When the “patriotic defenders” of Snohomish were here over the weekend, they not only over-topped the garbage containers with beer bottles and cans, they also left a remarkable number of hate group stickers on posts, signs and walls, all on public view. Who knew there were that many hate groups in Western Washington?
I have these observations:
Gun-toting white males, plus beer, plus hate, plus misinformation, does not equal safety, protection, equity or Snohomish values, Mayor John Kartak
The Snohomish County Sheriff was punked by an alt-right group posing as Antifa. It seems numerous threats of violence being made in the name of Antifa across the U.S., are being made by alt-right groups. They follow a pattern.
Antifa stands for anti-fascist; i.e., against fascism. This is good. Fascism is what much of the world went to war to defeat in the 1930s-40s. Antifa is not identified as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League or the Southern Poverty Law Center. Antifa is not known for violence. Good work. YAY, Antifa. Go, Team!
What is clear: Proud Boys, neo-Nazis and white supremacists converged on Snohomish in, what seemed, coordinated fashion. The show of force from the Snohomish County Sheriff was for Antifa. Our “patriotic defenders” created the threat they then helped resolve in “partnership” with the sheriff, in flashy, Confederate flag-waving, macho-swaggering, beer-swilling, AR15 brandishing fashion. East County values in action.
And Snohomish was saved.
Impressed much?
Jan Lengenfelder
Snohomish
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