'Antifa' Facebook prank sends Trump supporters to protect North Carolina outdoors store

[DonViejo]

By Dashiell Coleman, The Gaston Gazette

Posted Oct 21, 2018 at 7:40 AM

GASTONIA, N.C. — Several dozen people showed up to a North Carolina outdoors store on Saturday to mount a counter-protest against an Antifa rally that didn’t exist.

A recent Facebook page called Gaston County Antifa, which is a portmanteau for “antifascist,” had posted earlier in the week that group members “from at least 10 states” were planning to gather in front of the Gander Outdoors store in the Franklin Square shopping center in Gastonia. Other than the Facebook page, there’s no evidence of any such group actually existing in Gaston County, but that didn’t stop those spreading the rumors. Even local website CharlotteStories ran a widely shared article about the fake rally.

The dozens of counter-protesters stood in front of the Gander store waving flags, including U.S., Confederate and Trump flags. Some, like Terry Pennington, came from outside the county to be at the outdoors store.

A massive American flag flies from the parking lot in front of the store, and Pennington said he’d heard that Antifa members were going to light it on fire.

“They ain’t here because they’re still in their momma’s basement,” Pennington said.

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[bearsfootball516]

1. Lol. What a bunch of morons.

[Hotler]

2. More pranks are needed. Maybe with some silliness we..

can have some fun making the Trump supports come out and show off their ignorance for all the community to enjoy.

[mikeysnot]

3. I have always promoted the idea of silent protests and not confrontation.

If there were no counter protesters at Charloteville, Heather would still be alive and all those nazi fucks would have looked stupid marching with tiki torches and stupid fucking chants.

Counter protesting nazi's is a waste and it is used against the so called "left" by thew wrong wing media. If you need an example of this look at how we are called a mob.

Instead of arguing with them, just line the streets with your backs turned to the nazi's. No arguing, no confrontations.

[Downtown Hound]

4. LOL! Nothing gets the right's panties in a bunch quite like Antifa.

I forsee lots of opportunity with this tactic.

[FSogol]

5. LOL, the irony of waving a confederate flag while promoting the US flag escapes them.

What a bunch of idiots!

[Initech]

6. I couldn't love this more!

[Gothmog]

7. Trump voters are idiots and are easily confused

[Hassin Bin Sober]

8. For the next trick, place them in a round room and tell them to go sit in the corner.

They’ll be busy for a month.

[Separation]

10. Better thought

It to let them all stand in a firing line that has circled in on itself and tell them there is a librul in the center of the room.

[Renew Deal]

9. I hear that Antifa is coming to Gander some time between now and the November 7

Nobody tell the defenders of outdoor stores. It's a secret.

[GoCubsGo]

11. It's easy to dupe people who you know are suckers.

And, there are no bigger suckers than Trump's cult followers. It just amazes me how willing they are to advertise how gullible they are.