And once again...they fall for a hoax

[WillowTree]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

The difference is that no harm was done here, because the Right showed up and there was nothing going on, adn that was the end of it.


Compare that to the frauds from the left that gin up hate that eventually leads to violence. As intended.

No harm was done because only one side believed the scam. Again.

so Minneapolis, Atlanta, l.a. were all hoaxes?

 

[progressive hunter]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

I guess the idea of preparing for the worst while hoping for the best never entered your mind,,,

based on the past month they had good reason to be prepared for it to happen,,,

 

[Mac-7]

Indeed. And there is and should be no law against it.

I may remind you of that someday

 

[Coyote]

No harm was done because only one side believed the scam. Again.

Wow! Your brilliance is exceeded only by the fact that you know all these things only after the fact!
So impressive.

I guess the enlightened folks on the left get their jollies by sending out false alerts which patriot groups react to.
What a constructive use of their energies and time. Crying wolf sounds like the summit of you folk's usefulness.

You would think you nuts would have figured it out after the first hoax that resulted in a militia member shooting himself in the leg.

 

[Coyote]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

I guess the idea of preparing for the worst while hoping for the best never entered your mind,,,

based on the past month they had good reason to be prepared for it to happen,,,

And what where they going to do if such an event DID happen?

 

[Mac-7]

so Minneapolis, Atlanta, l.a. we’re all hoaxes?

Never happened

it was just fake news conjured up by Fox

 

[Erinwltr]

I am against burning the American flag. I don't like it one bit... but it is a freedom of speech & expression

Doesent that apply to the Confederate flag also?

Fuck no. The confederacy was not America and that flag is the flag of a foreign enemy defeated by the United States.

Said the academic too stupid to understand he just validated the legality of the Secession.

Um no. proof read your comment. Might want to pick up a few history books along the way while you are at it.

 

[Coyote]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

The difference is that no harm was done here, because the Right showed up and there was nothing going on, adn that was the end of it.


Compare that to the frauds from the left that gin up hate that eventually leads to violence. As intended.

No harm was done because only one side believed the scam. Again.

so Minneapolis, Atlanta, l.a. we’re all hoaxes?

This is Gettysburg. Try to keep up.

 

[Coyote]

Indeed. And there is and should be no law against it.

I may remind you of that someday

You are welcome to. I oppose any law banning people to fly whatever flag they want.

 

[Erinwltr]

Out of curiosity, did you actually read the entire article? It is interesting and exposes the fakery behind it.

It's behind a pay wall and nothing in this fucking world would get me to contribute to the Communist pile of shit anti-American little Goebbels, the filthy demagogues of the vile hate publication of WaPo.

Turn off an ad blocker? Not a fucking chance, it would allow these vermin to monetize.

That really helps.

 

[Lewdog]

You can fly the confederate flag all you want.

And you have no right to burn it unless its your flag

Strawman. I never said otherwise. It's no different than any other vandalism of someone else's property. You are just trying to throw shit and hope something sticks to the wall at this point.

 

[Uncensored2008]

The point isn’t Dem or Pub. Believe it or not there is a world beyond two political parties.

You have someone exploiting divisions in such a skillful way, he gets an entire group to go to a fake meet up.

When will this tactic actually work and lead to unintended violence beyond shooting oneself in the leg?

democrats are waging war to destroy America. The BLM Klan and the ANTIFA Brown Shirts are just the terrorist shock troops of the treasonous democrat party.

Was this trolling on Fascistbook or did the democrats realize they were out manned and out gunned?

Who cares? What's the point?

 

[progressive hunter]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

I guess the idea of preparing for the worst while hoping for the best never entered your mind,,,

based on the past month they had good reason to be prepared for it to happen,,,

And what where they going to do if such an event DID happen?

their job,,,

 

[OnePercenter]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

The difference is that no harm was done here, because the Right showed up and there was nothing going on, adn that was the end of it.


Compare that to the frauds from the left that gin up hate that eventually leads to violence. As intended.

The "right showed up?" Translates to the KKK.

 

[Norman]

Maybe he is just a very clever troll....this part is sort of funny. They fell for the same hoax three years ago.

