Boston march against hate speech avoids Charlottesville chaos

A sincere "Thank you for your patriotism" to the Bostonian counter-protestors who turned out today to tell Bannon's alt.right that real Americans are sick and tired of the alt.right's hate, prejudice and stupidity.

Allow free speech, but let the neo-nazis know they are not welcome nor are their messages of hate. If ultra-rightists want to continue to try to intimidate, marching with their handguns on their belts, carrying assault weapons in 'come and take it' rallies, expect pushback. The majority of Americans oppose neo-nazis, oppose political and religious extremists of all sorts. Hopefully those who peacefully resist extremists will prevail.

lots of people with lots of time on their hands.

No violence. That's the worst possible outcome for the Right.

No violence. That's the worst possible outcome for the Right.

Superlib, don't you think this sort of devisive rhetoric contributes to the toxic political climate in America? Surely, violence is the worst possible outcome for all Americans regardless of whether they lean to the right on some issues and to the left on others?

lots of people with lots of time on their hands.

It's Saturday

People sacrifice some time of their day to do something they believe in is better than just sitting in front of the computer and just letting the world pass by

A sincere "Thank you for your patriotism" to the Bostonian counter-protestors who turned out today to tell Bannon's alt.right that real Americans are sick and tired of the alt.right's hate, prejudice and stupidity.

I think that goes as well for the Alt Left as well. You have extremes on both sides, but the Alt Left hide under this shroud deception of being a voice for diversity and tolerance which could be nothing further from the truth and all hate speech on either side should be condemned.

No violence. That's the worst possible outcome for the Right.

What? Ahhh...Liberals and their smell of green. ROFL

Confederate monument removal is politically convenient for someone but it is not a national issue. Neo nazis are already on the outside of the outside of society -- mostly a prison phenomenon actually, same with the KKK which is probably only around 10,000 or so strong. Not surprising the rally was so short.

Fine and all.

What do we do when they show up with their guns and their torches?

Attention Alt Left followers: Please understand this important difference. fascists and violence are not accepted no matter what.

Confederate monument removal is politically convenient for someone but it is not a national issue. Neo nazis are already on the outside of the outside of society -- mostly a prison phenomenon actually, same with the KKK which is probably only around 10,000 or so strong. Not surprising the rally was so short.

Pretty much, they represent overall a very small minority of extreme far right idiots on the fringe side, they've always been there, the media are giving these moonbats too much publicity and idiots like Duke and Taylor are once again coming out of the basement and enjoying the spotlight and they were best when they were in their basement on their computers talking to their small posse. Ignore them and they'll go away eventually.

No doubt about it. Boston was an acute failure for the thugs in antifa and blm.

They didn't get their wished for violence and the conservative speakers exercised their free speech right.

A beautiful day all around.

then your life is over no matter what. You are marked for life and you deserve it.

Violence goes both ways, the left seems to selectively forget that as vile as both sides are, showing up to someone's house, job or school and harassing them is opening up Pandora's box and has the serious potential to turn out very badly for either side.

Very interesting. Protest free speech. Sounds like hot ice. Sounds like a bunch of confused people to me. You can't stop someone from hating, as much as you think you can shout them down, that will probably only encourage them. A bunch of children really.

What is clearly apparent is, the large media networks orchestrated these sentiments. EXAMPLE, I go to the gym, a nice Black man hands me a towel and greets me, I friendly White man shows me how to use a piece of equipment, a thoughtful Asian woman reminds me I left my phone on the bench, I go for a coffee after and a generous Latina gives me an extra shot in my coffee. See! No Problem! This divide and conquer tactic is purely born on the internet and pushed by big media in order for everyone to give up freedoms. I hope everyone stops being duped! Perhaps the result of living lives on Facebook, Twitter and staring at smartphones.

stocktrader - nice sentiments and I agree, but asking the perpetually outraged to think rationally is a plea falling on deaf ears.

Excellent job by the protesters to drown out the racist fools. Keep the action going nationwide!

Hillary won the popular vote, Trump won the Electoral vote and Putin won the election. No one is enjoying this sideshow of American divisiveness more than Vladimir Putin. The riots, the plummeting polls of our titular POTUS, the firings, the resignations, the defections and all in between. Question: do we even have a government at this time?  

Trump is a despicable miscreant with no moral compass, class, character, knowledge or empathy. Normal people love people and use things. Narcissists use people and love things. All of those who promoted and stood by him in the campaign are history. They were no longer useful. Why would Trump risk alienating the right wing fascists of his base who still shower him with all 35% of their collective adulation? That's who we have in charge right now. He will only support those who agree, kow-tow and applaud. Nobody else.

Hillary won the popular vote, Trump won the Electoral vote and Putin won the election.

Are we still talking about this? Get over it. This is why the left can never achieve any future realistic goals and as long as they drone about what could've, would've or should've happened. They will continue to be joke of a party.

No one is enjoying this sideshow of American divisiveness more than Vladimir Putin. The riots, the plummeting polls of our titular POTUS, the firings, the resignations, the defections and all in between.

The out of control media with their leftist agenda, the anarchists, the fascists.

Question: do we even have a government at this time?

