Posted on 08/19/2017 9:59:54 AM PDT by BenLurkin
John Medlar, the 23-year-old spokesman, said he and other young men began communicating on the Internet to express alarm over what they viewed as support for protesters who set fires, damaged property, and started fights following the University of California Berkeley’s decision to invite controversial conservative figures to speak.
“We were alarmed that people were OK with fringe anarchists burning down a campus and driving [out] speakers,’’ Medlar said.
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“We denounce the politics of supremacy and violence. We denounce the actions, activities, and tactics of the so-called Antifa (militant leftists) movement. We denounce the normalization of political violence,’’ the group’s Facebook posting said.
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Coalition members did not anticipate the uproar they would cause when they began planning Saturday’s event at the Parkman Bandstand in May, Medlar and others said.
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Postponing the rally now is not an option. If organizers postpone or cancel it, they would be seen as caving to pressure, the coalition said. Plus, members added, people are going to come.
“In many ways it has already [become] bigger than us,’’ Medlar added. “And we need to get our act together and take control of the reins to make sure we are on course.”
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Looks like the intolerant left is out in force, hope they don’t kill anyone,antifa is in the crowd, they will take up arms later, maybe after dark, maybe sooner
/mild sarcasm
I watched it and it was basically a nothing burger. If the Boston police ran to Charlottesville event nothing would’ve happened there nothing. There was a lot to juvenile tribal chanting which was very funny.
I was watching live footage and it seemed impossible for the free speech advocates to get into the rally as the whole area was crowded with protesters.
I contrast this with the Tea Party marches on Washington as I attended both.
You will not find any problems with the police at the Tea Party rallies as compared to this mess.
I watched some of the live coverage on RSBN. The leftist group is scary. It looks like a bunch of clueless zombies not too enthusiastically repeating the hateful chants of those who are manipulating the group. My best guess is they’re aching for a fight so they can blame conservatives.
My best guess is they’re aching for a fight so they can blame conservatives.
Senator Sasse is already out there blaming Trump for any future violence.
Close! Their sole purpose there is to start the fight.
Nice work BPD America’s first police force. Knew they wouldn’t take no crap I remember when they tore up the occupy protest LOL
Well of course there are thousands there with all the lefty universities in New England/Boston area. Who cares. These loons are not popular with the American people. How many polls show the majority are against the removing of statues etc?
the left keeps pushing this racial sh*t.
From a thread last night
"Blacks who were never Slaves fighting Whites who were never Nazis over a Statue erected by Democrats, and it’s all Trump’s fault?"
Boston police did a great job. Virginia you blew up. What a difference.
I imagine the difference is the governor of va is Terry McAuliffe former head of the DNC head of Bill Clinton 1996 campaign Hillary’s 2008 campaign and probable 2020 candidate allowed it to happen for political points.
Oh yes, and the NYPD. I love that video of them tearing down the rape druggie camp that was set up in the middle of the night. So funny.
They have been using bats, rocks, cans full of concrete, ete.
Correction: etc.
Correction: etc.
People who do not believe in free speech.
An appropriate T-Shirt for that even would have had on it:
Rally Against 'Free Speech'"
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