Hi there, I'm hanging out in Salem, Oregon where perhaps 7 lonely people are standing in front of the Capitol building with flags
The event is supposed to be a memorial for those who lost their lives on J6
It is not going well
There will be no thread or continued coverage. One of them just got arrested for "criminal mischief" apparently. They are now walking around sadly and blaming Antifa for this development
I'm going to go home and take a nap
Love this for them
Omg apparently there are riot vans now. The 5 people here are facing off against cops and some National-Guard-looking dudes
This is incredible. I may have to ditch the disguise and just go report
Y'all I am not usually here to shill for far right streams but @it_aint_pretty_ has pointed me to the Behind Enemy Lines stream and it's free entertainment for the whole family
You owe it to yourself to watch them call the cops Antifa and infight
(@it_aint_pretty_ is not far right in case that wasn't clear, he's a local journalist and awesome)
Another one just got arrested for macing a cop at a previous event
Behind Enemy Lines is fighting with some other protester who's like "but it is illegal to mace cops he has to face the consequences" and BHL is like "but the cops started it tho" and I am like
BHL is very vocally done with supporting the police and also President Trump. "He lost." Audra looks so sad when he says this
Look, this is all gonna boomerang on us real bad pretty soon but all the more reason to enjoy the schadenfreude now, right?
I think of myself as a reasonably funny and entertaining person but I will NEVER be as funny as this group is, right now, unintentionally
I'm driving back to Portland and listening to the audio of the livestream and I am pulling over to tell you the highlights:
My favorite thing so far has been the call-and-response chants of "All Lives Matter," "Fuck BLM," and of course "Fuck Antifa"
It's my favorite because exactly one person is calling and one person is responding. Just shrieking at the top of their lungs, having a real normal one
A close second favorite thing about the Salem far-right action happening now: the group is challenging the "Antifa Militants" on the corner gawking at this ridiculous scene to "come over here and film our faces!!"
On a livestream
Where all their faces are visible
This event was supposedly a memorial to lives lost in DC per but is now a rally to demand that the government apply the law equally to "Antifa" and "Patriots"
The reason they're upset, ironically, is that for a couple seconds the law DID apply equally and they couldn't handle it
Someone threatened to visit a politician's house and someone else was like "you mean the street across fr her house" and the guy was like NO I MEAN HER HOUSE great PR guys, really making a case for how you're nothing like the J6 crowd
Anyway I'm gonna go buy a burrito and keep watching this, this is amazing
It's winding down. BHL was like "let's do this every week!" and no one responded. I can taste the despair through the screen and it is almost as delicious as this burrito I'm eating
Anyway this was incredible, I'm so happy, have a nice day
If someone can tell me why I decided to abbreviate "Behind Enemy Lines" to "BHL" please reveal the mysteries of the universe to me
Behind Henemy Lines
Originally tweeted by Laura Jedeed, Space Professional (@LauraJedeed) on January 21, 2021.
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