SUNDAY: West Seattle Junction sequel to Hate-Free Delridge’s Wednesday demonstration

On many Sundays at noon, West Seattle Neighbors for Peace and Justice demonstrate at Walk All Ways in the heart of The Junction. Tomorrow, they’ll have company from other groups, including Hate-Free Delridge, as a followup to that group’s demonstration last Wednesday on the overpass by Youngstown Cultural Arts Center (WSB coverage here).

(WSB photo from last Wednesday)

As HFD told us at the end of that event, all are welcome during the noon-1:30 pm demonstration in The Junction, at which they intend to “stand for peace and justice” – bring your own signs, or borrow one of their extras.

16 Replies to "SUNDAY: West Seattle Junction sequel to Hate-Free Delridge's Wednesday demonstration"

  • rob August 20, 2017 (10:45 am)

     Remember no conservitives allowed 

    • WSB August 20, 2017 (10:47 am)

      As announced to us, the demonstration is intended to show opposition to hate, bigotry, racism, etc. Those are not political issues – they’re issues of human rights – and certainly “conservative” people support human rights, too. Right?

      • SMITTYTHECLOWN August 20, 2017 (1:00 pm)

        Absolutely.  

        That said, I’m sure anyone donning a MAGA hat will be welcomed with open arms by the party of tolerance, right? Right?

        • Brian August 20, 2017 (1:10 pm)

          Why would it? It’s the brand of someone who demonstrably doesn’t care about other people. 

  • TJ August 20, 2017 (12:42 pm)

    Wow, really Rob? I’m a conservative, but connect in no way to what any hate groups stand for.  Ignorant comment, which makes me wonder if you are part of the movement on the extreme left to stoke the fire between people that don’t think like you? 

    • CAM August 20, 2017 (2:16 pm)

      So, someone says something that makes a group you identify with look bad and your go to defense is left wing conspiracy? 1 + 1 does not equal 5. 

  • Concerned August 20, 2017 (2:18 pm)

    Well that’s the problem. There’s extremists on both sides of the fence. For example, I was listening to an interview with the professor from Evergreen State College who was embroiled in the “controversy” and some of the things he said that were being done behind the scenes in that school that the media hadn’t reported on was absolutely unbelievable. 

    This identity politics has become ridiculous where both extremes believe in the validity of their argument and automatically invalidate the other’s argument simply based either on politics and /or race. 

  • Heather August 20, 2017 (3:40 pm)

    @Tj-what is this “extreme-left” that you speak of?  Are the Republicans so ashamed of themselves and the actions that their vote for Trump, a self professed racist, have unleashed that they now a claiming that it’s the left’s subterfuge that is responsible for the deadly violence. It was a Nazi that drove that car and that Nazi was enabled by every single person who voted for a man who never believed in America, never believed in the very foundations of our country. 

    BS-you all own it. Every single person who voted for this anti American bigot is responsible. Elections have consequences and all right…..

    • Jim August 20, 2017 (7:11 pm)

      And every single Muslim is responsible for the deadly violence of the Islamic suicide bomber? 

      • Katie August 22, 2017 (10:23 am)

        Did they vote for him?

  • TJ August 20, 2017 (5:37 pm)

    @Heather-the extreme left are the ones who sabotage and take over what started out as productive protests (city council meetings and town halls as well)  that maybe centrist lefts have, for one example. Antifa being another. Last week in  Charlotsville was a despicable show by Nazis and their kind, and I hope the driver gets the death penalty. But where many people scratch their head is when SOME the counter protesters were marching around chanting nasty anti-police stuff after the 2 groups got seperated. Council member Mike O’Brien is another example. He actually criticized the police for not letting counter protesters get to the pro-Trump protesters (not a neo nazi and racist march as much as he wanted it to seem) at Westlake? After everything that has happened, the police did a great job here. I don’t paint these militant people as representative of the left as a whole, and really that is my point to Rob in my previous post, that he comes off as the extreme left. My main identity of a true conservative is taking ownership of ones own life, and mainly keeping my money to do what I want with it. Not sharing the views of the “alt right”. And lastly, I will “own it” if you insist, because contrary to my posts here, I really have other things to keep me occupied, like enjoying summer and the million dollar house I just had built that this GREAT country allowed me to work towards

    • Katie August 22, 2017 (10:25 am)

      Except no one ended up dead at the hands of this “extreme left” at the rally so, how is this a “both sides” issue?  One is clearly worse, so your search for equivalency seems disingenuous. 

  • Rusty August 20, 2017 (8:28 pm)

    @Heather –

    By the same token, everyone supporting BLM (including the sweet-looking lady in the pic above) woul need to ‘own’ the 6 police officers murdered in Texas. Every antifa supporter would need to ‘own’ the countless riots, damage and mayhem they have perpetrated over the past year. How about we just condemn all violence, and those that advocate and participate in it – no matter what hateful politics they preach.

    • Katie August 22, 2017 (10:25 am)

      Countless?

      • Rusty August 23, 2017 (2:54 pm)

        Ah… you got me Katie – I guess we can count them up. Here’s 35 instances of violence against Trump supporters: http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/16/this-list-of-attacks-against-conservatives-is-mind-blowing/ , which include at least 2 riots and 4 attempted murders.

        For a better breakdown of antifa rioting, see these:

        Nov ’16 (election) -> Oakland and Portland riots

        June ’16 -> Sacramento riot

        Inauguration ’17 -> dc riot

        February, then March, then April -> Berkeley riots

        ’17 Mayday – Olympia, Portland riots

        Aug ’17 -> Charlottesville

        I may have missed a few (if I included BLM it would be far larger).

        It’s certainly possible you might not have heard of all the ones listed, as you don’t hear a whole lot about the violence on the left from the media. Instead of condemning all violence and rioting, we seem to be stuck over what the politics of the rioters/violent perpetrators are – to me, it doesn’t matter one bit what their idiotic politics are. Once they commit violence against their fellow Americans, they have nothing to say that I want to hear – except maybe ‘guilty, your honor’.

      • Rusty August 23, 2017 (10:30 pm)

        You can also now add last night in Phoenix…. and honestly, this has been a cursory search. When several groups on the left consistently use violence and the left refuses to vociferously condemn it (or barely mention it if at all) we have a big problem. I don’t hear anyone not condemning any violence on the other side. Pointing at and ridiculing racist morons when they come out from under their rock used to work pretty good – how bout we go back to that?

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