Armed white extremists protecting Stone Mountain

[Nevilledog]

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[snowybirdie]

1. Is that silly

old fashioned dump of a park worth saving?

[hlthe2b]

5. The face of the mountain is not, but the trails and recreational park are actually rather lovely.

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[Awsi Dooger]

17. Very lovely

Serene trails and picnic areas. Covered bridges. Campgrounds.

I really enjoy every visit, especially walking to the top of the mountain.

I remember as a young kid it was fascinating to see the carvings. We had never seen anything like that, and were too young to understand the historical significance. My dad explained it to me a few years later, along with emphasizing that the topic was certain to resurface, even if not high profile at the time.

[sop]

2. It's a "defend the Klan's gathering site rally."

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. Sickening.

[spanone]

4. Why the camouflage? Play soldiers.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Cusser's Last Stand.

KY...........

[Buns_of_Fire]

7. They have received reliable information from "Q" that

George Soros has bought some really, really big pickup trucks to steal Stone Mountain in the middle of the night.

[stillcool]

8. Something's wrong...I see some masks.

[Progressive Jones]

19. Cowards who are afraid of being IDed. nt

[Amishman]

12. Even if they did, I doubt anyone would dare enforce it

When the offenders are heavily armed.

[Amishman]

14. Bolting the gates just means some redneck gets a few tools from his truck

And I also suspect the parties on site what would be doing any enforcement (arrests, ticketing, anything) probably are sympathetic to the goons. Law enforcement isn't on our side nine times out of ten - especially in the rural south!

[Volaris]

21. Unless they were black. Then they'd be shot on site by the county swat team.

[pwb]

10. They just don't scare me.

Freaks all.

[Chili]

11. watched this for a long time this morning, from around 11:00 - 1:45

I couldn't stop. It was scary as hell because both sides had assault rifles. It took a long time for the fights to start - there were actually men on the racist side who were talking calmly without calling names or trying to escalate. Those listening to them were also trying to keep the peace. These weren't "Antifa" per say, but BLM who heard what was happening and came to counter protest.

There was ugliness too, make no mistake. Heard the N word multiple times. I was terrified shooting would start, but... my impression of those racist gunslingers was those rifles were for show. No balling aggressors over there, they were more cowardly than they looked and sounded. THANK GOD, cuz it could've been a horrible tragedy. BLMers got right in there faces and wouldn't move. Racists underestimated how fearless the BLMers were, & I mean, they were FEARLESS. They kept snatching confederate flags away from them and burning them on the street, and they let them. Didn't stop 'em. Floored me, but thank goodness.

I'm watching the last hour of it now.

[CatWoman]

16. i live about 10 minutes from the park

sure will steer clear of that area today

[Chili]

18. did you stay away?

It lasted FIVE hours. Some fights, lots of screaming, arguing, but thank goodness, no one hurt or worse, shot. In fact, some of those on opposite sides talked for a long time without violence. Cops took 5 hours to show up, dispersed everybody without strong force, nor even aggression. So maybe it was a good day.

[CatWoman]

20. of course I did

I don't do stupid