Hundreds jeer neo-Nazis at Wis. rally

[struggle4progress]

TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. - Hundreds of people jeered and taunted a group of neo-Nazis who rallied against immigration policy and the Iraq war Saturday on the steps of the state Capitol.

Police estimated about 800 people showed up to counter the Minneapolis-based National Socialist Movement's speakers, but a brief rainstorm thinned the crowd.

Police said 64 neo-Nazis lined the Capitol steps.

Officers closed off the streets around the Capitol and built three fences to keep the crowd dozens of yards from the neo-Nazis. About 300 officers, many in riot gear, stood outside the Capitol ... http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/15370379.htm

[bluestateguy]

1. Illinois Nazis?

nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Minnesota Nazis, actually. Ya, shure.

[krispos42]

6. Oh, yah, you betcha!

We'll have them over for some hotdish and a pop, don't ya know?

Then we'll go to the State Fair, feed'em some food on a stick, then toss their asses in the Mississippi River and let the seagulls eat'em.

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Yah sure. Dat way ya do two tings at once. Ya git redda da

Nazis an ya git ridda da food on a stick.

Oh, yah, I meant ta mention if ya didden know, alla dem seagulls come down from Dloot an Speeryur when they closed da dumps alongsida da lake.

[krispos42]

10. LMAO

You do that so much better than I do! I'm really a damnyankee from between Boston and New York so I don't have any distinctive accent that I know of :-(

Well, I drink soda, eat casserole, put my groceries in a bag, and drive on a route, if that helps any. :-)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Yah, damnyankee.

If you were from Minnesota you'd drink pop and eat hotdish.

[DemonFighterLives]

26. I never knew we had such a contingent

There should be laws against exporting terrorism, oh wait.

I'm ashamed of our "" enlightened"" state.

Sorry Wisconney, can you please take care of our light work?
:dem:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

28. Did Michelle Bachmann make an appearance?

Meow...

[krispos42]

5. I hate Illinois Nazi... n/t

[grytpype]

7. They can't stop us. We're on a mission from God.

[krispos42]

11. 1060 West Addison Avenue, Chicago, Illinois n/t

[PhilYerHead]

19. I Hate Illinois Nazis!

[Greeby]

3. Here's a prominent Wisconsin Nazi

:eyes:

[Mz Pip]

4. Good

As much as I hate the fact that these guys can actually march around spewing their hate, at least when they do they are confronted with much larger numbers to counter their crap. And that is a good thing.

Driving these people underground (and I could go for that if it were permanent) doesn't give people the opportunity to see the fact that these people do exist in their communities. Ignorance is not bliss when it come to Nazis.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[rodeodance]

8. I went to watch a while. Too many police--it got played up too much.

http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/index.php?ntid=96468

Nazi rally sparks huge protest
By Pat Schneider

Nazi rally sparks huge protest
AP Photo/ Morry Gash
A member of the National Socialist Movement gestures to protesters during a Nazi rally Saturday at the Capitol.
A crowd of counter-demonstrators estimated at 800
drowned out two hours of speeches by a neo-Nazi group
on the stairs of the State Capitol today, but remained peaceful.

A corps of 300 officers from Capitol, Madison and University police and the State Patrol made only five arrests, Capitol Police Chief David Heinle said in a news conference after the rally.

"We consider this day a success," Heinle said, noting that the rally by the National Socialist Movement was kept within its planned 2-4 p.m. time slot.

Four arrests were for disorderly conduct, and one for resisting arrest, Heinle said. No injuries were reported. Heinle ordered the Capitol Building closed at 3 p.m., he said, because of concerns over rowdy behavior by Anti-Racist Action.

Sixty-four members of the neo-Nazi group stood at the top of the Capitol steps at State Street, separated from counterdemonstrators by a ring of mounted police and state troopers in riot gear and a double row of fencing.

[mefoolonhill]

12. nazis

Next time the Nazis hold a rally, I'd like to see a crowd of 800 moon the creeps.

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. 64 Neo-Nazis and 800 cops?

LOL. They must have had more cops then port-o-potties this time. LOL.

