Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast)

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patriot front is marching unopposed in West Virginia right now no police in sight. People really need to be asking why neo-Nazis are allowed to march with impunity while peaceful students protesting against genocide are being beaten, mercilessly and treated like a invading army.

Apr 27, 2024 at 16:05 UTC

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Jay @templinjay.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 04:48 UTC

Ooh! Ooh! I know this one!

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TasiAF @tasiaf.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:33 UTC

Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses Some of those that work forces Are the same that burn crosses

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aperfecttool72 @drunkenirishman.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 00:01 UTC

Flying the Confederate flag next to a bunch of American flags. Not the brightest bunch of losers. Obama was President longer than the Confederate states existed. Gay marriage has been legal for longer than the Confederate states existed. Fuck these idiots. We are better than them.

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Partyglouberman @partyglouberman.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:45 UTC

"SEND IN THE NATIONAL GUARD!!!!" - Fucking zero Republicans after calling for the same thing to deal with college kids that don't believe in violence

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CapnMarrrrk @capnmarrrrk.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:24 UTC

ACAN All Cops Abet Nazis

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:31 UTC

It is frustrating that the only way I can confirm this is on Reddit threads. I can't find any local news yet www.reddit.com/r/charleston...

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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Tokusatsu Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:34 UTC

In case it wasn't obvious, West Virginia is objectively worse than Florida. And this is a new black mark against it.

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vzeaul @vzeaul.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

I asked, and the answer is: ✨️ fascism ✨️

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area man (available in select 3D theaters as volume man) @professorbutts.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

they’re all in the march

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Liane Yvkoff @liane.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:49 UTC

I see they thought about masks. But did they think about aerial drones with cameras?

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Jay "Ceasefire" Parr @crankypacifist.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:55 UTC

Whaddya mean no police in sight, they're right there.

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Alan "the Truth shall make ye flee" J @n5iln.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:18 UTC

That's like asking where Hannah is while Miley's on stage.

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riwoche རི་བོ་ཆེ་ @riwoche.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:28 UTC

It does at times feel like three months before the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923

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Mary is Merry @mmchol.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:39 UTC

Another question: how many Patriot Front members are LEOs?

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Mister Stu @phorenzik.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:41 UTC

They're so proud to be racists that they're covering their faces, bless.

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@robertirving.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 21:19 UTC

Do they even know what happened to the SA brownshirts?

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Chip bitney @fragboner.bsky.social
[ View ] May 27, 2024 at 21:39 UTC

I could have them down in about 4 bursts from an mg42 so they can meet there fearless leaders bunch of tight ass Nazi fucks

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Varric's Chest Hair @varricschesthair.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:10 UTC

Isn’t that the police right there in their off duty uniforms?

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Yote goes boing @yotemcyoteface.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:27 UTC

Im sure there are plenty of cops there. Its just their day off, and they are going on a walk with some friends of theirs.

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🦞Lobstaman🦞 @lobstaman.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:41 UTC

Oh there are cops in that photo

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Carol Almeida 🇵🇸 @caroltypes.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:11 UTC

I'm sorry but I DO actually see the police, afterall they're the ones holding those flags.

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Jojje Åström O' Månsson @jojjecore.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:32 UTC

You wonder why the police isn't there? Well, they are, right in that picture

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Penguin, Kell of Tuxedos @ginge.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:40 UTC

There’s no police because that’s the entire staff of the Charleston Police Dept.

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ConsiderDegrowth @capitalismkills.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:45 UTC

Do they let you drive cars into protesters in WV? Just askin

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Streaming Wasteland @streamingwasteland.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 13:20 UTC

It's insane that we fought a war against the Nazis and yet let them walk in the streets like this.

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alan @a1anw.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:27 UTC

2024 ... America. WTF has this place descended into? The new world? The new hope? Give me a fucking break. Hand it back to the British, apologize for trying, and let them have another go at it

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Toast Conger @toastfloats.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

It's the uniforms right? The khaki and polo?

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@paulito.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:04 UTC

Half those guys are probably off duty cops…can’t arrest your fascist coworkers.

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Joe @70bpmhiccups.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:21 UTC

I'm sure there are plenty of cops in that photo, unfortunately.

