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Nevilledog

(50,679 posts)
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 06:34 PM Apr 2021

'White Lives Matter' rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up



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Brandy Zadrozny
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New from me: Nationwide white supremacist rallies flop.

'White Lives Matter' rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists planned rallies in dozens of cities Sunday but hardly anyone showed up.
nbcnews.com
3:26 PM · Apr 11, 2021


https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/white-lives-matter-rallies-flop-hardly-anyone-shows-rcna650

In semi-private, encrypted chats, neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists planned rallies in dozens of cities on Sunday to promote their racist movements and spread their ideologies to larger audiences.

Hyped by organizers as events that would make “the whole world tremble,” the rallies ran into a major problem on Sunday: Hardly anyone showed up.

The “White Lives Matter” rallies, planned on the encrypted app Telegram, were the first major real-world organization efforts by white supremacists since 2018, and after many aligned groups allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S Capitol.

The poor showing underscores how the nation’s unpopular and disorganized extremist movements have been driven underground by increased scrutiny from the media, law enforcement and far left activists who infiltrate extremists’ private online spaces and disrupt their attempts to communicate and organize.

Few “White Lives Matter” marchers showed up on Sunday, but anti-racist and anti-fascist groups gathered just the same.

In Raleigh, North Carolina, a small crowd of antifa and anti-racist protesters gathered at the park where the “White Lives Matter” march was planned. They marched around downtown behind a large white sign that read, “WE ACCEPT YOUR SURRENDER.”

The lackluster events were documented by livestreams and photos posted to Twitter.

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'White Lives Matter' rallies flop as hardly anyone shows up (Original Post) Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP
Unfortunately true... "driven underground." Come out of hiding, cowards!!! Karadeniz Apr 2021 #1
Would be nice if there were actually just fewer of them, rather than them just hiding. Beartracks Apr 2021 #10
That is great news! Always good when just a few show up and it gets some coverage PortTack Apr 2021 #2
WE ACCEPT YOUR SURRENDER ornotna Apr 2021 #3
sounds like something from "The Mouse That Roared" haha.... bahboo Apr 2021 #5
I love it too. Very clever. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #31
Har har har dee har har. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #4
i could tell it was going to be a flop. And even anti-racists stayed away Demovictory9 Apr 2021 #6
OMG !1! dweller Apr 2021 #7
Womp! Womp! Guess ya'll ain't as popular as you thought, eh? Wounded Bear Apr 2021 #8
Their White robes and hoods hadn't come back from the dry cleaners rpannier Apr 2021 #9
maybe they came to the realization mnmoderatedem Apr 2021 #11
They suck. Kath2 Apr 2021 #12
"far left activists who infiltrate extremists' private online spaces and disrupt their attempts... CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #13
THIS !! AZ8theist Apr 2021 #17
+1 TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #20
+2 crickets Apr 2021 #28
How about Democrats with their hands tied behind their backs using only mind control are the real littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #32
Ain't that a fucking shame Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 #14
そこには馬鹿が多すぎます。 YoshidaYui Apr 2021 #15
It seems the 369 arrests over Jan 6th actions put a dent in enthusiasm. Ford_Prefect Apr 2021 #16
How appropriate! ailsagirl Apr 2021 #18
That's very heartwarming! Baked Potato Apr 2021 #19
I'd say get back to the lunatic fringe where you belong mountain grammy Apr 2021 #21
Its good that the Nazis have gone back to sliming themselves back under some rock (for now) TheRealNorth Apr 2021 #22
Cults of personality need a personality. Theirs is gassed out. nolabear Apr 2021 #23
Even Trump Corner in Florida is completely empty now. Jon King Apr 2021 #27
Proud Boys, or plural... JoeOtterbein Apr 2021 #24
We had a White Lives Matter protest organizing that changed the name to Defend Lewiston, brewens Apr 2021 #25
Just look at almost all corporate CEOs, every Repug Congressperson, most sports team owners.... Jon King Apr 2021 #26
"Hardly anyone showed up." BlueWavePsych Apr 2021 #29
There are probably more undercover FBI agents in leftyladyfrommo Apr 2021 #30
How about the one guy that showed up somewhere, I can't remember, littlemissmartypants Apr 2021 #33

Beartracks

(12,761 posts)
10. Would be nice if there were actually just fewer of them, rather than them just hiding.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 07:40 PM
Apr 2021

But we take what we can get.

