No, it’s not even close to springtime for these losers. Sure, even pond scum has the right to free speech. But this will be documented.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Wednesday decried plans by the National Socialist Movement, a Michigan-based white pride group, to rally outside the state Capitol later this month.
“The Constitution affords the right to free speech and free assembly to all, and we will respect those rights, even for this Michigan-based hate-filled group,” Beshear said in a statement. “This group should know that their ideology is reprehensible to Kentuckians, and that Kentucky is a tolerant, progressive and welcoming state for all people.”
According to a flier, the National Socialist Movement said the April 21 event will address “illegal immigration, crime, the recession, White Civil Rights, and other critical issues facing our Nation.” It is scheduled to last from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Unfortunately, it’s not just speech that these people have developed a reputation for:
Schoep is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors extremist hate groups, as “a neo-Nazi true believer since age 10 who has managed, largely by luck, to end up heading one of the largest explicitly Hitlerite groups in America. Schoep’s group is known for the crudeness of its propaganda, the violence it works hard to provoke, and the faux SS outfits that have caused many other neo-Nazis to deride NSM members as ‘Hollywood Nazis.’”
Schoep’s group is best known for the rally it staged against “black crime” in an inner-city neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio in 2005. NSM members had to be rescued from an angry crowd by the police, and the day ended with some local residents attacking police and 100 being arrested. The NSM considered this outcome a great success.
These are the same geniuses who are patrolling the streets of Sanford, Florida looking for race riots, where unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman.
Freedom of speech does work. Read more about this group here. The wonderful thing is that those who learn more who may have supported some of their ideas will be so repulsed by the group that they will be turned away from the ideas as well.
Resist the urge to counter-protest. This group is just like the Fred Phelps idiots-they feed on confrontation. Wonder if Rand Paul will join this rally too?
In a fair and open marketplace of ideas, the moral, spiritual and intellectual bankruptcy of such a group will come out. Kentucky will win if they ignore the efforts to provoke violence, document the despicable speeches, and let their speech have the exact opposite effect from what they are seeking. Instead of converts, they will be met with first disgust and then with indifference. Because they’re Michigan Nazis as opposed to Illinois Nazis. And no, there is no suggestion that the approach of Jake and Elwood is anything but wrong for Kentucky:

