Libertarian Marxists Arrested in Georgia

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Libertarian Marxists Arrested in Georgia

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/militarized- ... 04259.html

They were arrested for being masked, by the way.

That said, residents don't care for either side and weren't thrilled being at the center of the protest and counterprotests:

Jeff Nelms, a Newnan resident who works as a millwright, went to a friend’s gun shop Saturday to make sure no one vandalized the store during the day’s chaos. He called both the neo-Nazis and the anti-fascists “scum.”


Julio Gilgorri, 26, who has lived in Newnan for five years, had a different take on the anti-fascists arriving to drown out the neo-Nazis. Gilgorri was among hundreds of residents who attended a festival in the city square on Friday night, at which local businesses, churches and charities handed out #NewnanStrong T-shirts. Children drew chalk hearts and rainbows on the sidewalks, while adults wrote messages like “Nazis suck.”

“Newnan has taken me in as a Hispanic American and someone who’s looking for a new home. I felt accepted since the moment I stepped foot here,” Gilgorri said. “If we shut up and stay quiet and allow these guys to rally without any opposition, my opportunity might not happen for other people down the line.”


I know Southerners get the bad rap of being racists and whatnot, but it's nice to see how they really are come through on a HuffPo report.

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Re: Libertarian Marxists Arrested in Georgia

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Politics turning into Halloween for "grown ups". Masks, costumes, parades. Dumfukkery Amurican style. :wink:
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Excuse me, but what the hell is a libertarian Marxist? Is that like being an Objectivist Trotskyite?
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Re: Libertarian Marxists Arrested in Georgia

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MeDotOrg wrote:Excuse me, but what the hell is a libertarian Marxist? Is that like being an Objectivist Trotskyite?

I've noticed some people just like to put certain label words together to sound like they're talking about an established thing. I suspect they do this in order to hide the fact that they really have no idea what they're talking about.
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I can understand the impulse of the counter-protesters, but I wish they would just leave the neo-Nazis alone. If we ignore them, then there's no story. Seriously. The article says there were about 30 neo-Nazis there.

Fewer than 30 NSM members, along with a small contingent of the white supremacist group League of the South, showed up for the event.


If the counter-protesters and media just ignored them, then it would have been 30 racists standing in the sun for a few hours. But now it's national news to the point that I'm hearing about it only because of the arrests and indignation of the counter-protesters and amplification by the media.

Just ignore them as long as they behave, and if they step out of line, come down on them like a bag on anvils.
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but I wish they would just leave the neo-Nazis alone. If we ignore them, then there's no story.


That would require the left to take personal responsibility for controlling their own impulses. That's not even something they really believe in nor could they do it if they did.
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