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In reply to the discussion: As a gray-haired white man with some familiarity with firearms, today's gathering in Richmond, [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)99. The right wing IS crowing that.
But it's also disingenuous because 99% of the time, they couldn't give a shit less about minorities. Just on this one issue, the optics of minorities participating benefits them. Basically they're using them to control the optics.
So, yes, there were minorities there. But to your point, maybe not statistically relevant numbers. I can't tell, because nobody I trust to be objective has in any useful way captured that data.
There are certainly photos circulating of diverse members of the protest, but what's relevant? A hundred unique individuals? 500? I don't know. (I have not seen as many as 100 distinct individuals, in what I have seen and what has crossed my facebook feed.)
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As a gray-haired white man with some familiarity with firearms, today's gathering in Richmond, [View all]
Atticus
Jan 2020
OP
Klan/Nazi/3%er rallies on this day may not be violence/intimidation to gunners, but it is to me and
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#35
I saw very little representation of the people you BELIEVE to be behind this there.
SQUEE
Jan 2020
#41
Didn't see any of those you listed, although I wasn't there protesting on MLK with a bunch of white
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#46
A simple question: who is asking you to "disarm"? You don't need a 50 cal. Barrett or
Atticus
Jan 2020
#94
It was Lobby Day...set by the State of Virgina....MLK happened to be the same day.
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#101
No one made the losers show up with their racist, gun-stroking BS. It was not mandatory.
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#104
The 10 white wingers behind them are likely racists, just waiting for a reason to shoot.
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#108
Tryin' way too hard dude....you have no clue what the people behind think.
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#111
No, that man and other 4 like him yesterday are telling white wing gun-humpers to screw themselves.
Hoyt
Jan 2020
#117
I think its worse than that - one group of PoC being interviewed had MAGA hats...all is lost!
jmg257
Jan 2020
#118
I do not....I mistakenly thought VCDL organised on a day set by the state of Va.
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#113
Perhaps you missed the numerous reports of arrests of people who planned
Haggis for Breakfast
Jan 2020
#43
Weren't those dirtbags arrested out of state...and 1 was a Canadian(yes)
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#106
Really..."They should have been arrested, but since they are white, they get a pass."
AncientGeezer
Jan 2020
#122
I saw lots of LEOs, including a few uniformed idiots who joined the gun fetishists. nt
Atticus
Jan 2020
#77
Self-defense, to the point of killing aggressors, is a legitimate reason to own a gun.
aikoaiko
Jan 2020
#10
Gee, I guess you are right. The constitution doesn't even mention the word "militia", does it?
Atticus
Jan 2020
#48
A "Well regulated militia" was needed to round up runaway slaves. No other purpose at the time...
AZ8theist
Jan 2020
#54
Protesting laws that you don't like with firearms says a lot about their belief in the Constitution.
Eko
Jan 2020
#30
That is Michael Moore's head photoshopped onto some overweight 'tacticool' guy.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#71
Ignore all you want. That is Michael Moore's head. You are peddling a right wing meme in your glee
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#73
if they want to play military personnel, then let there be a draft and let these people get
AllaN01Bear
Jan 2020
#45
So what proportion do you think they made up? I sure didn't see any on the news ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#84
So these "protester" were a bunch of marginal hayseeds? They really don't represent the majority ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#87
Everybody deserves a right to say, but not everything a marginal group (gun owners) ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#93
You had me until "RW media". I think the coverage of this was too low key but was ...
marble falls
Jan 2020
#97
Conservative leaning news made a point to showcase a variety of minorities at the rally.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#95
A show case of a hand full in a crowd of 15,000+ people who look exactly like me.
marble falls
Jan 2020
#98
I would say, from what I saw, the crowd was overwhelmingly white and male.
AtheistCrusader
Jan 2020
#100