Good question.

the right wing fascists of his base who still shower him with all 35% of their collective adulation

Actually, Trump's approval numbers have gone up. As of 8/17 they were at 38%.

So let's see.... there are around 220 million eligible voters in the US, 38% of 220 million is 83.6 million.

Are you saying that almost 4 out of 10 Americans, all 80 something million of them are "right wing fascist"?

Really?

On Saturday, Trump on Twitter praised the Boston protesters.

Oh dear, why did Trump praise these Marxists for shutting down free speech?

Protesters surrounded people leaving the rally, shouting"shame" and "go home" and occasionally throwing plastic water bottles.

Glad that they dropped their habit of throwing rocks, urine, and feces.

I feel like the Virginia incident was carefully orchestrated by the deep state; I'm glad they allowed the Boston police to do their job this time.

We should feel thankful that no right wing terrorists murdered anyone, unlike last week.

Right on!

Peace.

Yet the "peaceful" protestors still managed to throw their rocks and plastic bottles of urine at the police.

blacklabel: Yet the "peaceful" protestors still managed to throw their rocks and plastic bottles of urine at the police.

So at this rally there were rocks and urine, but just to be clear here, none of the protesters got into their car and mowed down a couple of dozen people, right?

We should feel thankful that no right wing terrorists murdered anyone, unlike last week

...or like a left wing terrorist shooting and almost killing a Republican congressman.

So at this rally there were rocks and urine, but just to be clear here, none of the protesters got into their car and mowed down a couple of dozen people, right.

So basically, getting hit with toxic bodily fluids is really nothing to worry about. Wow, just wow!

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to protest a "free speech" rally featuring far-right speakers

The leftwing liberals feel only THEY have the right to have freedom of speech.  Any attempts to restrict that "free speech" is denounced as racism.  But THEY have no issues restricting the freedom of speech to anyone who disagrees with them. 

Then there's the leftwing sympathizing media who conveniently leaves out both sides of the issues and only presents the liberal positions.

No, but I know the left and their details when it comes to focusing selectively on one issue. Multitasking isn't one of their strong points and no one is trying to equate the two, you can't, we know, but you have to acknowledge that the tactics the left use, the violent and physical tactics should never accepted, ever!

Notice I used the word "people", not left, liberal, right or any other word to define political affiliation. PEOPLE have had enough. The violence comes from both sides yes but people of all sides have had enough. Quit trying to divide it into a left/right thing and look where it's coming from. If it was Obama's administration in power at the time of the Charlottesville incident you would rightfully be angry with a response from Obama like one which Trump gave. But it wasn't Obama, it was Trump, and you are trying to deny people those same rightful feelings of anger.

but just to be clear here, none of the protesters got into their car and mowed down a couple of dozen people, right?

Yeah, you're right. This time the police did their job and nobody's car got pelted, so nobody behind the wheel freaked out.

Notice I used the word "people", not left, liberal, right or any other word to define political affiliation. PEOPLE have had enough. The violence comes from both sides yes but people of all sides have had enough

i was waiting to hear exactly that!

Thank you, now we're on the same page.

Urine is normally nontoxic. Therefore, it's not really appropriate to call it a toxic body fluid.

It can be. There are so many ways you could turn it into a lethal weapon.

Most sane people would agree, but for some reason, you want to argue the frigging toss with that.

Seems like you want to argue and make excuses. I was just merely pointing out a fact. Can you please be as equally critical to the libs that take things perhaps the wrong way?

We're not on the same page. If we were on the same page you wouldn't have disregarded the rest of what I said. You also wouldn't have brought up "the libs" in response to wipeout.

A growing number of U.S. political leaders have called for the removal of statues honoring the Confederacy, with civil rights activists charging that they promote racism. Advocates of the statues contend they are a reminder of their heritage.

Our 'political leaders' notwithstanding, the public at large disagrees.

For example, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds that even a survey sample that gives Trump his standard lousy approval rating overwhelmingly agrees with the President that statues of confederate leaders should not be torn down. Even a plurality of African-Americans agrees that the statues should remain in place as symbols of our history, which suggest that people think that some of the confederate statues should come down, but in a deliberative democratic process, rather than by an angry mob.

Polls aren't by reliable. Just look at the election.

Next?

Cant appease these mindless savages. A bust of ABRAHAM LINCOLN was defaced in Chicago of all places just a few days ago.

The left are as stupid as they are violent.

The left are as stupid as they are violent.

And we have another. Well hey... It was a right winger who drove the car in Charlottesville - violent. The right wingers support Trump - stupid. Sadly I have to admit I align slightly to the right but comments like yours are ridiculous.

bass: ...or like a left wing terrorist shooting and almost killing a Republican congressman.

But was there any urine thrown at the game? That's really what we need to be asking ourselves.

Yeah somehow the left was as equally peaceful as the right despite the right not throwing and rocks or bottles of urine at police. Just more unequal "equality".

also the people from the right were protesting for free speech. So that means the counter protestors had to be protesting AGAINST free speech. Well at least for the free speech they don't like.

All that plus the CNN article where Antifa not only didn't denounce violence they encourage it.