Richard Spencer, the American Nazi leader, has effectively canceled the movement's Charlottesville to Charlotte Christmas Pageant, with the usual deflection: Nazis, even when they arrive with semis, designer shields and Trumpy golf togs, are afraid they will get beat up.
Think of it: they are the master race heirs of people who laid waste to Europe and engaged in mass executions, and Richard Spencer is afraid of getting his famous hair mussed.
Spencer tweeted that he and his tiny band of Tiki-rallyists only feel safe appearing in public in Washington, DC, where a sympathetic federal administration will not just protect but welcome them.
To be fair, there is precedent for pussing out. Lord Cornwallis, the British commander in the American Revolution, declared Charlotte "an agreeable village, but in a damned rebellious country...a hornet's best of rebellion."
Here's how the Swastika Snowflake framed his #AltFacts for his #AltRight audience:
1/ Regarding the Charlotte really*:— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
I happily agreed to speak back in the spring, when the rally was planned for a private, hotel venue.
2/ This got changed to a public, university facility, due to the hotel pulling out. Then the location was changed again to a park.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
3/ After thinking it over, I informed the organizers on Monday that I have to cancel my appearance.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
4/ I can handle my own security. I worry about the safety of others in an open-field situation.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
5/ Open-field rallies are dangerous at this point but still possible. But we can't trust Charlotte's municipal authorities.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
6/ A major rally in DC, where we can trust that federal authorities would not allow chaos, is feasible, imo.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
7/ My cancellation should not imply any disrespect to the organizers of Anticom, who've acted like prefect gentlemen throughout.— Richard ☝🏻Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) September 28, 2017
Another Nazi group canceled a book burning in Huntington Beach, CA last month, citing fears that- as in World War II- anti-Nazi forces were going to show up and whup their asses. Gay pedophilia endorser Milo Yiannopoulos held a press conference last week for his faked Free Speech Week at UC Berkeley, which fell apart over his claims that the university- which spent $600,000 on extra security after Milo taunted opponents to show up, then blamed the university for not giving him safe indoor spaces like Spencer requires- fell apart (it didn't help that his claimed speakers' list included people who said they weren't asked, and others who were but were not told when to be there).
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