The White Supremacy Rally In Boston Just Backfired In Epic Fashion
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On the heels of last weekend’s abhorrent white supremacy rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the nation watched wearily as event organizers in Boston touted another “free speech rally” today. Bostonians, however, had no plans of standing idly by while their city turned into a symbol of hate.
Love this city!!! Crowd size is just like Obama vs Trump… #bostonresist vs #freespeechrally – NEVER leaving Boston!!!! pic.twitter.com/21WzJSUZHV
— Tyrone Goldenstein (@tyrogoldenstein) August 19, 2017
Counter-protesters in Boston chant "Shame!" as participants of "free speech" rally arrive. https://t.co/30EmFLxYZU pic.twitter.com/KehQ2YKGCA
— ABC News (@ABC) August 19, 2017
The Boston counter-protest is now perhaps the largest anti-racist protest this year. Thousands arrive still — many more expected. pic.twitter.com/7dIPr9XbMo
— Jack Smith IV (@JackSmithIV) August 19, 2017
Hi @realDonaldTrump,
Beautiful humans marching against hate & bigotry in #Boston. Bigger than your coronation, no?pic.twitter.com/XRymARfmXp
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 19, 2017
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The hate speech rally in Boston has about 100 white supremacists and TWENTY THOUSAND peaceful protestors…pic.twitter.com/bjaRqVWN4Q
— Mikel Jollett (@Mikel_Jollett) August 19, 2017
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To counter the dismal 20 “free speech” demonstrators, approximately 15,000 counterprotestors took to the streets. The Boston Free Speech Coalition, which organized the rally, had initially planned to include notable white nationalists as speakers. It was only after the horrific acts of violence in Charlottesville last weekend that the organization began to distance itself from these speakers and the hate groups in attendance.
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“While we maintain that every individual is entitled to their freedom of speech and defend that basic human right, we will not be offering our platform to racism or bigotry,” the group said in a Facebook post today. “We denounce the politics of supremacy and violence.”
That did not deter the tens of thousands of counterprotestors from showing up on Saturday. The Boston police, for their part, dispatched 500 police officers to keep the rally attendees apart from the counterprotestors.
The crowds have shown up in #Boston
We have the numbers, they don't!
This is a sea of #resistance against hate
And yes, we brought tubas! pic.twitter.com/orr6cSh6AO
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) August 19, 2017
LIVE: "No fascists, no KKK, no racist USA!" Boston counter-demonstrators chant ahead of planned "free speech" rally https://t.co/uFieqP6wTL pic.twitter.com/KFwUxvkHEM
— ABC News (@ABC) August 19, 2017
While a white supremacy rally might have gained traction in Virginia, Boston had other plans, drowning out the “rally” with the largest counterprotest in their history. Boston just sent a clear message to the rest of the nation: hate has no place in the United States.
