Media & Anti's Painfully Silent Double
Standard on Armed Black Protestors
As Santayana warned, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned
to repeat it." And those who would destroy those memories are bent on being the
new slave masters. (Stone Mountain Park/Facebook), iStock-487527539
By David Codrea. July 8th, 2020
"A large group of armed protesters on Saturday marched through Georgia's Stone Mountain Park, calling for the park's massive Confederate carving to be removed," the Associated Press reports.
"Stone Mountain Memorial Association spokesman John Bankhead said there were between 100 and 200 protesters. He said the protesters, many of whom carried large rifles, were peaceful."
There have been claims that some whites have been harassed, but the way events unfolded generally corroborates Bankhead's assessment. And the fact that no one saw fit to mess with the marchers demonstrates for all to see the real-world deterrence being armed provides. It's not hard to see why.
But the bottom line is, they broke no law. What they did break is a myth perpetuated by gun-grabbers to fabricate further racial division, that whites change their tune when blacks arm up.
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