Congrats to Chicago for shutting down Drumpf's white supremacist hate speech rally

[MrScorpio]

No fascism in Chi-Town!

[daleanime]

1. Hell yes....

[malaise]

2. We need the Mayor or police chief to tear Drumpf a new one

and let us know who shut down the rally.

[brooklynite]

3. Are you prepared to have a Bernie Sanders rally "shut down"?

...because that's where this may be heading.

[Scootaloo]

4. What on earth are you talking about?

[Albertoo]

18. I think he's saying disrupting political rallies can't become a habit

Or everyone would start doing it and it would end in generalized brawls all the time.

[Scootaloo]

19. Funny. Seems the poster had no trouble when it was Sanders getting disrupted

[Albertoo]

20. No idea about the poster

Anyway, with the rise of populists (Trump, Europe) and of uncontrolled activism (disrupting rallies), the general atmosphere has a whiff of pre-crisis.
I suppose the festering consequences of the ongoing great Recession..

[MrScorpio]

5. If Bernie were preaching racism and fascism, I would...

But he's not, so the point is moot. The fascists might want to shut him down and those fascists should be fought against.

If we don't want the fascists to take over America, we should be prepared to fight them in the street.

[lunasun]

9. +1 !! exactly. whites who shrug free speech and look away, so Germany 1924

[brooklynite]

15. ...but that's the problem.

You've decided that Bernie is saying "good things", and Trump is saying "bad things". I would agree, but I guarantee there are people who feel the opposite, and I'd rather not rely on someone else to decide who's right. As obnoxious as Trump is, he has a right to speak without interruption in a private setting. If he's denied that right, I can see his supporters coming after Bernie's speeches.

[MrScorpio]

17. Actually, I'm also on record for supporting interruptions of Bernie events by BLM protestors

I supported those other protests for quite different reasons, of course. I believed then and still do now that Bernie was open to addressing BLM's concerns. He still has a way to go in fully understanding the racial dynamics at hand, as we saw in his gaffe about "ghettos" last week.

But, I see that my expectations for him, in response to BLM, have been proven mostly correct.

Trump, on the hand, is a fucking fascist. We have to nip that shit in the bud.

So, IF the fascists do come at Bernie... or even at Hillary, we need to make those cowards regret doing just that.

[jberryhill]

7. They're welcome to try

But a Bernie appearance has already been shut down in Seattle, as people with memories longer than mayflies can easily recall.

[HooptieWagon]

8. Trump supporters are bullying cowards.

They'll only commit violence when they're a huge majority. They'd shit their pants if they were in the midst of a Ssnders rally.

[Skittles]

11. oh has Bernie been advising his supporters to rough up protesters?

[romanic]

13. What's Bernie have to do with this?

[cyberswede]

14. I believe the Trump campaign canceled the rally

...being the cowardly opportunist that he is.

[Peregrine Took]

6. Never been more proud to be a Chicagoan. n/t

[lunasun]

10. +1 Not here and as someone said not the west side of allplaces atUIC

What was he thinking ????

[m-lekktor]

12. !!!!

[Chitown Kev]

16. Well, in my best Jimmie Walker voice, cuz

"Well, you know, what can I say" about my town...

oh, and this was NOT a Bernie protest....although there were Bernie supporters there.

[Cheese Sandwich]

21. Those are brave heroes for even stepping foot inside there

Thank you Chicago