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The Force is With Me
The mayor of Gainesville calls the white supremacist a “terrorist leader.”
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people turned out on Thursday at the University of Florida to protest an afternoon speech by a prominent white supremacist, making their message clear: Richard Spencer, and those like him, are not welcome.
Well before Spencer’s speech at a place that did not invite him, a mass of protesters was on hand to greet him. By the time Spencer took the stage at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, he was met by a small group of supporters and a larger group of activists.
Protesters chanted “Fuck you Spencer!” and “Go home Spencer!” as the white supremacist spoke.
“I love you too,” he said.
Spencer was routinely shouted down as he praised President Donald Trump, expressed concern that the man accused of killing Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, this summer won’t get a fair trial, and defended his ideology. But mostly, Spencer complained to the crowd for heckling him and drowning out his remarks.
“You are yelling at a dissident intellectual!” Spencer said. “You are not yelling at power!”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...469e4b00905bdaf1141?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of people turned out on Thursday at the University of Florida to protest an afternoon speech by a prominent white supremacist, making their message clear: Richard Spencer, and those like him, are not welcome.
Well before Spencer’s speech at a place that did not invite him, a mass of protesters was on hand to greet him. By the time Spencer took the stage at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, he was met by a small group of supporters and a larger group of activists.
Protesters chanted “Fuck you Spencer!” and “Go home Spencer!” as the white supremacist spoke.
“I love you too,” he said.
Spencer was routinely shouted down as he praised President Donald Trump, expressed concern that the man accused of killing Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Virginia, this summer won’t get a fair trial, and defended his ideology. But mostly, Spencer complained to the crowd for heckling him and drowning out his remarks.
“You are yelling at a dissident intellectual!” Spencer said. “You are not yelling at power!”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...469e4b00905bdaf1141?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009