]

My name is Rich Davis, I’m the guy who started the counter-protest in West Chester, PA.

This Saturday Nov 3rd, will be out 9th Pro-Victory Rally. I hope some of you will come out and join us. Immediately after the rally, we are having a “Military Appreciation Party” at the Knights of Columbus Hall down the street (one block away). I hope you will attend.

Thank you very much for covering our rallies and for your support.

If you have questions, please contact me at: richdavis53@comcast.net

[Gondring]

My name is Rich Davis, I’m the guy who started the counter-protest in West Chester, PA.

Welcome to FreeRepublic!

I'm in Denver and will be here through next week, but I hope you get a great turnout!

[kcvl]

http://tinyurl.com/2fwvj6

single mom and practicing attorney, Karen Porter

National health care is ultimate solution (Karen Porter in 3/4/07 Inquirer)
Progressive Network of Southeast PA

http://tinyurl.com/29zgk8

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Karen Porter:

I have gone to great lengths to issue “Ground Rules,” to tell people not to respond, to tell people to “stifle it.” This makes me feel like a parent admonishing a child, and it is totally unfair for you to place me in that position - so please… just… DON’T.

“I sent out an e-mail about a week ago that focused on shunning the counter-protestors, an idea one of you had so brilliantly and rightly proposed - I think it’s time to get serious about that. Unless it’s necessary for safety purposes, this is my last e-mail to anyone about them. For me, they don’t exist any more, and I’ll tell you why. One of you expressed it very well to me this morning after looking at one of their many bizarre, hate-filled websites/blogs

[kcvl]

Karen Porter, a lawyer from West Goshen Township who heads the Chester County Peace Movement.

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Porter called us, “thug,” “grey-bearded men in their leather jackets and metal studs, with their phallic motorcycles with hideous roaring engines,” (there were three motorcycles present, and they were parked), “sad and pitiful men,” “death-cheering women, “hardened and wrinkled faces showing hatred that mothers and daughters just shouldn’t show,” “harbingers of the very worst mankind has to offer.” Ms. Porter even resorted to that old liberal standby; comparing us to the “KKK,” we who dare to stand there holding American flags. How horrible, holding American flags!

http://tinyurl.com/yqmted

Porter and her minions were livid that we “Outsiders” had come to her beloved corner of West Chester to upset her myopic world view. She made that point several times, that we (just a few of us, in fact) are not residents of West Chester. What Ms. Porter does not seem to “get” is that she and her group are not out there protesting the “War in West Chester.” Nor are they calling for the impeachment of the Mayor of West Chester. They are protesting the United States, and calling for the impeachment of the President of the United States. Last time I checked I was a citizen of the United States, the same United States that I honorably served for ten years, and if Ms. Porter is insulted by “Outsiders” then she should confine her protests to local issues.

Weekly vigil, no start and end date - every Saturday at Chester County, PA Courthouse, High & Market Sts., West Chester, PA. E-mail: Karen Porter, ccpeacemovement@aol.com

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Karen Porter
lives in West Chester
I was a little white girl in first grade
in West Virginia when Brown v. Board
was decided, 12 days before my sev-
enth birthday. I never knew the segre-
gated schools my mother mentioned.
I never gave it a second thought that
everyone didn’t have the same rights.

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Karen Porter, an activist frequently quoted in local news accounts), are Fascists.

http://tinyurl.com/2cfxhr

Karen Porter, L’74, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, founded the Chester County Peace Movement in opposition to the war in Iraq.

her “day job” is in insurance-law education, and that she is the single mother of a teenage son.

Karen Porter
porterk@cpcuiia.org

The counter protests started last month, and Porter said they have been anything but pleasant.

“Many of us, including me, have never in our lives personally been harassed, cursed at and called names, so it has taken some getting used to,” Porter said.

Porter also doesn’t see her group going away anytime soon. She said she would like to have more educational programs and continue the weekly vigils.

“We are there (at the courthouse) for good, until there is no need for us to be there,” Porter said.

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“I have taken many, many courses over the years- in colleges, graduate and professional schools, and continuing education programs- but The Grantsmanship Center’s training was the best week I ever spent in a classroom.”
Karen Porter, Associate Director
Insurance Institute of America
Malvern, PA

[Gondring]

I have gone to great lengths to issue “Ground Rules,” to tell people not to respond, to tell people to “stifle it.” This makes me feel like a parent admonishing a child, and it is totally unfair for you to place me in that position - so please… just… DON’T.

Funny thing is, she SOUNDS like a parent admonishing a child...particularly like a parent who doesn't have a good answer when a child asks, "But why?"

I have to admit that I am one of the people who has gotten her upset, as I have asked very polite questions of her minions and had them struggling to find rational answers. When she came over and whispered (presumably, "don't respond") to her underling, it put her in a bad situation, as it was obvious that my questions--left unresponded to--were getting through to third parties walking by.

That's their weakness...rational thought. The rely on irrational emotionalism for success, and they can't afford getting into a rational dialogue. This is another reason why they try to provoke violence and get our side to stoop to their level.

[skyeblue]

I have gone to great lengths to issue “Ground Rules,” to tell people not to respond, to tell people to “stifle it.” This makes me feel like a parent admonishing a child, and it is totally unfair for you to place me in that position - so please… just… DON’T.

This admonishment from Karen came out after I posted this interview with a peace-protester:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9euVHSpjoc

[Balding_Eagle]

Thanks, for the link. It was revealing.

“We’re all brothers and sisters”?

SO, those were her brothers flying the planes on 9-11?

Sheesh!

No wonder they aren’t supposed to talk to you anymore!