"You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism..."
The man accused of killing an Army veteran and a recent college graduate on a Portland train shouted about patriotism, free speech, and the enemies of America in his first court appearance on Tuesday.
Jeremy Christian, a 35-year-old known locally as a white supremacist, was scheduled to be arraigned on charges that include aggravated murder. He was charged in Friday's killings of 53-year-old Ricky John Best and 23-year-old Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, two men who stood up to Christian as he yelled at a Muslim teenager and her black friend. As deputies led him into the courtroom, Christian began to rant.
"Free speech or die," he shouted. "This is America, get out if you don't like free speech."
"You call it terrorism, I call it patriotism," he continued.
He continued calling for death to the "enemies of America," including anti-fascists. Several men who appeared to be antifa protesters stood outside the hearing, and as a friend of Christian's from prison arrived, they chased him away. The friend, who identified himself as Jamie, said he had known Christian for 15 years and they were both homeless.
"If I went and got in some shit I'd want someone to stand by me," he said outside the courthouse.
He denied being a neo-Nazi, but he added, "I've fought and bled for my race."
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The right needs a lesson on what free speech really means. They're playing a dangerous game and they'll lose every time. 
