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mahatmakanejeeves

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30. Last night: FIRE AND FURY Unite the Right torch rally ends in violence at the Rotunda
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 03:56 PM
Aug 2017

FIRE AND FURY
Unite the Right torch rally ends in violence at the Rotunda

The Daily Progress staff reports 15 hrs ago

Members of the Alt-Right {sic} led a torch march through the grounds of the University of Virginia Friday night in Charlottesville, Va. Photo/Andrew Shurtleff/The Daily Progress

The building in the background is the Rotunda. The demonstrators are north of the Rotunda. They are facing University Avenue and a statue of Thomas Jefferson.



That's Old Cabell Hall in the background on the left. The low buildings across the middle of the picture form the West Lawn.



This is the statue of Jefferson facing University Avenue. The building across the street is Madison Hall.



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Those jackholes were carrying tiki torches from pier 1 & home depot irisblue Aug 2017 #1
Picture of thousands of them giving Sieg Heil salute Not Ruth Aug 2017 #2
Do you think they have an assigned spot and WhiteTara Aug 2017 #20
That's not alt-right. That's white Supremacists, fascists, neo-nazis, racists & extreme bigots. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #3
tomato tomato Blue_Adept Aug 2017 #8
Yeah. In other words, joshdawg Aug 2017 #16
Tiki torches. deminks Aug 2017 #4
They're mad that their participation trophy is being taken down? GoCubsGo Aug 2017 #5
Those protesting these hateful bigots need to chant "Donald Trump Sucks" and Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #6
Surprise surprise, Trump has emboldened the racists. Good, now we have their pictures flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #7
Texas agrees with you (so do I) HAB911 Aug 2017 #10
Chanting "blood and soil" Lebensraum (living space) Botany Aug 2017 #9
Good point on history... GetRidOfThem Aug 2017 #19
The tiki torch still sets a light dreamland Aug 2017 #11
That still doesn't change the imagery.. paleotn Aug 2017 #17
True, but the imagery I'm seeing dreamland Aug 2017 #25
They also changed you will not replace us, Jew will not replace us Danmel Aug 2017 #12
republicans have degenerated to become freaking Latter Day Nazis Achilleaze Aug 2017 #13
Fucking shithead robots without an ounce of originality or redeeming value dalton99a Aug 2017 #14
Tiki torches.... paleotn Aug 2017 #15
....and a tweeter points out: Leghorn21 Aug 2017 #22
someone spent lot of money buying tiki multi-packs 'spears' & gallons of oil fuel. & NO permit. Sunlei Aug 2017 #18
Make that gesture in today's Germany nocoincidences Aug 2017 #21
Counter-demonstrating is appropriate. David__77 Aug 2017 #23
PWT Rustyeye77 Aug 2017 #24
Over 600,000 people died in the American Civil War Girard442 Aug 2017 #26
Their holy book OUGHT to say: "Thou shalt not suffer a white supremacist to live" FiveGoodMen Aug 2017 #27
+1000 byronius Aug 2017 #28
It was an illegal march. DK504 Aug 2017 #29
Last night: FIRE AND FURY Unite the Right torch rally ends in violence at the Rotunda mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2017 #30
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