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Seeing an absolute ton of this shirt: "Justice for J." This refers to Aaron "Jay" Danielson, the man who was shot and killed in Portland one short week ago This appears to be a memorialpic.twitter.com/L61ZC75p7y
An announcer steps forward to announce the agenda for this gathering She thanks Joey Gibson, David Anthony, Audra Price, and a couple names I don't catch for making this event possible
My mask stands out here. "Are you a BLMer?" an older woman asks. I say I'm a journalist. She is not impressed She tells me her daughter is a BLMer but she loves her very much. We talk about how sometimes families disagree with each other but love each other anyway
A prayer for Jay. It talks about how Jay was on a quest for justice, and compares his quest to that of Paul the Apostle The prayer asks God to grant that everyone here seek the same kind of justice with "kindness yet firmness"
He quotes Jesus: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are the children of God" Amen. The crowd applauds An acoustic guitar number nextpic.twitter.com/OYpjj4BOkB
The older woman takes a video of me and describes me to her audience as "a BLMer" Cool
The crowd here is mostly what I'd describe as the family-friendly face of the right. Men and women who look like they could be your aunt or uncle--as opposed to the militants who look like they belong on an Idaho compound A few folks in body armor. No obvious weapons
The kids performing the acoustic number are clean-cut: that Christian look I remember from my own childhood in Colorado. All the kids here have that look I remember the shit I was up to while I looked that squeaky clean. I hope they're being careful. Christ I'm getting old
The National Anthem plays. That question at the end. "Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave/o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?" It's a good thing I'm constitutionally incapable of crying in public The crowd chants: "USA!"pic.twitter.com/U0y5q2Gyyn
Oh boy it's Joey Gibson time Gibson says he knows Jay's spirit is alive. He can feel Jay encouraging him to "fight for what we believe in" He talks about how horrible it is for Jay's family to hear all the "slander"
Gibson says no one should do violence in Jay's name. That Jay wouldn't want that This is somewhat at odds with the posts that got him banned from Facebook and also the message of the "quest for justice" earlierhttps://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1301756268789465093?s=19 …
Gibson talks about the importance of courage. Talks about how Jesus walked into death "like a warrior," just like Jay Anyone who's studied the history of the Patriot movement in the PNW will recognize this rhetoric
Gibson is saying all the right things about not giving into hate. About not trying to get revenge, about struggling against the fury at injustice, all of it This is the family-friendly crowd, and Gibson is delivering the family-friendly message for the cameras
Gibson emphasizes that everyone is arrayed against the Patriots: government, money, culture, all of it. But that they'll win anyway The victim outlook is central to the American far-right worldview. He does not mention that his boy is in the White House
Wow how did I break this thread so early, how am I this bad at my jobhttps://twitter.com/1misanthrophile/status/1302392385456881665?s=19 …
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