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synthmage @synthmage.cloud
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 03:44 UTC

I doubt that anyone inclined to ask that question is going to be surprised to learn that the police, as a social and political entity, is sympathetic to neo-Nazis but not to liberation or anti-war protestors.

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TheLeatherMushroom @theleathermushroom.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:55 UTC

A belt for an M 249 LMG has 200 rounds and I think that would just about do the job.

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Ian Boudreau @iboudreau.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:14 UTC

The cops are definitely at this march, too

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Dr Like Dr Pepper is a Doctor Graeth @thebronzedragon.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:46 UTC

Because theyre actually all feds.

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Stiney @stiney.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:40 UTC

I can’t qwhite put my finger on it but I’m sure it will come to me.

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Self-deprecating ghost @soundwave187.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:54 UTC

Because they may have weapons & someone could get hurt.

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TheSoundOfChildrenScreamingHasBeenRemoved @malikdama.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:38 UTC

fascist government, fascist law enforcement. population is fascist minority. Not an effective democracy. We are at war, fascist can kill us but we aren't allowed to kill them.

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Indorfin @indorfin.bsky.social
[ View ] May 07, 2024 at 09:13 UTC

Police are never subtle about which side they’re on.

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MrsMNash @mrsmnash.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 01:11 UTC

Protesting students being called terrorists is beyond the pale.

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@airtonpereira.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:17 UTC

freedom of expression X freedom from oppression

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Queer Commie 🏳️‍🌈 ☭ @godlesscommie.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:36 UTC

Upholding white supremacy is never challenged because it doesn't threaten the power of the oligarchy

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Ruth Nineke @ruthnineke.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

we already know why

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eyebrows mulligan @fripperskitter.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:59 UTC

oh damn the olive garden assistant managers convention

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Meg 🌺 @megnc.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:33 UTC

They’re all covering their faces like the fucking cowards they are.

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En Buen Ora @enbuenora.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

any moment now surely the league of offended gentlemen will show up to denounce the horrors of open antisemites marching in public

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Sage 🏳️‍⚧️ @trans.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:46 UTC

not surprised there aren’t any cops countering the patriot front nazis, they probably all have the day off so they can march with them.

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Starlit_Stella @starlilstella.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 21:04 UTC

FFS. Fight back.stop rolling over.

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ₚᴀɴᴺᴼᴺɪᴄₐ @acinonnap.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

cops are on the nazi arc, from wannabe to full-fash

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Theobius @theobius.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:04 UTC

Thomas Rousseau of Patriot Front leads Patriot Front white supremacists marching through Charleston, West Virginia

Patriot Front members tend to be suspected of and convicted for child sex crimes
web-origin-1.vice.com/en_asia/arti...

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Ely Rabani #GazaCeasefireNow @radsci.bsky.social
[ View ] May 01, 2024 at 05:12 UTC

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bdonnelly @bdonnelly.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:05 UTC

Venn diagram of these guys and people who tried to overthrow US Govt: Overlapping Venn diagram of student protestors against Israeli genocide in Gaza and people who attempted to overthrow US Govt: Two separate circles US Police Forces? Deployed against second group in force. ‘Nuf said

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Carpinche @claiborne.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:33 UTC

Look, you've got a point more broadly, but as I'm sure you know, Patriot Front is very specifically known for its tactic of showing up and marching unannounced, intentionally designed not to give the police time to react.

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Paula Shaw St. James 🟦 @paula72.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

Despicable

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Mr. Chubchu 🌹 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇹🇼 @mrchubchu.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:19 UTC

Oh, there's police in sight alright 🥴

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Just a typical mob... @typicalmob.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

That's just about white. Some of those who work forces...

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EssayWells @essaywells.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:21 UTC

Riot police aren't available for duty because they all took leave, they wanted to go to a parade.

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Topia @topiaarts.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 22:54 UTC

A runaway Cybertruck could do something absolutely fucking hilarious there.

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Spike -X @spike-x.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 09:46 UTC

We know why.

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Peter Flynn @docum3nt.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 22:12 UTC

Because the police are themselves neo-Nazis. Simples!

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Rob Pierce @robpierce2verbs.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

But we know the answers. They're sick and sad answers, but that's the government we need to deal with.

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I'm James, I cook. @jdhattin.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

The commonality in both of them is antisemitism.

