A New York Times analysis of more than 700 armed demonstrations found that, at about 77 percent of them, people openly carrying guns represented right-wing views, such as opposition to L.G.B.T.Q. rights and abortion access, hostility to racial justice rallies and support for former President Donald J. Trump’s lie of winning the 2020 election. [More]
As long as they’re going to bring up lies, just calling questioning the election “baseless” does not make it so, nor do demands to impose coercive Marxist wealth redistribution equate with racial justice.
I’d argue going unarmed anywhere you know violent communists are going to be is not prudent. Then again, I’d also argue for being very selective about joining public displays and the part you choose to play in this era of embedded provocateurs and seditious conspiracy trials…
I’ve been a speaker and observer over the decades. Ours wasn’t the side frothing with “hostility.” Another lesson learned: You don’t do yourself any favors or advance any issues by becoming a victim or a patsy.
I’m just waiting for them to fire that first shot….
Guess they didn’t mention Kyle Rittenhouse.
Or that their bedfellow anti-gun crowd prefers molotov cocktails and cache-placed bricks.
Or that the nightclub shooter id’s as binary. https://trendingpolitics.com/cnn-anchor-left-speechless-when-identity-of-gay-nightclub-shooter-is-revealed-knab/
Quite the journalism going on at Not Your Times and Mini-Stream Nuts.