Gettysburg 'flag-burning hoax' sees armed far-right groups assemble
Source: BBC News
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Far-right groups, some armed, arrived at the historic grounds at Gettysburg
Rumours that anti-fascist protesters planned to burn American flags on the Gettysburg Civil War battleground site led to armed far-right groups turning up in numbers on US Independence Day.
Posts on social media by supposed antifa leaders urged members to meet at the Pennsylvania site on 4 July.
In response, far-right groups assembled on the historic grounds on Saturday - but no adversaries showed up.
The holiday marks the US declaration of independence from Britain in 1776.
The posts that appeared on social media ahead of the Independence Day celebrations reportedly called for people to flock to the site in face paint.
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By Jackie Salo
July 5, 2020 | 4:56pm
Members of a militia walk past a tourist as they patrol the area surrounding the Gettysburg National Cemetery at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Armed militias descended on Gettysburg on July 4 to protect the town from a flag-burning protest — that wound up being an apparent social media hoax, according to reports.
Hundreds of counterprotesters were drawn by a Facebook event Saturday that called for people to show up to the historic battlefield in Pennsylvania for a “peaceful flag burning to resist police,” the Hanover Evening Sun reported.
“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the Facebook page Left Behind USA wrote, according to the Washington Post.
Rumored to be organized by Antifa, the event was then shared on social media by various alt-right groups including militias, the Oath Keepers and confederate flag advocates.
More:
https://nypost.com/2020/07/05/militias-descend-on-gettysburg-over-july-4th-social-media-hoax/
What kind of Trump-Humping patriot wears a mask, anyway? They'll take his "he-man women haters club" membership card away for that!
In Klamath Falls, Oregon, victory declared over antifa, which never showed up
Towns from Washington state to Indiana have seen armed groups begin patrolling the streets after rumors spread on social media about an antifa invasion.
June 6, 2020, 3:56 PM CDT
By Brandy Zadrozny and Ben Collins
About 200 protesters came to Sugarman’s Corner, the local hotspot in downtown Klamath Falls, Oregon, last Sunday night to protest the killing of George Floyd.
Like in many of the protests that have recently sprung up in cities across the United States, the group was made up of white, black and Latino people, members of the Native American Klamath Tribes and people in the LGBTQ communities: a diverse coalition in a county of 68,000 where 9 out of every 10 residents are white, according to Census estimates. They held signs, many of which have become common during recent protests: "Black Lives Matter" and "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Though it was a small gathering, they had company.
Just across the street, hundreds of their mostly white neighbors were there for decidedly different reasons. They leaned in front of local businesses The Daily Bagel and Rick's Smoke Shop wearing military fatigues and bulletproof vests, with blue bands tied around their arms. Most everyone seemed to be carrying something: flags, baseball bats, hammers and axes. But mostly, they carried guns.
They said they came with shotguns, rifles and pistols to protect their downtown businesses from outsiders. They had heard that antifa, paid by billionaire philanthropist George Soros, were being bused in from neighboring cities, hellbent on razing their idyllic town.
More:
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/klamath-falls-oregon-victory-declared-over-antifa-which-never-showed-n1226681
What could have been funnier than a sudden arrival of UFO's?
What ignoramases! The Moron Militia on parade. 
And what if protesters did burn the US flag at Gettysburg? What are they going to do? Shoot them? Burning the flat in protest is settled law. Oh..I guess Constimatutional raghts only apply to the Moron Militia. 
Take away their guns and you have couch potatoes.......
