There’s a rumour on Facebook that ‘Proud Boys and Trump’s Incels plan to attack cops at “No Kings” protests so that Trump can send in the military.’ The meme advises protesters to sit down if they see violence, leaving only the provocateurs standing.
Not to belabor (even as I am belaboring ) it’s just to head off potential hassle.
KWIM?
Gov. Abbott is sending in the National Guard to No Kings protests in Texas.
Unreal. Exactly why we need these protests.
ETA: Ninjaed
As happens here from time to time -
And in case you don’t already know where it came - Father Ted and his side-kick Dougal are instructed by the bishop to protest about a “blasphemous fillum”:
I attended the local rally in June. It was a gorgeous afternoon, and probably the safest place in town while I was there. The one scheduled on Saturday is in a park that has very little parking, and thunderstorms are scheduled for Saturday. I’ll see how the weather is before I go.
Ummm… What’s with the frog costumes/references???
As usual, Portland is keeping things weird:
And the response from our government to that is…
Full Title: US House Speaker calls naked bike protest at Portland ICE facility ‘threatening… ugly’
“What I’ve seen is the abuse of law enforcement by radical leftist activists,” Johnson said. “Most recently, the most threatening thing I’ve seen is the naked bicyclers in Portland who were protesting ICE down there, I mean it’s getting really ugly.”
Elected officials appearing behind Johnson smirked and laughed, but Johnson didn’t break a smile.
Sure threatens easily, doesn’t he?
And really telling that he can’t find anything more so.
Anybody know if the frogs are connected with this?
I’ll be going to the one at the Capitol in Lansing. Not sure what I’ll be wearing (I don’t have a frog costume or anything yellow) and what my sign will say but I’m going because I am pissed. And I want them to know it.
There are a handful of protests within a 30 minute drive here in South Florida. I’m going to the one near the beach, about a 15 minute walk from a large underutilized mall with tons of parking.
The weather looks like it’ll be beautiful.
This will be my first No Kings protest, but it’s time to join in.
I assumed it was connected with Exodus 8:
8 1 [a]Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. 2 If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country. 3 The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace and your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and on your people, and into your ovens and kneading troughs. 4 The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
Or it might just be people keeping Portland Weird.
I plan to join in the same far north DFW suburb, along the same street that we held the first one, back in June.
Interestingly, during the first protest, there was a steady line of people along about a 3/4mile stretch on both the east and west sides of a busy six-lane divided street, and I heard estimates of around 3,000 people (in a city of 200,000).
This time, the Mobilize page says “Our NO KINGS {city name} will be held on the WEST SIDE (NOT both sides) of {FM123} between {Blvd A} and {Blvd B}. The east side will be left for counter-protesters.”
I am inspired by your post
I have no doubt there are plans for this
I ‘understand’ why the so called Proud Boys would do this (shit heads)
But why incels? And why are they Trumps. I mean they are losers with an imaginary axe to grind, perhaps that’s why they like Trump?
Because nobody else will have them?
Doesn’t Johnson have some sort of unholy deal with his son to monitor each other’s porno consumption? He’s probably afraid that now he’s going to have to self-report.
I wonder what became of the guy who was threatening to expose his Grindr account?