NASHVILLE BUSINESSES PERPETUATE ₪ THE 'NEO NAZI' PSYOP
Sama_El
Published on Aug 9, 2024
Downtown Nashville businesses report threats after Neo-Nazi protests
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31kDWd9-K88
Jumped on Handsome Truth's stream halfway through the shoah; caught the news that Deago 'the Biter' Buck's charges were DROPPED
Pretty certain that no one in the GDL was consulted nor informed prior to that decision
Various excerpts:
A fence surrounding a late July peace rally at Bicentennial Park provided a perfect view of the literal and metaphorical divide between the two extremes that have walked city streets over the past month.
On one side of the fence, community members gathered on amphitheater steps with music, dance and a plethora of signs declaring love for Nashville and those in it. Community leaders ranging from Mayor Freddie O’Connell to Jewish Federation President Leslie Kirby and local advocacy leaders for myriad issues mingled under the goal of reinforcing peace and community in a city that has worked so hard to cultivate it.
Mere feet over the fence, however, arguments broke out between attendees and a small group of neo-Nazis. With sweat dripping, masks slipping — and in the case of one man, a mohawk drooping in the heat — the neo-Nazis held aloft tiny pamphlets scrawled with antisemitic messages and wielded livestreaming iPhones.
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“I want to say to all these visitors from out of town: You’re not welcome here,” At-Large Council Member Zulfat Suara said, kicking off the announcements phase of the meeting. “You have the right to march, but there is no room for hate here."
As Suara spoke, the Nazi group jeered and heckled from the back of the room, yelling racist expletives, pornographic allegations and mocking comments.
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Over in a Davidson County General Sessions courtroom a week prior, Assistant District Attorney General Joey Clifton argued on behalf of the city against Ryan McCann, a 29-year-old Canadian member of the Goyim Defense League, one of the neo-Nazi groups involved in the recent demonstrations.
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McCann was accused of using a flagpole to beat a downtown bartender who had just been involved in a physical altercation with members of the neo-Nazi group on July 14. He faces a felony charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct.
Clifton argued McCann’s words did not count as protected speech because the very words inflicted harm.
“As your honor knows, you can't yell 'fire' in a crowded theater, and your honor also can't say words in somebody's face that the very utterance inflicts injury or tends to incite immediate breach of the peace,” he said.
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The confusion and hesitation exhibited by leaders regarding First Amendment boundaries is not surprising because the topic is rarely a clear-cut issue, said Nadine Strossen, a professor of law emerita at New York Law School with a specialty in First Amendment issues and a former president of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Strossen said the issue lawmakers face when confronted with situations like the one in Nashville is the frequent misunderstanding of what hate speech is actually protected.
“Hate speech is sometimes protected and sometimes unprotected,” she said. “It is very fact specific and very contextual, taking into account not only the message of the speech, but also all the facts and circumstances in which it is uttered.”
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When asked whether neo-Nazi demonstrations are happening more in other places as compared to Nashville, Jeff Tischauser, a researcher at the Southern Poverty Law Center who focuses on hate groups, said that the “quick answer is no,” but that circumstances in Nashville make it a particularly fertile place for that type of demonstration.
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He said three of the main Nazi groups the center monitors — Patriot Front, the Blood Tribe and Goyim Defense League — have all targeted other cities, “but what's odd is all three of them have targeted Nashville.” All three groups have demonstrated publicly in Nashville this year.
“There's clearly something going on in the movement that sees Nashville as a place to get media attention and to try to circulate a message,” he said.
Tischauser said he can see a few reasons for this, which all focus on a specific theme: Nashville being a Democratic stronghold in a majority Republican state.
https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/davidson/2024/08/08/nashville-wrestles-neo-nazi-free-speech/74649844007/
Have a story to tell? Reach Angele Latham by email at alatham@gannett.com, by phone at 931-623-9485, or follow her on Twitter at @angele_latham
Hey Angela - the problem here is that YOU'RE 'telling a story' - Deago 'the Biter' assaulted and BIT members of the GDL without provocation; they were unlawfully removed from town hall, and Joshua Williamson and Justin Jones arranged for those youts to accost the GDL, knowing there wasn't a chance they'd be harmed
As seen in the previous two postings, truth seems to be no defense...for NOW