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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
Brandy Zadrozny
@BrandyZadrozny
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 nations 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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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
"far left activists who infiltrate extremists' private online spaces and disrupt their attempts...
CaptainTruth
Apr 2021
#13
How about Democrats with their hands tied behind their backs using only mind control are the real
littlemissmartypants
Apr 2021
#32
Its good that the Nazis have gone back to sliming themselves back under some rock (for now)
TheRealNorth
Apr 2021
#22
We had a White Lives Matter protest organizing that changed the name to Defend Lewiston,
brewens
Apr 2021
#25