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08-20-2017 , 02:19 PM

#26

Jbrochu

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You have any video of the thousands fighting with police in Boston yesterday? So far the only misbehaving I saw was video of was some lady getting her flag stolen.

Edit: Never mind. Apparently there were a few problems later in the day after I stopped paying attention.

Revised crowd estimates:

Nazi scum: 50
Anti-racists: 40,000

A few minor issues among 40000 isn't too bad.

Last edited by Jbrochu; 08-20-2017 at 02:34 PM.

08-20-2017 , 02:23 PM

#27

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc89

All of the old school racist townies were gentrified away years ago. Boston is now loaded to the brim with the nearly as intolerable douchie rich liberal college kid demographic. The kind of people that would assemble a crowd of a hundred thousand to protest some weird republican guy's free speech gazebo rally.

I'll hand it to you Boston folk ... you guys are fun to be around especially at the Foxwoods poker tables.

08-20-2017 , 02:25 PM

#28

Doc89

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jbrochu

You have any video of the thousands fighting with police in Boston yesterday? So far the only misbehaving I saw was video of was some lady getting her flag stolen.

No, I didn't film anything. I saw lots of people being arrested and crowds pushing and being pushed by dozens of police in riot gear though. Maybe "fighting" isn't the right word to describe this?

There was some good footage on local news taken from a helicopter though, I'm sure someone could find it.

08-20-2017 , 02:25 PM

#29

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jbrochu

You have any video of the thousands fighting with police in Boston yesterday? So far the only misbehaving I saw was video of was some lady getting her flag stolen.

https://twitter.com/bostonpolice/sta...91076157136898

"#BPD is asking individuals to refrain from throwing urine, bottles and other harmful projectiles at our officers."

08-20-2017 , 02:27 PM

#30

faxanadu

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Another crazy free speech'er...

08-20-2017 , 02:35 PM

#31

Jbrochu

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Originally Posted by Doc89

I edited. Guess this happened later in the day after I stopped paying attention.

08-20-2017 , 04:11 PM

#32

faxanadu

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I'll give credit were it is due. This is the first time I've seen Yahoo post a pretty unbiased political news article that captures most sides...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marched-b...134350189.html

08-20-2017 , 04:28 PM

#33

FlyWf

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Another crazy free speech'er...

What is it with you people and apostrophes

08-20-2017 , 04:30 PM

#34

FlyWf

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I understand ****ing it up when you're trying to pluralize stuff, its/it's, and tbh I'm personally not 100% on what to do when you're trying to do a possessive of a plural noun that ends in s.

But you people are just throwing them in the middle of ****ing words here, it's nonsense.

08-20-2017 , 04:53 PM

#35

Trolly McTrollson

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The real ***** are possessive proper nouns that end in s. "St. James's Park?" Doesn't look right, but it is. I think.

08-20-2017 , 04:57 PM

#36

faxanadu

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Originally Posted by FlyWf

Strong diversion...

08-20-2017 , 05:03 PM

#37

goofyballer

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Originally Posted by Matty Lice

I thought it was funny that the reason a lot of Nazis didn't show up is because MA is not open carry.

Interestingly, there's a "Patriot" rally planned for SF next Saturday. SF is not open carry...but because the Presidio is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and is under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, they might be allowed to carry there. So the Oath Keepers (lol) said they're going to show up to provide "security" for a bunch of ragtag misfits headlined by "Based Stickman".

08-20-2017 , 05:10 PM

#38

Trolly McTrollson

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Originally Posted by goofyballer

That guy will hopefully be in jail by then:

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.sfist...8a3f00017d10f4

08-20-2017 , 05:50 PM

#39

will1530

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Originally Posted by faxanadu

Strong diversion...

Lol at thinking the **** your talking about matters.

08-20-2017 , 05:52 PM

#40

superslug

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Is it possible that the media and protestors got their wires crossed somehow after the Charlottsvile rally?

I mean its great that 40 000 people came out against racism but the footage iv seen from the rally these people dont seem like nazis or racists. What am I missing?

