On planned activities for today at Stone Mountain, Georgia

By artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 8:47am |

Events start at 9 am, and the account to watch is Ford Fischer https://t.co/u8GZY8bLTf
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 15, 2020

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https://twitter.com/jjmacnab/status/1294617391389904896?s=20

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It appears the planned civil war re-enactment will be diluted by God's will--rain?

Edited to change "Civil War" to "civil war" as this particular re-enactment could be more like, say, the Spanish one than the American one?

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:04am

Guerra civil, but they just say, "la Guerra" and everybody knows.
Well, you'd probably have to explain it to the Americans.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:16am

comes to mind this sort of thing could serve as a replacement for professional sporting activities for some of the deprived?

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:28am

then comes to mind: did anyone mention yet that there are very fine people on both sides here?

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:37am

William? Is that you?

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:39am

for kabuki and kayfabe fans:

Live stream https://t.co/5FO2iezQmg
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 15, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 9:10am

Armed white guys playing soldier, some with Confederate paraphernalia. Not the type of people you want in charge. They scare everybody.

One guy uses the word Lib-tards. Hilarious. Hope they don't shoot themselves.

by rmrd0000 on Sat, 08/15/2020 - 11:15am

Blow by blow kayfabe. Both sides did do it, I don't see much evidence of very fine people, though:

Chronologically, after my previous tweet is around when some of the serious fighting I posted before happened.https://t.co/2vuSftCTUz
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

After that fight, another one started with two older people. Again, while no shots were fired, the presence of long guns being held by people actively involving themselves in fights involving fists and sticks was dangerous, to put it plainly. pic.twitter.com/czJsZsYl1M
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

After that fight, a smoke grenade landed in the right wing side. The protesters basically threw it, along with rocks, back and forth for the next minute. pic.twitter.com/vC5HlxxO6p
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

Some right wingers just left altogether at this point.

As one left, someone threw a water bottle at the car, and another kicked it, denting it.

An armed Confederate guy then claimed "You don't want peace, you want to die. That's assault on a home. That's death right there." pic.twitter.com/ocvabW7IsF
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

After approximately five hours of on-and-off violence, the police decided to step in.

Police Chief Chancey H. Troutman of Stone Mountain PD led lines of riot cops to clear the streets by pushing both sides in one direction. pic.twitter.com/08SXvaCRVV
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

As the riot police pushed forward, one activist confronted the police. One officer pulled out mace.

"What? What? Spay it motherfucker!"

The cop maced the crowd.

I wasn't directly hit or blinded but my skin burned until I showered at the hotel. pic.twitter.com/thp9p1K4Fn
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

The police line pushed a black-bloc-clad activist with a shotgun right toward some III% guys. III% leader Chris Hill kept his hand on his gun, as both he and shotgun guy tried to convince police the other was a threat. pic.twitter.com/jBHFdjYcGc
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 15, 2020

Here is my full HD summary video of the action that occurred at #StoneMountainGA today. As always, all footage available for license.https://t.co/AKA51mDJnR
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 16, 2020

Yesterday, police waited during approximately five hours of fighting, sometimes turning bloody, before moving in, deploying mace on the crowd at least once.

In a statement to CBS46, they boast "zero injury complaints, zero arrests, and no uses of force."https://t.co/eP87wOIlbA pic.twitter.com/OzUbxVSEe6
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) August 16, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/16/2020 - 1:09pm

I know there was violence in India, but i'll still take the legacy of Gandhí over either Lincoln's or Robert E. Lee's. 2 sides looking for a fight are gonna find a fight.

https://youtu.be/FJfFZqTlWrQ

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/16/2020 - 2:13pm

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