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PortTack

(32,606 posts)
2. That is great news! Always good when just a few show up and it gets some coverage
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 06:37 PM
Apr 2021

Must be very deflating to their withered hateful brains

ShazzieB

(15,957 posts)
4. Har har har dee har har.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 06:50 PM
Apr 2021

That's my version of sarcastic laughter.

During the Vietnam era, there was a popular slogan used on posters, buttons, t-shirts, etc.: "What if they gave a war and nobody came?"

The slogan for this story should be: "What if they gave a white supremacist hate fest and nobody came?"

mnmoderatedem

(3,706 posts)
11. maybe they came to the realization
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 08:01 PM
Apr 2021

that what happened to George Floyd generally does not happened to white people.

Thus arriving at the realization as to why the Black Lives Matter movement came to light in the first place.

CaptainTruth

(6,546 posts)
13. "far left activists who infiltrate extremists' private online spaces and disrupt their attempts...
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 08:07 PM
Apr 2021

...to communicate and organize"

I'm tired of this "far left activists" shit from the media.

Law enforcement organizations like the FBI work to "infiltrate extremists’ private online spaces and disrupt their attempts to communicate and organize." Are they "far left activists"? Implying that they are feeds the right-wing narrative (lie) they're part of a "Deep State" of "far left activists."

Fkn stop it already, media.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
32. How about Democrats with their hands tied behind their backs using only mind control are the real
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:31 AM
Apr 2021

Infiltrators? Anyone?

mountain grammy

(26,571 posts)
21. I'd say get back to the lunatic fringe where you belong
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 08:58 PM
Apr 2021

But many are in Congress and in State Houses across the USA..

nolabear

(41,915 posts)
23. Cults of personality need a personality. Theirs is gassed out.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 09:05 PM
Apr 2021

I do believe 45 has had his little run at insurrection and milking the extremists, and both he and they are drag-assing back to their little lives.

And the best case scenario would be their reluctant recognition that Biden is good for them. The vaccines, infrastructure, minimum wage increase, gun policies that won't actually take their reasonable (for them anyway) weapons away, etc. takes away some of the excuses they use for rank racism.

Are they going to be there? Yes. But the world is changing out from under them and I think the thrill is gone. Or at least going.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
27. Even Trump Corner in Florida is completely empty now.
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 09:10 PM
Apr 2021

These are the most diehard, signs, flags. They have showed up every Friday for the past 5 years, rain or shine, and supported Trump, even after he lost. 2 Fridays ago they disappeared, not even one left.

Trump's hold on many is fading, they fed of his Twitter nonsense and they have short attention spans.

brewens

(13,397 posts)
25. We had a White Lives Matter protest organizing that changed the name to Defend Lewiston,
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 09:07 PM
Apr 2021

supposedly on the advise of Amon Bundy. A woman named Heather Rogers organized it to counter protest our BLM march. That was her story anyway, so it didn't fool anyone a bit. My comment to our local papers FB post was that Bundy told her to be politically correct there. They don't see it when they do it. Why back off the WLM? It was all the same dipshits that showed up. This is in Idaho btw.

That Rogers woman is in her 30's and has had two DUI's in recent years, plus an illegal discharge of a firearm. The shooting incident was at a party she threw where a couple got in a fight, and she broke it up by firing a shot into the air. I'm not making this up. In case you were wondering, no, none of the Palins were there.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
26. Just look at almost all corporate CEOs, every Repug Congressperson, most sports team owners....
Sun Apr 11, 2021, 09:07 PM
Apr 2021

No need for the reminder how much white lives matters. All we have to do is see all those guys who signed the GA law, most Fortune 500 CEOs and their executive staffs, all of Repug Congress, the fact Montana, Dakotas, Utah and on and on each get 2 Senators, the fact Repugs have not won the popular vote in decades yet held power, the electoral college.

We can easily see white lives matter above all others. Yet despite all these massive advantages, these clowns still found a way to fail in life.

Guess thats why they are so angry. The country handed them a stacked deck and they still lost at life anyway.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
33. How about the one guy that showed up somewhere, I can't remember,
Tue Apr 13, 2021, 08:37 AM
Apr 2021

And the cops...bought him AN UBER Ride home!!

I read it somewhere. . . And I totally believe it.

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