{"id":105065,"date":"2020-09-14T13:07:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=105065"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:07:34","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T17:07:34","slug":"a-peaceful-protest-mostly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=105065","title":{"rendered":"A peaceful protest. Mostly."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Demonstrators rally on the steps in front of the Minnesota Capitol on Saturday. People rallied at the Capitol to show support for President Trump and local law enforcement, and to protest Gov. Tim Walz’s COVID-19 state of emergency. (MPR photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Minnesota was the site of another protest this weekend. This one didn’t have the aim of a violent overthrow of the government. It was an actual, honest to God peaceful protest. Minnesota Public Radio (the state’s NPR arm) reported<\/a> it thusly;<\/p>\n

More than 100 people rallied outside the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul on Saturday in support of President Trump, and against statewide pandemic policies they say are infringing on personal freedoms and damaging the economy.<\/p>\n

The “United We Stand & Patriots March 2020” event was organized by a group called the Minnesota Patriot Alliance. Among the attendees were some who drove tractors 200 miles from Menahga and Wolf Lake, Minn., calling for an end to Gov. Tim Walz’s COVID-19 state of emergency.<\/p>\n

The group marched from near the Cathedral of Saint Paul to the Capitol grounds, singing and carrying flags. Some in the crowd carried long guns and wore body armor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The protest resulted in no hospitalized police officers, no looting, no burning of any public buildings, and was by all accounts not disruptive to the local citizenry or business. In fact, held on a weekend, the protest was likely not even viewed by any lawmakers at the Capitol.<\/p>\n

NPR closes out that there was an unpeaceful element;<\/p>\n

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State troopers separated the group from about 14 counter-protesters, two of whom they arrested about two hours into the event. Otherwise there were no reports of physical confrontations or violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Now contrast this with another local news outlet’s far more biased reporting. From Fox 9<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A march that made its way to the Minnesota State Capitol brought together self-described patriots to take a stand against Governor Walz’s COVID-19 emergency order.<\/p>\n

The “United We Stand” rally and Patriots March 2020 started Saturday morning at Cathedral Hill Park on Summit Avenue before moving to the capitol. Marchers carried flags showing support for first responders along with President Trump.<\/p>\n

Organizers say the purpose of the rally was to let the voices of the “silent majority” be heard. A number of guest speakers were featured at the rally that lasted several hours.<\/p>\n

The event was mostly peaceful despite some tense moments involving\u00a0a counterprotest also going on at the capitol grounds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What is a “self-described” patriot? Saying something is “self-described” immediately assigns a judgement and casts doubt on whether the claim is real. As in saying “the self-described Reverend Al Sharpton” helps to convey my belief that Sharpton’s ecclesiastical bona fides are lacking.<\/p>\n

Even better is the note that the event was “mostly peaceful”, which we know after the last few years means it was a violent riot. The implication here is that the “self-described” patriots were the instigators with these counter protesters, when we know from more accurate reporting that it was the other way around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Minnesota was the site of another protest this weekend. This one didn’t have the aim of … A peaceful protest. Mostly.<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":664,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,430,484,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-floggings-will-continue-until-morale-improves","category-2020-election","category-covid-19","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/664"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105067,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105065\/revisions\/105067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}