Very proud of Boston, but to put things in perspective:

[pnwmom]

Boston population: about 673K.

Charlottesville population: about 47K.

And thousands of Nazis/KKK descended on little Charlottesville.

They will probably return to targeting small college towns. . . .

[marylandblue]

1. Now that we've seen how this works out when we show up in large numbers

Maybe more of our side will be willing to travel longer distances to these events. Charlottesville is only about 2.5 hours from Washington DC and an hour from Richmond.

[AJT]

2. Large and PEACEFUL.

The white supremacists aren't so brave when they aren't allowed weapons.

[Blue_true]

8. Yes, them not being allowed to have big guns made their balls shrink. nt

[Barack_America]

3. That's okay, I've got a car.

[lpbk2713]

4. I wonder if they might try Tulsa or Lynchburg, VA next?

They could be thinking they would find a more sympathetic
reception at the home of Oral Roberts Univ or Liberty Univ.

They might have thought Charlottesville was close enough
but it just didn't work out for them.

[Blue_true]

9. Tulsa would be a big mistake for those assholes.

Very diverse population racially.

[Squinch]

5. Then we all need to pack a bag.

[LeftInTX]

6. No guns, no sticks allowed in Boston

[pnwmom]

7. Even if they had been prohibited in Ch'ville, the police were so outnumbered.

They would have had trouble disarming thousands of marchers.

And people on the ground said the militias were far better equipped than even the state troopers -- much less the Ch'ville police.

[yallerdawg]

10. It's a little different today south of the Mason-Dixon line.

Huntsville, Alabama police separate pro- and anti-Confederate memorial protesters

Huntsville police officers repeatedly separated pro- and anti-Confederate memorial protesters on the Madison County Courthouse Square Saturday. The strategy of keeping pro-memorial counter-protesters on the opposite side of the street worked allowing the event to continue with no violence on a hot August day.

More than 100 people came to the square to protest the statue of a Confederate officer that has stood in front of the courthouse for decades. Countering them were about a dozen men waving Confederate flags, and others circled the square flying Rebel flags on motorcycles and from car windows.

One arm tattoo says "white" and one says "pride"

[pnwmom]

11. Only a dozen Confederate people showed up. Not much of a problem for the police. n/t