A Facebook page called Central PA Antifa quickly denounced the event as fake, likening it to a hoax in Gettysburg three years ago.​

​

In 2017, rumors of an antifa event at the national park prompted a large group of armed militia members to show up. They encountered no one from antifa, but one of the armed militia members accidentally shot himself in the leg with a revolver.​

But wait... Antifa was not supposed to exist?

I don’t know who claimed that, but you have been misinformed.

The media that you consistently whore to told me that.

 

[deannalw]

I am against burning the American flag. I don't like it one bit... but it is a freedom of speech & expression

Doesent that apply to the Confederate flag also?

Fuck no. The confederacy was not America and that flag is the flag of a foreign enemy defeated by the United States.

It doesn't matter what you think it stands for.

If I am allowed to burn my American flag because I have the right to free speech, I also have the right to fly my Confederate flag with that exact same freedom of speech.

You can't cherry pick and make exceptions for what you don't like.

We either have true freedom of speech or we don't.

 

[deannalw]

At least this time, I hope they took walk around the battlefield and actually learned some history.

But what is worrisome is that anonymous people seem intent on creating and provoking potentially lethal confrontations among groups and exploiting if not widening divisions.

who are these people?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PA. — For weeks, a mysterious figure on social media talked up plans for antifa protesters to converge on this historical site on Independence Day to burn American flags, an event that seemed at times to border on the farcical.

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”


As word spread, self-proclaimed militias, bikers, skinheads and far-right groups from outside the state issued a call to action, pledging in online videos and posts to come to Gettysburg to protect the Civil War monuments and the nation’s flag from desecration. Some said they would bring firearms and use force if necessary.

On Saturday afternoon, in the hours before the flag burning was to start, they flooded in by the hundreds — heavily armed and unaware, it seemed, that the mysterious Internet poster was not who the person claimed to be.

The episode at Gettysburg is a stark illustration of how shadowy figures on social media have stoked fears about the protests against racial injustice and excessive police force that have swept across the nation since the death of George Floyd in police custody on May 25.

Armed vigilantes lined the streets of small Idaho towns last month after false claims circulated online about antifa, a loose collection of activists who oppose fascism and have sometimes embraced property damage and violent protest in recent years. Similar hoaxes have befallen towns in New Jersey, South Dakota and Michigan in recent weeks.

The difference is that no harm was done here, because the Right showed up and there was nothing going on, adn that was the end of it.


Compare that to the frauds from the left that gin up hate that eventually leads to violence. As intended.

The "right showed up?" Translates to the KKK.

Prove it, liar.

 

[IM2]

The confederacy was not America and that flag is the flag of a foreign enemy defeated by the United States.

You are wrong again

the Confederates were Americans

Lincoln said so

The confederates seceded from the Union, formed their own nation and wrote their own constitution. Furthermore the confederate flag is not the original confederate flag. The confederacy was not America.

 

[IM2]

I am against burning the American flag. I don't like it one bit... but it is a freedom of speech & expression

Doesent that apply to the Confederate flag also?

Fuck no. The confederacy was not America and that flag is the flag of a foreign enemy defeated by the United States.

It doesn't matter what you think it stands for.

If I am allowed to burn my American flag because I have the right to free speech, I also have the right to fly my Confederate flag with that exact same freedom of speech.

You can't cherry pick and make exceptions for what you don't like.

We either have true freedom of speech or we don't.

It does matter.

How about I decide to fly the ISIS flag? You down with that? The Russian flag? You down with that?

 

[task0778]

“Let’s get together and burn flags in protest of thugs and animals in blue,” the anonymous person behind a Facebook page called Left Behind USA wrote in mid-June. There would be antifa face paint, the person wrote, and organizers would “be giving away free small flags to children to safely throw into the fire.”

"No harm was done because only one side believed the scam. Again."

Maybe Antifa has earned a reputation for violence and rioting, such that a perceived Antifa threat ought to be taken seriously. There are people who've had enough of their shit and believe force should be met with force. Which isn't right either, I wonder if we are headed for some violent confrontations this summer.

Does it bother you at all that left-wing violence is credible? It should. Congratulations, neo-nazism is now a left-wing meme.
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