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From the Washington Post, by Laura Vozzella
"RICHMOND — Self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer led a large group of demonstrators carrying torches and chanting "You will not replace us" Saturday in Charlottesville, protesting plans to remove a Confederate monument that has played an outsize role in this year's race for Virginia governor.
"What brings us together is that we are white, we are a people, we will not be replaced," Spencer said at the first of two rallies he led in the college town where he once attended the University of Virginia....
The evening protest was short-lived. About 10 minutes in, an altercation between Spencer's group and counterprotesters drew police to the scene, and the crowd quickly dispersed, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported.
Once an obscure Internet figure promoting white identity, Spencer coined the term "alt-right" — referring to a small, far-right movement that seeks a whites-only state....
"You will not replace us. You will not destroy us," Spencer said at the earlier rally, which he broadcast via Periscope video. "You cannot destroy us. We have awoken. We are here. We are never going away."
Spencer was in Charlottesville to protest a City Council vote to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A court injunction has halted the removal for six months...."
Link to full article by the Washington Post.
Heritage Indeed.
"RICHMOND — Self-proclaimed white nationalist Richard Spencer led a large group of demonstrators carrying torches and chanting "You will not replace us" Saturday in Charlottesville, protesting plans to remove a Confederate monument that has played an outsize role in this year's race for Virginia governor.
"What brings us together is that we are white, we are a people, we will not be replaced," Spencer said at the first of two rallies he led in the college town where he once attended the University of Virginia....
The evening protest was short-lived. About 10 minutes in, an altercation between Spencer's group and counterprotesters drew police to the scene, and the crowd quickly dispersed, the Charlottesville Daily Progress reported.
Once an obscure Internet figure promoting white identity, Spencer coined the term "alt-right" — referring to a small, far-right movement that seeks a whites-only state....
"You will not replace us. You will not destroy us," Spencer said at the earlier rally, which he broadcast via Periscope video. "You cannot destroy us. We have awoken. We are here. We are never going away."
Spencer was in Charlottesville to protest a City Council vote to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A court injunction has halted the removal for six months...."
Link to full article by the Washington Post.
Heritage Indeed.
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