Virginia gun rally: anti-fascist activists will not mount counter-protest

[nitpicker]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/19/virginia-gun-rally-anti-fascist-counter-protest

Virginia gun rally: anti-fascist activists will not mount counter-protest

Lois Beckett in Richmond, Virginia

Sun 19 Jan 2020 22.30 GMT Last modified on Sun 19 Jan 2020 22.32 GMT

Anti-fascist activists will not mount a counter-protest at a gun rights rally at Virginia’s state capitol on Monday that is expected to attract thousands, including white supremacists and anti-government militia groups.

Anti-fascists from Richmond and Charlottesville publicly advised supporters to avoid the rally altogether, citing serious safety concerns. Molly Conger, a journalist and activist, told the Guardian activists in Charlottesville had agreed to encourage supporters to stay away.

“There is no counter-demonstration planned for the 20 January convergence of armed militias on Virginia’s capitol,” Conger wrote on Twitter on Saturday. “Conditions [on] Monday will not be safe. This is not an outcome we can affect.”

Anti-fascist groups cited several reasons for their decision, including serious threats of violence, their own opposition to some gun control measures proposed by the Virginia government and concern for ordinary gun owners planning to attend the rally.
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[Kaiserguy]

1. Attemp at Mob rule

by the Right-wing coming soon to a place near you as we try to protect our children and others from gun violence by enacting common sense gun laws. God forbid that we inconvenience gun nuts in any way, after all their gun is more important than the life of a child. Of course Trump and his Ilk are busy doing what they always do spreading lies and trying to cause harm to those who oppose them and their hatefulness.

[Yonnie3]

2. Molly is there and observing

She is a neighbor of mine and she is tweeting at https://twitter.com/socialistdogmom

[dewsgirl]

4. Tell her to stay safe.

[dewsgirl]

3. There is an army of bots and trolls, furiously tweeting

about them at the moment.