[951-Riverside]

16. 300 :D

In another picture posted in another thread atleast one officer appeared to have an AK-47

[rodeodance]

23. the police dept overdid it.

[ShockediSay]

14. jeer them, ridicule them, moon them; they whould have their freedom

of speech as we should have ours

that's freedom

[951-Riverside]

15. Funny how the same "freedom of speech" doesn't apply to everyone

For example if someone here wants to openly associate with groups like Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda or HAMAS they will be jailed, kicked out of the country and tortured, same goes for a "radical" muslim who might say something that others don't like. In Florida a young man was jailed for just holding up a Fuck Bush sign, you can watch the whole thing here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23QgunoRYxw.

So why are these nazis getting special treatment and protection?

[ShockediSay]

34. Good facts; Good question: I have

no answers

[Hardrada]

17. I thought it used to be just half a dozen Nazis doing this stuff.

I don't recall 64 of them at one time. That part was a bit disquieting.

[struggle4progress]

18. The Bushista years have pumped up the hate groups: once unacceptable ..

.. eliminationist rhetoric has received constant exposure from the AnalCyst, the AnnHole, and their ilk, although the current target ("liberals") is not the standard target of eliminationist noise.

But hearing their language spoken emboldens the hate groups ...

[Hardrada]

20. That makes sense.

One hate links arms with another via right wing MSM.

[dogfacedboy]

21. Bwaaahhhaaaahhahhahahah. AnnHole! I love it!!!! n/t

[saigon68]

22. Her face is a Carbuncle on her AnnHole.

LOL

[Irreverend IX]

42. Well, the biggest reason...

...is that several other hate groups, including World Church of the Creator and Aryan Nations, have recently imploded and left their members free to join the Nazi movement, which is growing in popularity. It's probably better for racists to rally under the banner of the most overt and offensive movements like the American Nazi Party instead of something like the "Church of the Creator," which might appear respectable to an inattentive bystander.

[Vidar]

24. 15 to 1, not bad.

[OregonDem]

25. Aren't they having the Republican convention a little early?

n/t

[PADemD]

30. Good one!

[Fountain79]

32. Well technically...

they were opposing the Iraq War and they tend to oppose aid to Israel. I am not sure you can make a case for them being Republicans.

[brentspeak]

36. The Pat Buchanan Republicans oppose the Iraq War and aid to Israel

[Fountain79]

37. Again that would describe a number of

people on this discussion board. I'm merely pointing out that it's as silly to try to attach these Nazi's to the republicans as it is for the republicans to try to attach communist to the democrats.

[OregonDem]

40. Your right Neo-Nazis hate one more group of people (the Jews)

more than the Republicans, still that is isn't much difference.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

44. ...

Um, hatred of minorities?

[beltanefauve]

41. self delete

[Zynx]

27. I would tell them to go home because a Mexican, an African American, and

a Jew are having a good time with their wives and their sons are engaging in homosexual acts. That would get their blood roiling. ;-)

[gizmo1979]

31. We need more neo protests!

They said Madison is too liberal and needs to become more conservative.Yess Neo nazi's for republicans I think they should campaign for repukes everywhere.

[Fountain79]

33. Most neo nazi international views...

don't coincide with the Republican party and I think they would have a serious problem with jewish neo-conservatives such as Bill Kristol.

[OregonDem]

38. Besides the fact they hate Israel and see them as the ones behind

the Iraq war, theres isn't much difference. I mean the fake support for Jews from the republicans is mostly because they think this will help Armageddon happen, which of course were it to happen would kill most Jews. So the difference is that Neo-Nazis don't support Israel because they think Jews should be killed, and Republicans support Israel so that Jews will end up being killed at the last day. Not much difference in my book.

[wordpix2]

35. thank goodness, I was beginning to think the whole country is anti-semitic

[Behind the Aegis]

39. According to one source...

...they (the Nazis) think it was a great success. Sad, warped little minds.

[raccoon]

43. At first, I thought it said, "Humans jeer neo-Nazis at Wis. rally"

I've been reading DU too long..... :silly:

[reprobate]

45. Wisconsin? It's the Washington DC neo-nazis we must really fear.