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DC to Host ‘White Civil Rights’ Rally One Year After Charlottesville — Outside the White House

posted by janrinok on Sunday June 24 2018, @05:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the fetch-the-popcorn dept.

aristarchus writes:

From Raw Story

The National Park Service has approved an application for a year anniversary commemoration of Charlottesville's violent white supremacist rally to be held in Washington, DC.

DC's WUSA9 reported that NPS approved the application but has not yet issued permits for the rally set to be held at Lafayette Square, a seven-acre park just north of the White House. The event is to be organized by Jason Kessler, the organizer of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was hit and killed by an alleged white supremacist.

"This year we have a new purpose," Kessler said, discussing the upcoming rally. "That's to talk about the civil rights abuse that happened in Charlottesville, Virginia last year."

Kessler claimed it wasn't his fault that "that stuff happened," and said that in the months since the rally ostensibly intended to "defend" a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, "white civil rights" have taken a hit.

"We're not able to peacefully assemble. We're not able to speak," he told WUSA. "I keep telling people if your right to rally and your right to protest means that someone else's life might be in danger, then it is no longer free speech but it is hate speech."

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25 2018, @02:21AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 25 2018, @02:21AM (#697908)

    I wish every single one of those assholes would wake up black tomorrow, and gay for preference.

    And, I'd still be a better bitch than you.

  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by r_a_trip on Monday June 25 2018, @10:44AM (2 children)

    by r_a_trip (5276) on Monday June 25 2018, @10:44AM (#698065)

    *** And, I'd still be a better bitch than you. ***

    Would you? Would you flourish by having your skills, integrity and intelligence questioned by the mere color of your skin? Would you feel well having the adequacy of your feminitity or masculinity questioned by who you are attracted to?

    I can tell you from experience that being regarded as "them" is a bit tougher on the psyche than being "us" by default.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @12:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 26 2018, @12:05AM (#698463)

      Hey now, you should be more welcoming when one of these turds even sarcastically tries to put themselves in the other position! Do you know how rare that is?? Teachable moment amirite?

      j/k, that asshole is so tight I'm surprised they haven't died from toxic constipation.

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:13PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 26 2018, @01:13PM (#698722) Journal

      Would you? Would you flourish by having your skills, integrity and intelligence questioned by the mere color of your skin? Would you feel well having the adequacy of your feminitity or masculinity questioned by who you are attracted to?

      Of course not. But that's not the point. Society expectations aren't everything. Your mental outlook is important too. If you're looking for ready excuses to fail, you'll find them whether or not society helps you look.