Cadre of Clowns Disrupts North Carolina Nazi and KKK Gathering

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

White Flour!!

Here's a sentence you won't read every day: Neo-Nazis and members of the Ku Klux Klan were upstaged during a Charlotte, North Carolina rally Saturday by a crowd of defiant clowns determined to drown out the white supremacist message.

WCNC says the counter-protesters outnumbered the white supremacists by a ratio of about 5 to 1, and that instead of shouting or chanting, they employed devices like squeaky toys and whistles to distract from the white supremacist rally. Somewhat surprisingly, none of the clowns were assaulted, and no arrests were made.

WCNC has more:

When the

speakers talked about "White Power," the protesters sprinkled white flour.

Another held a sign reading

"Wife Power."

They said they

wanted to make a point that racism is ridiculous.

"The message from us is, you look silly,"

said Lacey Williams, the youth coordinator for Charlotte's Latin American Coalition.

"We're dressed like clowns and you're the ones that look funny."

Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group based in Detroit, said

his organization wants to be an alternative third party

to the country's two-party system.

Its platform is based on white supremacy.

Protestor Tom Strini

donned his red nose and rainbow wig to take an opposing point of view.

"Instead of meeting hate with hate, they were going to meet hate with love,"

said Strini of the protestors.

"I think it's really important to have a sense of humor,"

added Williams. "What they want is for us to fight them.

They want us to hit them with hate. We can't become them."

​[Emphasis added]

Here are some photos of the merry "clowns":

http://www.theblaze....-kkk-gathering/

[rade2rising 205]

great work subduing those racist bastards

[Danno 1,228]

This was right down the road for me and I never got an invite

Sure these guys are cartoonish and all that but if one believes in freedom of speech , in that principle, what right does one person have to go out of their way to shut-down others from speaking?

Would it be okay for this crowd to also show up at some "Holocaust remembrance" function in the park and drown out the speaker there?

Would the police in fact allow some neo-nazi's to confound this Jewish group from conducting their speaking event? Why should one groups speech be more protected than another group?

This story no doubt brought more hits to their website than they have seen all year. The confrontation and media make these folks much more newsworthy than they have any right to be, not sure why everyone feeds into it.

Edited November 13, 2012 by Danno

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

White Flour!!

Here's a sentence you won't read every day: Neo-Nazis and members of the Ku Klux Klan were upstaged during a Charlotte, North Carolina rally Saturday by a crowd of defiant clowns determined to drown out the white supremacist message.

WCNC says the counter-protesters outnumbered the white supremacists by a ratio of about 5 to 1, and that instead of shouting or chanting, they employed devices like squeaky toys and whistles to distract from the white supremacist rally. Somewhat surprisingly, none of the clowns were assaulted, and no arrests were made.

WCNC has more:

When the

speakers talked about "White Power," the protesters sprinkled white flour.

Another held a sign reading

"Wife Power."

They said they

wanted to make a point that racism is ridiculous.

"The message from us is, you look silly,"

said Lacey Williams, the youth coordinator for Charlotte's Latin American Coalition.

"We're dressed like clowns and you're the ones that look funny."

Jeff Schoep of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group based in Detroit, said

his organization wants to be an alternative third party

to the country's two-party system.

Its platform is based on white supremacy.

Protestor Tom Strini

donned his red nose and rainbow wig to take an opposing point of view.

"Instead of meeting hate with hate, they were going to meet hate with love,"

said Strini of the protestors.

"I think it's really important to have a sense of humor,"

added Williams. "What they want is for us to fight them.

They want us to hit them with hate. We can't become them."

​[Emphasis added]

Here are some photos of the merry "clowns":

http://www.theblaze....-kkk-gathering/

I took my Natl Guard Company up to Atl to pull security for a Klan/Skin Head Rally one time. The Anti-Klan protestors outnumbered the protesters about 100-1

[Danno 1,228]

I took my Natl Guard Company up to Atl to pull security for a Klan/Skin Head Rally one time. The Anti-Klan protestors outnumbered the protesters about 100-1

My pont exactly.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

My pont exactly.

Not really. The security was protecting the Neo-Nazi/skinhead idiots and their free speech. So your point was a Danno-logic fail.

[JensJrny2Ray 367]

This was right down the road for me and I never got an invite

Sure these guys are cartoonish and all that but if one believes in freedom of speech , in that principle, what right does one person have to go out of their way to shut-down others from speaking?

Would it be okay for this crowd to also show up at some "Holocaust remembrance" function in the park and drown out the speaker there?

Would the police in fact allow some neo-nazi's to confound this Jewish group from conducting their speaking event? Why should one groups speech be more protected than another group?

This story no doubt brought more hits to their website than they have seen all year. The confrontation and media make these folks much more newsworthy than they have any right to be, not sure why everyone feeds into it.

Actually the Westboro Baptist Church shows up to events and tries to drown out the events that are going on, and their rights are protected too. This particular crowd would not show up at some "Holocaust remembrance". Their point was already stated that they wanted to counter a message of hate, with one of love. If these racists do not want anyone showing up at their public rally, then they should have it in private.

[Danno 1,228]

Actually the Westboro Baptist Church shows up to events and tries to drown out the events that are going on, and their rights are protected too. This particular crowd would not show up at some "Holocaust remembrance". Their point was already stated that they wanted to counter a message of hate, with one of love. If these racists do not want anyone showing up at their public rally, then they should have it in private.

Fine you believe in a country where Free Speech should be allowed on private property and the gathering crowd determines who gets to speak.

What we have is two issues.

-Equal protection under the law. / A tradition of letting other speak even if you disagree.

-Common sense- why make these groups bigger than they would be if left alone?

[JohnR! 5,495]

..., what right does one person have to go out of their way to shut-down others from speaking?

I think the clowns were not trying to shut down anyone, so much as they were there to make their voices heard as well.

However, if you even encounter this group, beware. We will not let your speech desecrate or take away a family's right to bury our heroes in piece and with dignity.

http://www.patriotguard.org/

[Danno 1,228]

I think the clowns were not trying to shut down anyone, so much as they were there to make their voices heard as well.

However, if you even encounter this group, beware. We will not let your speech desecrate or take away a family's right to bury our heroes in piece and with dignity.

http://www.patriotguard.org/

There are bounds to free speech, somehow you have diverted to the Westboro case, I think they had a favorable ruling by the Supreme Court because the area they protested in was not in the direct vicinity of the funeral.

If I were king it would be unlawful to disrupt any funeral service directly.

All rights are limited by TIME,PLACE, MANNER.