I hope nobody loses their lives: Armed neo-Confederates descend on Virginia to defend statue at

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I wish all would leave any guns and weapons at home.




‘I hope nobody loses their lives’: Armed neo-Confederates descend on Virginia to defend statue ‘at all costs’

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/09/i-hope-nobody-loses-their-lives-armed-neo-confederates-descend-on-virginia-to-defend-statue-at-all-costs/?comments=disqus

15 Sep 2017 at 17:58 ET

Richmond, Virginia is bracing for violence as neo-Confederates target the former capitol of the Confederacy less than one month after Heather Heyer was killed in what many are calling an act of domestic terrorism.


CSAII: The New Confederate States of America is planning an unpermitted “Heritage not Hate” rally to defend Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Monument following the deadly “Unite the Right” rally to defend Charlottesville’s Robert E. Lee statue.

“I hope nobody loses their lives tomorrow, on either side, I really do,” CSA II organizer and Three Percenter militia organizer Tara Brandau told WTVR. “That’s not why we are here.”

Friday morning, Brandau posted photos of her in a pickup truck, flashing a Three Percenter gang-sign while wearing a ‘POLICE’ hat and confederate fingerless gloves.

Two long rifles appear to be displayed in a rear window rack.

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[Bettie]

1. "Heritage not Hate"...and yet

when your "heritage" is all about enslaving people, then your heritage IS hate, kind of hard to separate the two.

Also, why do these people always look like their family trees don't fork?

"I hope no one loses their lives" sounds like a veiled threat to me.

[Ellipsis]

2. Have another beer girls.

[procon]

3. Can they explain what "heritage" they are defending?

Southern whites, the neo-Nazis and white nationalists who defend racist monuments are enamored by a fictional mythology of a Confederacy that never existed. They're lying to themselves. White supremacists created a fantasy narrative that is so wonderful they are willing to kill to defend the fallacy of a lie.

[L. Coyote]

4. What's the difference between an organizer and an attention whore?

Barack Obama is an organizer, Rush Limbaugh an attention whore.

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5. LIVE COVERAGE: About six pro-Confederate protesters being confronted by more than 100 counterprotes

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/live-coverage-about-six-pro-confederate-protesters-being-confronted-by/article_34eb5282-25f0-5a0d-b9f4-4e1ffaeb024a.html




PHOTOS: Pro-Confederate rally and counterprotest in Richmond

LIVE COVERAGE: About six pro-Confederate protesters being confronted by more than 100 counterprotesters near Lee statue



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From staff reports 33 min ago

A small, Tennessee-based group is planning to hold a rally to show support for Confederate memorials on Monument Avenue in Richmond on Saturday morning. Counterprotests are planned. Police have uncovered no intelligence leading them to believe the event will draw the large and violent crowds seen in Charlottesville, but said they've nonetheless spent weeks preparing and are ready for the worst.

This page will updated with the latest news throughout the day.

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6. PHOTOS: Pro-Confederate rally and counterprotest in Richmond 1 hr ago 1 of 31

more at link.


http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/photos-pro-confederate-rally-and-counterprotest-in-richmond/collection_0059a738-6c13-56ea-869c-89807e41d325.html#1

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PHOTOS: Pro-Confederate rally and counterprotest in Richmond

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LIVE COVERAGE: About six pro-Confederate protesters being confronted by more than 100 counterprotesters near Lee statue

[NastyRiffraff]

7. Apparently they got bored and left

One of the pro-Confederate rally organizers from Tennessee, Thomas Crompton, said they were done with their demonstration. As the group got to their truck on Meadow Street, one of its tires was flat. It was unclear what caused the flat, but the group drove off in the truck with the flat tire as some counterprotesters chased them.

They have an average attention span of a fruit fly.

Very glad nobody was hurt.