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FailureToCommunicate

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26. Too bad that even if no one shows up to counter protest, the press will cover this
Sat Jul 8, 2017, 08:18 AM
Jul 2017

and amplify their message of hate and intolerance and guns. The open carry aspect gives the media a new angle to run with.

Imagine if there were a large hate group of African Americans announcing a rally, and carrying guns. Not likely.

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What are they afraid of? Sneederbunk Jul 2017 #1
They have small penises. That's why they need to carry guns sharedvalues Jul 2017 #2
Public Recognition Maggiemayhem Jul 2017 #38
More like lack of attention. We used to have a KKK march Hortensis Jul 2017 #56
Um... fuck your heritage, KKK. Initech Jul 2017 #3
Double that! dchill Jul 2017 #17
Their heritage from history's garbage bin dalton99a Jul 2017 #32
Get out of this land orangecrush Jul 2017 #4
Now, now....... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #8
These people carry guns because THEY WANT TO USE THEM! RKP5637 Jul 2017 #27
Suppose 100 African Americans showed wasupaloopa Jul 2017 #29
Never happen packman Jul 2017 #45
Call it "intimidaiton"..... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #48
They are a terrorist organization, plain and simple. potone Jul 2017 #46
Hmm, interesting... yagotme Jul 2017 #59
One of the idiots will end up shooting themselves. nt elmac Jul 2017 #5
That..... SergeStorms Jul 2017 #9
Armed 'patriot' accidentally shoots self in leg at Gettysburg battlefield SecularMotion Jul 2017 #23
With a REVOLVER! TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #39
Huge surprise Hieronymus Jul 2017 #6
There's only one way to fight these geniuses, and the Army can help jmowreader Jul 2017 #7
+1 SergeStorms Jul 2017 #10
onward christian soldiers, the south will rise again nt msongs Jul 2017 #11
Yeah, I wonder if they'll be carrying burning crosses. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2017 #28
The absolute BEST way to counter KKK is to research the names of their most famous members underthematrix Jul 2017 #12
No they refer to themselves as European Americans IronLionZion Jul 2017 #21
They need to "Go back to Europe". 😉 BumRushDaShow Jul 2017 #24
Maybe we should pay for their DNA to be tested TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #41
Racists and guns. Sounds familiar. Doodley Jul 2017 #13
ow wow, gun humping racist cowards? Skittles Jul 2017 #14
The Klan Is A Terrorist Organization All-In Jul 2017 #15
Actually one of the first things Trump did IronLionZion Jul 2017 #22
Some people call them terrorists DBoon Jul 2017 #43
All should avoid the march route. Just stay away and let them march in isolation. riversedge Jul 2017 #16
Several years ago, a group like this murielm99 Jul 2017 #18
The Klan and private militias real vulnerability is armed violence. gordianot Jul 2017 #19
Maybe some one will throw a firecracker in their midst and they will start shooting each other? nikibatts Jul 2017 #20
+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Jul 2017 #25
OMG, would that be something! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2017 #30
Possessing, selling or using unlawful fireworks is a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by up to 12 mon underpants Jul 2017 #33
And they might shoot an innocent bystander n/t TexasBushwhacker Jul 2017 #42
Too bad that even if no one shows up to counter protest, the press will cover this FailureToCommunicate Jul 2017 #26
Hoping for hot and humid. mountain grammy Jul 2017 #31
They will be outnumbered in downtown Charlottesville. Yonnie3 Jul 2017 #34
WaPo says marchers, but the permit discussed in media is for a rally in the Park. Yonnie3 Jul 2017 #35
What could possibly go wrong? MiniMe Jul 2017 #36
kkk what slobs. everyone knows they stole their entire image from a movie-'birth of a nation'. NRA Sunlei Jul 2017 #37
I hope area Communists and Socialists rise to the challenge - nt KingCharlemagne Jul 2017 #40
Would love to see several hundred GulfCoast66 Jul 2017 #44
Hey Agent Mike! roamer65 Jul 2017 #47
Large counterprotest in Charlottesville struggle4progress Jul 2017 #49
Great to hear! sandensea Jul 2017 #50
So the other day we were visiting a relative Turbineguy Jul 2017 #51
The Ku Klux Klan Thomas Hurt Jul 2017 #52
It was treason then. The Wizard Jul 2017 #53
Progressives need to create their own Southern Heritage DBoon Jul 2017 #54
They travel best in their little clusters. Singly, they don't do so well. Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #55
A heritage of hate and gunz. How nice. Hoyt Jul 2017 #57
Of course they will Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #58
So they think they are the only ones that can pack heat? AgadorSparticus Jul 2017 #60
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