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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI just heard there are about two dozen white supremacist protesters in DC
Outnumbered by thousands
Two dozen were on the Metro.
Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)more reporters and counter-protestors in DC than
Unite the Right attendees coming in. Its gonna be a blow out.
1:55 PM - Aug 12, 2018
Link to tweet
malaise
(269,114 posts)The idiots don't have metro cards.
underpants
(182,851 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)possible end of "the regulatory state" protecting us from the very wealthy, end of progressive programs.
Coincidence? Celestial patterns coming together?
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)malaise
(269,114 posts)blueseas
(11,575 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,816 posts)They're saying there are about "two dozen" white nationalists on scene. One of the reporters on the scene boarded the Metro with them when they left Vienna, VA. There were less than two dozen who boarded.
Cowards.
malaise
(269,114 posts)Thanks
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Hed be surprised if more than 30 white nationalists showed up.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,250 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)So the russian-republican Incels were unable to get their cosplay outfits together in time for this event. Kinda sad.
sheshe2
(83,835 posts)marble falls
(57,137 posts)IronLionZion
(45,484 posts)Voltaire2
(13,103 posts)malaise
(269,114 posts)Parts
bigtree
(86,005 posts)Thu Aug 2, 2018, 11:03 AM
bigtree
11. they're actually afraid of coming to D.C.
...I'll be surprised if they manage to get 50 of them to show up.
13. I remember the Klan rallies in suburban Md.
...about 20 would show, greeted by about 200 counter-protestors.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10953360
malaise
(269,114 posts)Effin' cowards
appalachiablue
(41,161 posts)Years ago we heard about a Md. Klan chapter march in DC. Went downtown to Constitution Ave. and waited. No show.
It's going to start raining here beaucoups- darkening skies, thunder, forecast 90% rain and flash flooding 2-10PM.
The right wingers should jump back on the Metro to Vienna, Va. Tyson's Corner, call it a day.
Many anti racist activists in DC is impressive, at Lafayette Square Park across from the WH where speeches begin soon.
malaise
(269,114 posts)appalachiablue
(41,161 posts)telling Jason Kessler and others to move out, get into a large white van. 5:05 PM, CNN reporting the same, Unite the Right members moved out of Lafayette Park by police escort. But their speeches are set to start at 5:30-- cancelled maybe? Lol.
I worked at Lafayette Sq. while a grad. student at nearby GWU yrs. back, know it well.
>Video now showing people leaving, in DC Metro Subway station, heading out for the day? Wow.
3catwoman3
(24,024 posts)...flag backwards.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,250 posts)Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)#unitetheright group is. Twenty MAGA dudes walking inside of
100s of cops, 100s of media, and 1000s of counter demonstrators
down F street
2:19 PM - Aug 12, 2018
Link to tweet
Takket
(21,600 posts)Someone help me out because its driving me crazy..........
Roses are red
Taxis are yellow
I'd take snakes on a plane
Over Nazis on M?????????????
bdtrppr6
(796 posts)AZ8theist
(5,479 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)The M on the sign is the Metro logo
IronLionZion
(45,484 posts)it's not the most effective sign
Kotya
(235 posts)After last year, a lot of groups on the right grew suspicious of the motives of UTR organizer Jason Kessler, viewing him now as a left-wing agent provocateur and don't want to be seen around David Duke and Richard Spencer. Gavin McInnes and his Proud Boys claimed they wouldn't be anywhere near Charlottesville today.
salin
(48,955 posts)I think even that freak Anglin was warning people to stay away under concerns of looking pathetic.
MineralMan
(146,322 posts)Without those, they are too frightened to show up in public. Their firmness disappears somehow and they sort of shrink and don't look so imposing. That leaves them feeling, well, you know, impotent.
Meanwhile, their opponents are not dependent on external support and are standing tall and strong.
Solly Mack
(90,778 posts)or so the on-the-ground reporter quesses.
Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)Solly Mack
(90,778 posts)Idiots. Hate-filled idiots.
lindysalsagal
(20,714 posts)paleotn
(17,937 posts)after seeing how pathetically few of their ilk showed up, they would have skulked away home. What f'ing idiots!
Beartracks
(12,820 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)in Lafayette square surrounded by several hundred counter protesters.
If there are another 175 who came - then they must have tucked their tails between their legs and slinked away.
Gothmog
(145,435 posts)jayschool2013
(2,313 posts)If Trump were in town, that number would be 25.
erronis
(15,317 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,562 posts)The video is shot at the place where the white nationalists have left Foggy Bottom Metro.
https://www.google.com/maps/@38.9007618,-77.0503219,2a,60y,191.76h,90.07t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKGCdrAH-F7BWIk60QbL1Gw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)iluvtennis
(19,865 posts)@ssgranor 8m8 minutes ago
Protest can take many forms; but, however you say it, Nazi are not welcome in DC. #A12 #AllOutDC #StillHereStillStrong #DefendDC
Link to tweet
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)Our side's signs are always so much more witty than right-wingers' are -- to say nothing of our superior spelling and grammar.
itsrobert
(14,157 posts)They covered their faces with the American Flag and wouldn't answer questions. By their haircuts and attitude, they obviously were active duty military. They don't want to get caught by their command.
3catwoman3
(24,024 posts)I'll just bet they don't. The brass don't take at all kindly to activities that bring dishonor to the military.
Chickenshits. Disrespecting the flag, too, hiding behind it that way.
NBachers
(17,130 posts)Leghorn21
(13,525 posts)I dont think the other 23 Unite/Right marchers are even there
...and Im fkn LOVIN IT!!
mysteryowl
(7,395 posts)It is good for the world to see US citizens countering the hate. I think the world is concerned about who and what the US is all about.
Hekate
(90,757 posts)Plus our signs are spelled better, and we know grammar isn't our mother's mother.
irisblue
(33,011 posts)bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)But it's still an awesome comparison!
irisblue
(33,011 posts)damn.
gonna edit.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)Two dozen white nationalists, compared to hundreds of thousands of passionate women!