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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe crowds have shown up in Boston
Red T Raccoon? @RedTRaccoon
The crowds have shown up in #Boston
We have the numbers, they don't!
This is a sea of #resistance against hate
And yes, we brought tubas!
Victoria Brownworth? @VABVOX 1m1 minute ago
Huge group of counter-protestors already assembled for
#BostonFreeSpeechRally.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/boston-rally-latest/index.html
Link to tweet
dalton99a
(81,834 posts)jalan48
(13,945 posts)MineralMan
(146,371 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)anything, is ridicule, isnt it.
They have that and much more in common.
Jim__
(14,110 posts)They've got to feel like prize jack-asses marching along to that; and there's nothing they can do about it.
blaze
(6,421 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,180 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,527 posts)But I see there were tuba players at today's protest so it's all good.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Anybody have a good live link?
dalton99a
(81,834 posts)PunkinPi
(4,883 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)But thanks anyway.
Donkees
(31,598 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts)So they can be identified
OnDoutside
(19,993 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,847 posts)blaze
(6,421 posts)DK504
(3,847 posts)Wonder if they know Ride of the Valkyries much less it' meaning. LOL
Brought a huge grin to my face.
fierywoman
(7,713 posts)...I'm surprised the tuba-ist resisted making fart noises.
Wounded Bear
(58,852 posts)jmbar2
(4,949 posts)Also recommended: John Williams "March of the Resistance" from Star Wars. Lots of good tuba
https://musescore.com/user/2191986/scores/2004886
Thank you Boston!
FlightRN
(194 posts)Kick
Stinky The Clown
(67,869 posts)Weekend Warrior
(1,301 posts)raven mad
(4,940 posts)4442.7 miles - but my heart is there!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)sheshe2
(84,214 posts)It was one of our songs after the marathon bombing, NY@ Boston...
KT2000
(20,626 posts)especially the tuba players. Those things are heavy!!
calimary
(81,711 posts)Now there's a way to make a statement!
And yes, tubas are pretty doggone heavy!
lunasun
(21,646 posts)AllaN01Bear
(19,166 posts)mercuryblues
(14,580 posts)after he got done laughing that is a sousaphone, not a tuba.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)along with republicans-foxTV cameramen to capture the violence.
beachjustice
(45 posts)I don't think it's worth giving them the satisfaction. Preparing for self-defense is obviously fine, but otherwise don't give in to provocation, because at this stage they need violence and feed off it. I'd bet nobody pays attention to a rally attended by 50 people, until fights start breaking out. I don't think the violence with counter-protesters deter ralliers. They use it to recruit, bill themselves as martyrs, achieve airtime. Morons will buy it, and morons also get the vote.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Maybe these counter protesters don't even like cake and prefer to come outside and pay some attention to what's happening in their neighborhood and be seen as against Nazis in person.
Buttercream or whipped and only so many different fillings to choose from .
beachjustice
(45 posts)I think the counter-protest is great and absolutely necessary; I've not yet been to where the rally is being held; I'm just hoping when the two groups meet, it stays peaceful.
calimary
(81,711 posts)She said "she saw 20 trump supporters" - TWENTY. Not twenty hundred. Not twenty thousand. TWENTY. Versus probably 20,000 or more counter protesters opposing the Nazi/white supremacy/racist gathering that had been scheduled. It was such a startling observation that anchor Alex Witt questioned the reporter directly - "I just wanted to double-check - you said 'TWENTY'?" And the reporter confirmed that.
Less than 200, Witt now says. Even so. She just repeated the exchange with she'd had before the commercial break - confirming that the Boston.com reporter did indeed say she saw "20 protesters" showing up to press their "free speech rights" to be fucking goddamn racists and Klanners - compared to the literal thousands of counter protesters on the side of The Light.
On edit - I just played that clip of the tuba player tailing a small ragtag group of Nazi jerks on their way to their "right to be assholes" protest. HILARIOUS!!! I was laughing out loud!
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,788 posts)Excellent.
SunSeeker
(51,936 posts)calimary
(81,711 posts)ffr
(22,689 posts)Go Tubas!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Look at their hunched backs, shoulders slumped, eyes down on the ground. It's brown note time!
sarge43
(28,947 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)Great job, Boston! Show them who we really are!
classykaren
(769 posts)Leith
(7,821 posts)In the second photo, it says
Skittles
(153,497 posts)*LOVE YOU FOLK*
33taw
(2,454 posts)I think the video is from another event. Or, is it from today?
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,131 posts)dubyadiprecession
(5,768 posts)Leave your "loser flags" at home. I'd set fire to those confederate battle flags in bean town.