Figured the pit would be the likliest forum for this potato, given that things could get really sketchy. Lots of militia groups and a number of hate groups will be descending on the the city, and Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency for that day.
Already some scary related shenanigans
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Hey what could go wrong with this thing, right?
Trump is urging everyone to remain calm and reasonable about this.
Okay, kidding. Trump is egging them on.
It’s worth noting that “The Base” is the English translation of Al Qaeda.
So, what should we do?
Root for all reasonable Virginians to take to their basements as the state government melts down to their socks all Alt-Right gun-toting NAZIs by low yield atmospheric nuclear weapons?
( Effective in exterminating vermin, true, but is it worth the radioactive half-life? )
Have police monitor the event. Arrest anyone who breaks the law but allow those who assemble peacefully to do so. And use it as an opportunity to identify members of these organizations.
Might as well put a face(s) to scumbaggery.
I look forward to mass arrests. Maybe a good knock-down all-out riot but hopefully without any shootings or murders (I know, implausible for this particular rally). Tear gas all around and pepper spray galore! Just like our beloved Vietnam War riots on college campuses in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s!
I look forward to mass convictions on various felony counts. Every one of them will then become ineligible to own or possess firearms ever again!
A gun rally on MLK Jr. day! What a happy racist coincidence!
From the quoted tweet in the link above -
Spelling, punctuation and sentence structure looks… ok. Commonwealth of Virginia? I wonder who wrote that for him? Maybe Miller.
Here’s an explainer on the rally: What to Know About the Virginia Gun Rally - The New York Times (not paywalled for me, but maybe I’m still under my limit for free views this month)
I haven’t heard much about large scale counter protests. I assume there will be some. Does anybody have any information on numbers of people expected, on either side?
I can’t find a link other than tweets about it, but the head of Moms Demand has asked their members to stay away and “focus on phone banking” that day. I’m guessing there won’t be many organized groups counter protesting.
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I wonder what effect having no one show up for this protest other than the protesters have? No bystanders, no counter-protesters, just empty streets and no news coverage other than, “no one thought these people were important enough to pay attention to”.
Except, come to think of it, they’d probably start crowing that everyone was so scared of them they didn’t dare show their faces.
Maybe use the same tactics that the anti-fox hunters do. Air horns and the like. Maybe toss glitter bombs and salt-water balloons at them. (Salt water to ensure the water in the balloons doesn’t freeze, since ice-filled balloons could cause harm and the whole point would be to harass without actual harm.)
They probably wanted to schedule the rally on a holiday so they could all take a day off from their jobs.
No…wait…none of these losers has a job.
Thanks. On the one hand, I’d like to see a huge turnout by counter protesters so the gun nuts don’t get to claim their opposition was too scared to come out. On the other hand, I think they’re itching for a fight, and I don’t want another Charlottesville.
I read that some right wing extremists are hoping this march will provide the “boogaloo”, i.e., an event that sparks a civil war. How serious or influential those people are, I have no idea.
A Democratic governor who survived a blackface scandal might end up having to fend off a violent attack from a right wing mob egged on by the President. What a time to be alive.
Not usually one to commend the FBI, but kudos to them so far. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to assume that the more and more the FBI shows successful efforts at heading off at the pass any potential far right threats, the more and more I could see President Golightly tweetstorming about about SAD FBI CRUSH CITIZEN’S RIGHTS TO FREE SPEECH or CORRUPT FBI OUT TO TAKE AWAY OUR GUNS.
I dunno, a fair-minded chap can always cynically speculate now and then.
Good to hear those rat turds got arrested. Who calls themselves “the base” anyway? What do they think they are anyway, a kilo of sodium hydroxide?
-Egomaniacal Dumbasses. They deserve what they got, and then some.
Maybe they can join Trump’s illustrious defense team…
When I was taking organic chemistry, I also worked at a restaurant and heard the manager say he was pouring some acid down the drain. The bottle was clearly marked “SODIUM HYDROXIDE” and I decided not to tell him that he was wrong, and why. 
But you’d think people would WANT to be there, since it will be the safest place on earth with all the guns around! :smack:
As has been pointed out, “The Base” is the English translation of “Al Qaeda”.
It’s Lobby Day in Virginia, when Virginians traditionally go to Richmond to lobby their legislators.
Making them play to no audience does sound appealing, but I really would get a kick out of having that tuba player from the white supremacists’ march show up…