HATE RALLIES CANCELLED ACROSS U.S. FOLLOWING MASSIVE BOSTON PROTEST

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By Miriam Raftery

Photo of Boston Free Speech counter-protest rally by Ken Breeman (cc)

August 23, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - Across the U.S., 67 rallies in 23 states organized by hate groups including Nazis and  Ku Klux Klan members have been cancelled, Newsweek reports.  The groups say that they will instead hold a virtual event online on September 9th, but will not be wielding torches and marching through America’s streets  chanting anti-Jewish, anti-black and anti-immigrant messages as they did in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Violence in Charlottesville included a car driven into a crowd by a Nazi sympathizer who killed a woman and injured 19 others.  The driver has been charged with murder.

The Hill reports that an arrest warrant has been issued for Richard Cantwell from  the Charlottesville march, who was seen on Vice TV threatening that many others would die.

Other media have aired disturbing video, including Univision, which sent a black woman reporter, Ilia Calderon onto a KKK Imperial Wizard’s property for an interview.  On camera, he called her a “mongrel” and made clear he was touting not merely white pride, but terrorizing non-whites. He threatened the reporter to “burn you out,” referring to African-Americans. The man claimed he was not racist and touted a twisted Biblical interpretation for his advocacy of violence based on race.

After Charlottesville and a barrage of negative publicity, the hate groups next tried to muster up a rally in Boston, but less than 200 showed up, according to national media accounts. The white supremacists were surrounded by as many as 40,000 mostly peaceful protesters, including Black Lives Matter members who kindly escorted some white supremacists through the crowd and protected them.

Apologists for white supremacists including President Donald Trump have tried to characterize “both sides” as equally at fault. There were isolated instances of pushing and pepper spraying on both sides and some agitators amid the protesters.  

But only the white supremacists have openly called for the deportation and death, even genocide, of mass numbers of Americans based solely on race or religion.

Other groups came to stand up for their rights and freedoms, and to speak out against hate and oppression.

There have been other ramifications for participants in the Charlottesville rally.  Some lost jobs after their employers saw photos on social media. The largest white supremacist recruiting website, Stormtrooper, was booted off line by servers and search engines such as Go Daddy and Facebook. Facebook, YouTube, and other social media giants have shut down some racist hate groups on social media, cutting off key fundraising opportunities.

Meanwhile in cities across America, thousands and thousands have gathered to hold candlelight vigils and peace rallies in the wake of the ugliness at Charlottesville, including some 3,000 people who gathered in San Diego to take a stand against hate.

Martin Luther King Jr. one observed, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

This week, light and love shined brightly, overpowering darkness and hate.


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Comments

Pray tell

So Desertrek, I'll ask again, where might we find this fountain of wisdom, truth, and information that you've found and does one have to hide behind a fake name, like you seemingly must, in order to get and share the enlightenment of this information? Help us to understand by revealing your sources so that we too can see the truth! It's Trumps Party that has the House and the Senate. Clearly nothing is getting accomplished. What's the Holdup? What's the Problem? Last time I checked Desertrek, the Media doesn't cast votes in those two Chambers. Maybe you and your compadres should be spewing your childish little temper tantrums at them?

tough luck jean fish

tough luck jean fish

your game is old and tired but the anger and hate toward all who disagree is still fresh and raw

All HATE Rallies Are Abominations

People attacking others for their race or ethnicity should stop and think: Who chose their own parents? At our roots, we are all Africans, since we had a common ancestor in Africa 250,00 years ago. As for attacking religions, think about this: Nearly all religions set out to be supportive of kindness and collaboration. Over time, we have seen religions, both Christian and non-Christian, do horrible things. The sexual abuse in the Catholic Church is a chilling reminder that some Christians do not act as Christians at all.

Yawn

As usual nothing about the violence against police officers in Boston that was 100% from the left
The violence last night in Phoenix, 100% from the left
The left and the media are the purveyors of hate, bigotry, suppression of free speech, and violence against police officers. Of course can't let facts get in the way of hysteria and left wing dog whistles.
Calling President Trump an apologist is delusional and shows a distinct lack of reason and perhaps other issues that may be of concern. It is opinion and should be labeled as such, not news.

Wrong again.

In Boston there were arrests on both sides, but no major injures, the Boston Globe reported.  I'd trust the city's major newspaper where the event was held over some blowhard's blog.  Of coruse I don't condone violence by anyone on either  side. I haven't reported yet on the AZ rally so can't speak to that just yet, though Trump's remarks I heard on radio were  divisive, inflammatory, highly insulting and false regarding media.  

I googled "Trump apologist" and got over a half million hits.  Apparently I am not the only one calling him this and that includes headlines in major newspapers.  He is the one sending "dog whistles" to white suupremacists with his remarks which in AZ were so crazy sounding that CNN put up a panel of its own reporters to discuss the president's sanity. Really.  I've never seeen that on any major network before.  Other words used by major mainstream media about him this week included "unhinged," "delusional" and "out of touch with reality."  My phrasing was tame by comparison, and totally appropriate.

 

 

 

 

not wrong again

Google something and it is fact? That is delusional especially when even google is not an honest purveyor or facts, look at the firing of the engineer who will win in court.
A cnn panel? Again delusional. Do some real research and see who is calling for violence and who has committed violence. You have forgotten about Congressman Scalise, and the bernie bro who killed people in Portland. antifa violence for the sake of violence.
This is more liberal attempts to destroy free speech via dog whistles , left wing lies and the delusional rants of people who believe there is danger from a so called alt right. The dog whistles are 100% from the left.
When people complained about obama you and others call them racist, speak out about illegal aliens , racist, speak out about the terrorist group blm, racist. The only word the hate mongers on the left have anymore is racist. Keep it up and when the real war starts , look in the mirror. The answers will be looking back.

Politcal terrorism

The second goal of the left is to destroy the duly elected President via whatever means possible and to marginalize and try to isolate his supporters

Let us all remember barkyobama never said bad thing about mohammedan terrorists. He even blamed the crusades at one point and always called for shared responsibility regardless of the sanity of his statement.
He was praised by the same who call Trump a racist. Pathetic The dog david duke dog whistle comes into play , a weirdo can say something good about Trump so Trump is now equal to the weirdo. With that logic bernie sanders is a murderer due to the guy in Portland.
I support the President, and no sane person has to disavow anybody or anything to please anybody. I do not see that in the Constitution as a duty of the President or a requirement for any citizen. We have a right to free speech and free thought, to try to deny that by any means makes one a traitor to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. To try to stop that or hurt people makes one a criminal and the enemy.
The media and the left is engaging in political terrorism. Deal with the shame.