Apparently on FB.. there is outrage at AA and allies armed at Stone Mountain

[Peacetrain]

People are upset that civilians are marching armed to the teeth..

Not a word out of the same said people when this happened: (Karma, just Karma)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8275171/Hundreds-demonstrators-protest-Michigans-stay-home-orders.html

[HotTeaBag]

1. I think it's wrong for either side to be walking around with weapons of war.

Something very bad could happen so damn easily.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. I dislike the selective outrage from the right.

Still, I don't see how any private citizens marching around openly armed helps anything.

[Demsrule86]

5. You have to fight fire with fire...The idea that AA citizen don't have second amendment rights

is key to gun culture. I watched armed white protesters at our Capitol in Ohio...so no. Good for the protesters.

[brewens]

3. Of course that's exactly why they did it. The half-wits are immune to hypocrisy on their side.

Newt Gingrich once said something like conservatives have the courage to be hypocritical. That's a big part of the rationalization for Trump. They do not care about everything from the past as long as he does what they want. Enforcing white supremacist rule.

[madville]

4. Are they accusing them of

Having small genitalia? That’s the usual go-to around here in any open carry gun thread lol.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. My position on guns remain the same

https://www.ajc.com/news/local/scores-armed-african-americans-march-stone-mountain-hold-rally/gVmfbaBBDf6p1Q1kP2w20I/

As far as I know - these were all people who could pass a background check and mental health check. As long as they can and their firearms are registered - I don't see what the issue is.

And that's all I can say about this on DU - because a few years ago I encountered foaming at the mouth anger when I stated that Stone Mountain has zero value in America OR in what is understood to be art.

I.E. - would they tolerate a hitler carved into the mountain? Nope? Then blow that shit off the face of the mountain. They weren't Americans. They were people who used GUNS against Americans.

All these marchers did was let racists know what is what - and they better stand down.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. +1

Especially about using a few tons of AMFO and "naturalizing" that mountain face.

[BComplex]

7. Wow! That link to the daily mail is OBNOXIOUS with ads blocking the content.

That kind of website makes me crazy, and I always close them right away. I'd love to read the story, but it's not worth it.

Maybe some paragraphs posted would help us know which way the article is going?

[csziggy]

9. A better link - Reuters

Predominantly Black armed protesters march through Confederate memorial park in Georgia
Steve Gorman

July 5, 2020

(Reuters) - A predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism.

Video footage of the Independence Day rally posted on social media showed scores of demonstrators dressed in black - many in paramilitary-style clothing and all wearing face scarves - quietly parading several abreast down a sidewalk at the park.

Many of the protesters carried rifles, including military-type weapons, and some wore ammunition belts slung over their shoulders. Although African Americans appeared to account for the vast majority of the marchers, protesters of various races, men and women alike, were among the group.

One video clip showed a leader of the demonstrators, who was not identified, shouting into a loudspeaker in a challenge to white supremacists who historically have used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own.

More: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-stone-mountain/predominantly-black-armed-protesters-march-through-confederate-memorial-park-in-georgia-idUSKBN24605G

[BComplex]

10. Thank you, Ziggy!

That's quite a group! I'm glad they're doing this. It might be the fastest way for this country to start regulating fire arms.