Gettysburg 2.0, Militias' effort to refight battle ends poorly

[Milchshake]

Interesting to see the Alt Right trying to troll Antifa into showing up at a monument, backfires again. Just starts more violence amongst themselves.
PSA; Antifa has no real presence on reddit. Its just alt-right mods trying to set up honeytraps, which is obvious to everyone except themselves.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. ― A few hundred armed militia group members, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Ku Klux Klaners, supporters of President Donald Trump, and other self-described patriots descended upon the Gettysburg battlefield Saturday to defend the site’s Confederate symbols from phantom activists with the violent far-left group Antifa.

Some carried semi-automatic rifles ― permitted in Pennsylvania ― as they peered out across the battlefield with binoculars, on the lookout for the black-clad, face-masked anti-fascists, anarchists and socialists they said they had heard were traveling to the national park to dishonor Confederate graves, monuments and flags.

Although many came expecting violence ― even after Antifa made it clear its adherents never planned to show up ― the only bloodshed came when a lone militia group member accidentally shot himself in the leg.

Deputize that guy ASAP.



Happy 4th ya'll.

[Independent voter]

Is Antifa sure these guys are alt-right? There's all kinds of Civil War reenactors.



It's an excuse to cosplay and get drunk.

[Raunchy]

Alt right lol... why would antif go, there beta male army would get their dicks kicked in

[Rooflesstoofless]

Getting middle aged white men to go full circle jerk is apparently very easy. You know someone's going to wait till they break for snacks and go deface those stones.

[Doctor Amadeus]

Alt right lol... why would antif go, there beta male army would get their dicks kicked in

Lol give me a break who talks like this.

These civil war guys alt right or not would get creamed by a large gathering of Star Trek Trekkies.

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Is Antifa sure these guys are alt-right? There's all kinds of Civil War reenactors.



It's an excuse to cosplay and get drunk.

No difference.

[Somewhatconcerned]

Why is that guy waving a traitor's flag?

Also, reminds me of LARP.

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Alt right lol... why would antif go, there beta male army would get their dicks kicked in

That's funny...because the alt-right "army" managed to take casualties even without antifa showing up. They fought a battle against nothing and still lost. That's Beta AF.

[Selastan]

That's hilarious, extreme right gets violent and overreacts, extreme left doesn't even show. Way to become the stereotype, people. Now go home and think about what you've done.

[McFuu]

I, for the life of me, can not figure out why it's so hard for people to handle a firearm. Maybe if we were still dealing with blackpowder muskets I can see the accidental discharge.

[Laerrus]

Sounds hilarious, but the source is another Huffpost article. That political rag is just as cancerous as FOX News and Breitbart.

[Aeluron Lightsong]

Sounds hilarious, but the source is another Huffpost article. That political rag is just as cancerous as FOX News and Breitbart.

Breitbart is waaaay worse then Huffington post

[Post]

So alt right just means person I don't agree with now apparently.

[Zecora]

So alt right just means person I don't agree with now apparently.

Kinda like "SJW" then I guess.

[Post]

Kinda like "SJW" then I guess.

To some people yeah. It's a shame people misuse words so much.

[Selastan]

Breitbart is waaaay worse then Huffington post

Both suck, but at least Breitbart sucks for the right side, so they get points for effort I guess.

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This is the thing I don't get. The republicans constantly shout about how Lincoln was a republican and the democrats were the one's fighting for slavery, while at the same time wanting to fly the confederate flag. Like how fucking stupid can you be?

Lincoln didn't give a shit about slaves.

[Deleted]

This story misses the best part. The people saying 'anfita will show up' also crowdfunded about 30k to 'stop them'. So not only did the get rightwing retards to shoot themselves, they also conned them out of thier money.

[Mormolyce]

Although many came expecting violence ― even after Antifa made it clear its adherents never planned to show up ― the only bloodshed came when a lone militia group member accidentally shot himself in the leg.[/I]

So this is the alt right literally shooting itself in the foot?

[Mormolyce]

Is Antifa sure these guys are alt-right? There's all kinds of Civil War reenactors.

Thread title is misleading: this has nothing to do with re-enactment, it's a political rally.

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Maybe antifa didn't show up because they're a bunch of thugs and only pull their shenanigans when they don't fear retaliation.

Or maybe because "antifa" essentially doesn't exist.

[Garnier Fructis]

Maybe antifa didn't show up because they're a bunch of thugs and only pull their shenanigans when they don't fear retaliation. How dare a bunch of private citizens stand guard to prevent a bunch of morons from destroying statues. My friends were at Gettysburg this weekend to watch the reenactments. Didn't even notice the 3% types. More fake news meant to make losers who never leave their neighborhood feel informed.

"My friend didn't see it, must be fake news."

[Z-Man]

This story misses the best part. The people saying 'anfita will show up' also crowdfunded about 30k to 'stop them'. So not only did the get rightwing retards to shoot themselves, they also conned them out of thier money.

I'd schedule an antifa rally every few weeks for that kind of money. You could open your travel agency to make arrangements for their flights. "They're back! They're peeing! Book your tickets now! Operators are standing by!"