08-20-2017 , 05:58 PM

#41

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Originally Posted by superslug

lol this guy is JUST ASKING QUESTIONS about something already covered in this thread:

Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

I guess it is more convenient for the news to simply call them a bunch of alt-right, neo-nazi, right wing extremists and leave it at that since saying otherwise wouldn't tow their agenda.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kafja

The Guardian calls them 'a small group of conservatives holding a "free speech rally"' -https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/19/boston-protest-free-speech-rally

BBC calls the event a 'right wing rally', 'conservative rally' and '"Free speech" rally' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40980175

CNN calls it a 'self-described free speech rally' - http://edition.cnn.com/2017/08/19/po...sts/index.html

NYT also calls it a 'rally to promote 'free speech'' and quotes the organizers in saying that the event was aimed at 'libertarians, conservatives, traditionalists, classical liberals, Trump supporters or anyone else who enjoys their right to free speech.' - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/u...T.nav=top-news

NYT also includes a quote from the guy in the OP video, and provides a link to the full video. This is in their front page story. WHY WON'T MEDIA REPORT THIS???

In conclusion - try harder, you pathetic crybaby muh narratives omg so persecuted ****ing loser.

08-20-2017 , 06:07 PM

#42

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Im just wondering why people on twitter and in this thread are calling them nazis or racists though?

And from footage of the counter protester they seemed to think they were as well.

08-20-2017 , 06:13 PM

#43

MrWookie

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Quote:

Originally Posted by superslug

Im just wondering why people on twitter and in this thread are calling them nazis or racists though?

And from footage of the counter protester they seemed to think they were as well.

If neo-Nazis organize a rally but then are too cowardly to even show up, and the 50 people who do aren't openly sporting swastikas, should liberals be forbidden from calling it a Nazi rally?

08-20-2017 , 06:17 PM

#44

FlyWf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by superslug

Im just wondering why people on twitter and in this thread are calling them nazis or racists though?

And from footage of the counter protester they seemed to think they were as well.

Yeah man it's a total mystery

08-20-2017 , 06:18 PM

#45

superslug

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWookie

If neo-Nazis organize a rally but then are too cowardly to even show up, and the 50 people who do aren't openly sporting swastikas, should liberals be forbidden from calling it a Nazi rally?

Im not forbidding anyone to say anything im just curious. How do you know that it was organised by nazis? And what makes you think the 50 that showed up are nazis?

They have black lives matter banners and there was an Indian dude talking who sounded nothing like a nazi to me.

08-20-2017 , 06:23 PM

#46

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Originally Posted by superslug

And from footage of the counter protester they seemed to think they were as well.

It doesn't matter if the people that showed up were Nazis or not. A "free speech" rally after Charlottesville is the right trying to reassert itself (it was a conservative group that organized the event, which you seem to be unaware of) even if not under an explicitly white supremacist label. Today was the left showing up and saying "no, you can't disassociate yourselves from this **** and there's more of us than there are of you". Sounds like it was effective!

08-20-2017 , 06:24 PM

#47

microbet

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson

The real ***** are possessive proper nouns that end in s. "St. James's Park?" Doesn't look right, but it is. I think.

Yeah, like St. James's Palace.

08-20-2017 , 06:25 PM

#48

faxanadu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MrWookie

If neo-Nazis organize a rally but then are too cowardly to even show up, and the 50 people who do aren't openly sporting swastikas, should liberals be forbidden from calling it a Nazi rally?

An Indian MIT graduate Nazi ... lol okay

08-20-2017 , 06:25 PM

#49

FlyWf

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Literally all the Nazis cancelled because they were scared, the original speaker list was littered with alt-right types. What actually happened was a bunch of people with profiles so low that nobody cares what they believe held a 40 minute rally for a conman Senate candidate.

08-20-2017 , 06:27 PM

#50

FlyWf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by faxanadu

An Indian MIT graduate Nazi ... lol okay

Charlottesville ****ing crushed these people's spirits. Whatever optimism they had after November has gradually petered away, and whoops, turns out they are still widely reviled cranks. 20k people against 40, man, that #MAGA magic took a face first dive into reality.

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