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skip fox

(19,359 posts) Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:35 AM Aug 2017

What was the organizing like for the white nationalist "unification" rally at Charlottesville?

Surely they used web-sites and social media to rally their followers from all over.

Were they encouraging weapns and helds?

What were the percentage of them from the area and what percentage (like the murderer James Fields) were from over 100 miles away.

How does that compare to makeup of those protesting the "unification" march?

I think these factors would show the difference in intent in the two groups to even the most objective of observes: One side coming all over and preparing for violence, the other side mainly local and concerned about standing up to growing signs of fascism.

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What was the organizing like for the white nationalist "unification" rally at Charlottesville? (Original Post) skip fox Aug 2017 OP

And where were the authorities, before and after? HughBeaumont Aug 2017 #1

Government and police are playing with fire Cosmocat Aug 2017 #2

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

1. And where were the authorities, before and after?

Reply to skip fox (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:39 AM

Aug 2017

A total of 3 arrests for all of the Fascist-committed violence?

No one was monitoring what was more or less an organization designed to commit acts of terror?

Cosmocat

(14,574 posts)

2. Government and police are playing with fire

Reply to HughBeaumont (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 11:43 AM

Aug 2017

as usual indulging right wing fuckwittery.

WTF do they think these people want?

SO, they sit back passively doing nothing.

They need to bring in people who have quality video equipment, even drones, to focus in on these hot spots and record them, then aggressively prosecute those who engage in any acts of violence or who make terrorist threats.

Only way to possibly put a damper on this is for the stupid jackasses who go out there to do the bidding feel consequences for it.

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