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Iysha @iamiysha.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

Let’s not pretend that there aren’t cops in attendance

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Warhammerchick @celticdragon1.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

Some that work forces.....

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Bridget Copley PhD @moppety.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:24 UTC

khakis seem to be the preferred uniform in so many of these groups, maybe we should call them brownpants

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Stacey @staceyann.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:07 UTC

We don't really need to ask that. We know why.

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The Almighty Tallest @spooknine.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

Street looks kinda empty apart from them. If Nazis march down the street and nobody notices, feels like it's the Nazis who lose most.

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Paul Taylor @pablowapsi.com
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 22:42 UTC

What that scene needs is molotovs from the rooftops.

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MGTOW4Me @lestersuggs.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

To answer your question, American Colleges are profit centers owned by a long line of old money. No one gives a pinch of monkey shit who walks anywhere in WV.

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KL @angaeilgeoir.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:22 UTC

Oh, I suspect some police are there.

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Gavin Blair @therealmrsweary.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:30 UTC

Cops don't like beating up fascists because it leads to awkward dinner table conversations, like "Johnny, why would you pepper-spray your own brother like that?"

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Stabbity Style @stabbitystyle.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:31 UTC

Man, Nazis really love khakis.

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Lebanon Link 🌎 ✨ ❤ @lebanonlink.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:10 UTC

You never see Neo Nazis and cops at the same place at the same time for the same reason as Clark Kent and Superman.

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emo [bi flag] @emotrash.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:54 UTC

Remember: One side has to cover their faces. One side doesn't.

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Major Danger ⚠️ @majordanger.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:41 UTC

To answer the question very seriously/literally: the Nazis may have had a permit or otherwise weren’t breaking any laws with a march. The students were setting up illegal encampments with no plans to disperse, despite being asked to.

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Whistling Batter @whistlingbatter.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

that flag should have been outlawed in the USA on April 15th 1865, like the Nazi flag was by late 1945

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Dan Sandler @danielsand.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:11 UTC

TBF, there are at least two dozen cops in that photo.

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Eli D @eli.pizza
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

They want a reaction. I’m not sure ignoring them is wrong.

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Kevo @psgamer92.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

I was asking that with the BLM marches after Charlottesville where it took a woman being ran over to get a state of emergency even though the Nazis were violent the night before.

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David Clarke @davidclarke76.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:40 UTC

Look at their lil Costco uniforms. I bet their moms are going to take them out for ice cream later.

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Kai @kaikronfield.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:34 UTC

Live look-in at Elise Stefanik:

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Panteras Rosas @panterasrosas.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:54 UTC

Curiosamente, durante el mandato de Biden, EUA parece igual de fascista que cuando Trump.

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

Not very proud boys

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@mozzanddip.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 28, 2024 at 00:46 UTC

It's backwards logic

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 16:48 UTC

another image from the march from a different angle. Also important to note that their leader, who is marching with them had to get an OK from a judge to do this as he is currently out on bond for a similar March where he did crimes.

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Patty Quinn @pattyq.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 23:53 UTC

😡

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@jpshipley.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:07 UTC

what are you talking about? I see tons of cops in that picture

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The Georg @thegeorg.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:16 UTC

It's because these marchers may also be off duty cops.

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Marc Reeve @cmraman.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:17 UTC

Some of those who work forces…

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Diana the Gaming Gamer Who Games. USE ALT TEXT. (She/her) @diana2112gaming.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 20:11 UTC

Because those who work forces are the same that burn crosses.

RATM knew way back then.

#ACAB

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From Lichen Glen @lichenglen.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 21:13 UTC

... they can't march and be on duty at the same time ...

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Julia S. @booktweeting.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 17:29 UTC

the whole entire point of West Virginia was “fuck the Confederacy” so it’s disgusting to see that flag marching down the streets of its capital

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Kevin Kretsch @drkevguitar.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 18:02 UTC

For who may not have heard of Patriot Front before…

www.adl.org/resources/ba...

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Cameron McCartney @camyoureyes.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

It's really handy they line up like that all unprotected by the police.

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Helen Lawson she/they @helenlawson2007.bsky.social
[ View ] Apr 27, 2024 at 21:17 UTC

Lets call them what they are... These are modern day Brown Shirt Nazis doing the dirty work for their politician friends who can't get their hands dirty.

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