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sheshe2

(83,319 posts)
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 07:58 PM Jul 2017

Protesters shut down KKK rally in VA



KKK members gathered at a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday to express their outrage over the city’s decision to remove a monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee


Earlier this year, the Charlottesville City Council voted 3-2, in a contentious public debate, to have the statute removed and add a memorial that honors slaves who once lived in the city, the Washington Post reported.

Reuters said that during the protest KKK members—who waved Confederate flags, held racist signs, and shouted derogatory chants —were met and outnumbered by scores of counter-protesters who proudly held signage that condemned racism.

“I just want to say that they [the Klan] represent the past, we represent the future,” one of the anti-KKK protesters told NBC Washington.

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The debate about preserving Confederate monuments and symbols has been a nationwide issue. Last week, a Black lawyer named Carlos Moore petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to remove the Confederate emblem from the Mississippi flag, arguing that, as a symbol of White supremacy, it violates the U.S. Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause.

More: https://blackmattersus.com/35486-protesters-shut-down-kkk-rally-in-va/

I find it interesting when Cons tell us to get over it, Hillary lost, when there they are Confederate flags flying, white hoods and robes on full display while spewing racist filth and celebrating a war they lost more than 100 years ago. They really are morans.
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Protesters shut down KKK rally in VA (Original Post) sheshe2 Jul 2017 OP
K&R Solly Mack Jul 2017 #1
I can't believe these things still exist. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #2
Awesome TEB Jul 2017 #3
These Vermin Are Like Cockroaches colsohlibgal Jul 2017 #4
True! sheshe2 Jul 2017 #6
If only it was as easy to take down the KKK ProudLib72 Jul 2017 #5
Awwwwwwwwwwww! Doug the Dem Jul 2017 #7
So glad this shit was shut down. It's 2017 in America and this confederate flag BS is still here.GAH iluvtennis Jul 2017 #8
That's the definition of irony all right! Initech Jul 2017 #9
But VA voted for the Democratic candidate customerserviceguy Jul 2017 #10

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
2. I can't believe these things still exist.
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 08:04 PM
Jul 2017

Get over it! I think 150 years if enough time for them to lick your wounds. If I were there I would want to punch someone and I am a pacifist.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
4. These Vermin Are Like Cockroaches
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 09:57 PM
Jul 2017

Charlottesville is a beautiful town oozing with history....it is a shame these white trash racists keep showing their ignorance there.

And I would bet if they all were given DNA tests a few would be in for a shock to their system.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
5. If only it was as easy to take down the KKK
Sun Jul 9, 2017, 10:36 PM
Jul 2017

as it was to take down a confederate statue.

They are kind of like that strangely shaped, dark spot on your skin that you keep telling yourself will go away. Then you doctor gives you the news. The KKK and all white supremacists are a cancer that needs to be excised from society immediately.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
10. But VA voted for the Democratic candidate
Mon Jul 10, 2017, 12:13 AM
Jul 2017

All three of the last three elections. It's not fertile ground for the KKK, it is dominated by the forces of reason.

Finally.

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