Pop quiz

[sabotabby]

What’s more embarrassing:

1) a Kekistan flag, proving that you spend most of your time on porn message boards?
2) a Proud Boys flag, proclaiming that you never masturbate, and which is literally a giant cock?
3) being a cop with a Punisher water bottle that you quickly hide when CP24 cameras come around?

Discuss!

 
Misguided dude does not know what his new friends would do to him given the opportunity. 


These lovely gents, who, like, totally aren't fascists, started up a chant of, "You can't run, you can't hide, you get helicopter rides" when an ORNG helicopter passed overhead.


You do know that Trump would ban falafels, right? And then you would have nothing to eat.

Anyway, it was a fairly successful counter-demo, I guess. They showed up late (so much for the trains running on time) and we outnumbered them for most of the afternoon, until reinforcements arrived from Peterborough. The cops did their usual thing of protecting them. The fash here are basically pathetic and not very organized, and their most prominent members, like Sandra Solomon and Ronny Cameron, suffer from pretty serious untreated mental health issues. The Proud Boys are a bit more organized by virtue of being young and having a broader internet group to connect with, but they are bone stupid. I got into a discussion with one of them because I was dead curious to know if it was true that they didn't masturbate. Anyway! It is true. He claimed to have sex with his girlfriend, but since I am 99% sure said girlfriend is one of those anime body pillows, I don't think that counts.


These losers can't even get their own chants, other than the helicopter ride one and the now-standard "Build the wall!". They tended to shout things like, "Commie scum, off our streets!" Which doesn't work so well when you're outnumbered by people shouting, "Nazi scum, off our streets." It just adds volume to us.

It ultimately became a grudge match, with dwindling numbers on both sides just refusing to leave. We left last (or so I heard; I left to get a beer) so I guess victory to us? Yay?
 

Comments

[mme_hardy]

Yay.

[sabotabby]

I feel pretty dispirited that this is happening at all, tbh.

[mme_hardy]

I've been dispirited since January 28th. And worse. I'm just grateful for people who shout NO!"

[kore]

I misread that as "fashion" so for a minute when I clicked expand I was VERY CONFUSED.

You do know that Trump would ban falafels, right?

EVERYTHING BUT WONDER BREAD.

[sabotabby]

I was going to do a whole fashion post but I didn't get very good pictures and ran out of time. Spoiler: Their fashion sense is not very good.

I think white supremacists should be banned from eating tacos or falafels. Enjoy starving, assholes.

[radiantfracture]

Thanks for doing this.

[sabotabby]

I try.

[rdi]

I’d be inclined to call it a no-score draw myself…they did get to walk off around the corner of City Hall (behind a police line, natch) as opposed to being escorted out through the underground car park, so they’d probably claim they still got to march. OTOH they were basically pinned against the building all afternoon.

[sabotabby]

Anything other than a resounding and complete victory is a defeat for us. Their task—getting a foothold in the rich soil of liberal democracy—is easy and mostly accomplished.

On the plus side they are as shitty at organizing as Toronto leftists.

[angiereedgarner]

We had to do an actual campaign to get the Punisher logos off cop cars in one backass bit of my lovely state. I kind of thought it was truth in advertising though and better than some sort of serve-protect whatever.

http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/article134722264.html

[sabotabby]

I figure you can use it to identify the cops most likely to beat your ass.