Militias flock to Gettysburg to foil supposed flag burning

[Buzz cook]

I posted this in late breaking news. Didn't notice the 12 hour limit. Sorry about that.

What if someone held a flag burning and no one came?

Personally, for many years I've believed that we should burn confederate flags to protest bad acts by government. It is that rag that most symbolizes oppression and excess in the USA.
The red, white and blue flag belongs to us, not the assholes we protest against.

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Militias-flock-to-Gettysburg-to-foil-supposed-15386643.php#photo-19635745

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. - For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

"Let's get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue," the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would "be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire."

As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation's flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds - heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

[Alex4Martinez]

1. Brilliant! Attract all the violent bigots to one place where they can share their ideas and disease

And Covid 19.

[revmclaren]

3. And be photographed and posted online.

Oooops...

[Demovictory9]

2. they wasted money on gas and confederate flags. lol