Counter-protesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally

[mysteryowl]

Source: The Guardian

Hundreds of counter-protesters have packed into Washington DC's Freedom Plaza ahead of a white supremacist rally expected to be held in front of the White House on Sunday...

Counter-protesters also gathered near the Washington suburban metro station of Vienna, Virginia, where Kessler and about 20 white nationalists carrying American flags were escorted onto a train to the city for the demonstration. Some counter-protesters yelled "Nazi scum!" at them as they were shepherded through the station.

"If you show up at this event, and you are identified, your life will be ruined," Anglin advised his followers. "You need to lay low."

The counter-protesters have not just come to confront the fringe white supremacists groups – they also gathered to say “hell no” to President Donald Trump.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/white-supremacist-rally-unite-the-right-washington-dc

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There are some pictures too, but I don't know how to upload them to a post. I'm new.

[IronLionZion]

1. And it's dark and stormy

the Nazis are being rained out! It's a divine sign

[appalachiablue]

2. They're gone. Jason Kessler & Unite the Right members escorted

out in a van by police at 5:05 PM. MSNBC reporting 'no sign of them; anti racist counter protesters won the message of the day.'

..Back to covering Omarosa?!

[Snellius]

3. And DC police outnumber them all

When did everything become a photo-op for crowd extras in a staged reality show? Protests without a real Bastille don't mean much anymore. Even seems better with a few assholes like this to just let them hang out to dry, alone and ignored, with no one to care how they want to make assholes of themselves.

[magicarpet]

4. Well if Nazi don't have....

Dry weather and get stuck in the rain,..
They melt.

Lots of goons with guns to protect them,.... They melt.

Too many anti Fascist or counter demonstrators,... They melt.

The right to act like bullies and indiscriminately be violent and kill people,... They melt.

[marble falls]

5. Some pictures ...

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 12: Protest groups gather near a white supremacists, neo-Nazis, members of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups gathering for the Unite the Right rally in Lafayette Park across from the White House August 12, 2018 in Washington, DC. Thousands of protesters are expected to demonstrate against the "white civil rights" rally, which was planned by the organizer of last yearÕs deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)




Demonstrators march near the White House on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]
Demonstrators march near the White House on the one year anniversary of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally [Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo]

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[jmowreader]

6. Kessler looks like a little lost boy in that picture

[marble falls]

7. This all seemed like a breeze a year ago. What happens when one moron only talks to 20 ...

other morons who only talk to the first moron and each other. Pretty soon they think they have a grip on the planet and feel like a majority.

[ck4829]

25. He really does

[SergeStorms]

8. I don't think you'll have to...

label the pictures as to who the racist, white supremacist scum are. It's abundantly clear.

[TomCADem]

9. Thank goodness. Sometimes I Think That Neo-Nazis Have Already Won

This is why it is important to demonstrate and counter demonstrate. To give people hope that not everyone has embraced the Republican's neo-nazi policies. It is important to push back on the idea that racism is the new populism.

[Farmer-Rick]

18. Is it really Neo-Nazi?

Sounds like good old fashion German WWII Nazis t to me

[BigmanPigman]

10. I think it was a lot of hype from the media

aided by too much hype by the cops. Basically they are bullies who are only strong when surrounded by their hate filled peers. Once they get home and their photo ends up in their boss's hands and they are fired they know what really happens in the aftermath. Not so much glory in that when the monthly bills are due.

Tons of Resisters boycotted this event because we know they just want the attention (like the fucking moron...they are like children). Stop giving them what they crave and you win a battle right there. I wish the MSM would finally wise up.

[The Mouth]

11. Winning is when the whole country - and world - can see

tens of thousands of us, listening to great music, grooving in each other's company, eating wonderful food- a mile from 20 miserable losers who aren't even worth beating up.

That's a million times more devastating to their message and image than kicking their asses all to hell.

People will LITERALLY see two camps- 20 or so pathetic fucks here, and a few thousands of happy and grooving people of all colors and lifestyles enjoying themselves over there.

[RussBLib]

12. sweet!

White supremacists sure are cowards! How can they possibly call themselves "supreme" when they are scared to even show their faces in public ?

[mysteryowl]

23. Good point.

The counter-protesting is working.

They are afraid to show their faces. Anti-fa takes their picture and exploits it. They lose their jobs etc.

[Judi Lynn]

13. Great article covering the appropriate response. Thanks, mysteryowl, welcome to D.U.

[mysteryowl]

21. Thanks for the reassurance

[Xipe Totec]

14. Outnumbered by two... orders of magnitude. nt

[Supernova9]

15. Counter protesters

It is good the counter protesters came out.

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. Kick (nt)

[Fritz Walter]

17. Welcome to DU!

Thanks for sharing this news!

[mysteryowl]

22. Thanks Fritz

[Cold War Spook]

19. Turn the flag around.

Flag facing people has stars on the left. The only stars on the right are on military uniform right arm. Basically for having the flag lead an attack.

[NickB79]

20. Covered their faces, eh? Lock them up!

https://thinkprogress.org/anti-antifa-bill-8127044240ad/

Republican Congressmen have introduced legislation that would make it a crime, punishable by more than a decade in prison, for protesters to cover their faces during demonstrations.

The “Unmasking Antifa Act,” introduced in June by Rep. Dan Donovan (R-NY) and co-sponsored by Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Ted Budd (R-NC), states anyone who “while wearing a mask, injures, oppresses, threatens, or intimidates any person” could be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison.

Use their own stupidity against them.

[ck4829]

24. Kick