{"id":6948,"date":"2009-01-10T18:44:18","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T23:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=6948"},"modified":"2009-01-11T14:25:08","modified_gmt":"2009-01-11T19:25:08","slug":"pro-hamas-theater-meets-free-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6948","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Hamas theater meets Free Republic [Jonn]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 079 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186030326\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3302\/3186030326_2d5c157058.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 079\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This afternoon in DC, at Lafayette Park, across from the White House amidst preparations for the Inauguaration, several thousand protesters gathered ostensibly to show their support for Gazans, but as you can see by the flag above, it was more an Israel Hate Fest than support for anyone.<\/p>\n<p>About three blocks from Lafayette Park, in Farragut Park, I ran into a prayer session;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 010 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185157859\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3092\/3185157859_6495617bc2.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 010\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 009 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185157535\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3488\/3185157535_532931b2dd.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 009\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Inside Lafayette Park, it was interesting to see who was behind the protest;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 017 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185160201\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3134\/3185160201_5eeec60ee4.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 017\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking for information on the Spartacist League, an internet surfer lands on the website for the International Communist League. And they&#8217;ve got no love for President-elect Barack Obama;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 015 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186002546\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3453\/3186002546_b8cd68cf35.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 015\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I bumped into our maoist friend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=1152\">Brian Becker<\/a>, the national coordinator of ANSWER;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 019 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185161121\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3462\/3185161121_d6f6d33ac6.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 019\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the video, you can see him tell his two friends that I&#8217;m stalking him. Paranoid little shit.<\/p>\n<p>And I ran into VVAW coward-in-chief, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6371\">Bill Perry<\/a>;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 027 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185318103\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3358\/3185318103_a0883a7a3e.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 027\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I took this picture, he asked me to fix his camera, and the good Samaritan that I am, I did. You&#8217;re welcome, Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Someone was clearly confused about world events and what was going on in the Park;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 025 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186006802\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3309\/3186006802_1b8d506510.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 025\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was a small, ugly contingent of Code Pinkers there, too;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 095 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185194123\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3384\/3185194123_cf6e28e7c6.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 095\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess after a Summer moratorium on protests so The One could get elected, they&#8217;re all coming to every protest to get warmed up for March 21st.<\/p>\n<p>After about a half hour of wandering around, I finally found the Free Republic folks I had heard were coming;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 033 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185167205\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3395\/3185167205_92b448df7d.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 033\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 048 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186016294\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3091\/3186016294_1b88ea0293.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 048\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 050 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186017102\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3519\/3186017102_46473f3aba.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 050\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 051 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186017558\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3329\/3186017558_1f9a2450d4.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 051\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finally met <a href=\"http:\/\/maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com\/\">Marooned in Marin<\/a> after missing him three times last year. <\/p>\n<p>For a tiny group, the FReepers attracted a lot of attention;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 088 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186033898\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3431\/3186033898_2195dcb40d.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 088\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 085 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186032754\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3442\/3186032754_2b93f31551.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 085\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 038 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185169275\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3521\/3185169275_80bb954614.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 038\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 040 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186013234\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3410\/3186013234_9c8b033fa0.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 040\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 039 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185169639\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3082\/3185169639_7ed5cd4aa8.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 039\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, I spotted the Hezbollah flag again;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 091 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186035230\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3099\/3186035230_9b9da13b2e.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 091\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At varying times, there would be a hundred or so who broke away from the main crowd just to shout at the FReepers, who stood their ground. At one one point, they worked themselves up into a frenzy and about fifty crossed the street. The police had to separate the two sides and forced the pro-terrorist side back into the park (that&#8217;s on the video at the end of the post).<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 042 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186014142\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3422\/3186014142_3303c5b8c3.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 042\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course some of them couldn&#8217;t stay on their side of the street. This cop is telling this little little old bag that he&#8217;d told her three times to stay in the park and if he had to tell her again, he was going to cuff her little old ass. Of course, it was just a threat. She continued to walk back and forth in front of the FReepers.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 080 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185187781\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3491\/3185187781_590923e79a.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 080\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All of this attention for a small group of Free Republic counter-protesters;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 071 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3186026840\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3518\/3186026840_6d10a5c0a8.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 071\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Lafayette Gaza 061 by jlilyea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/3185179157\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3479\/3185179157_0f455b2df8.jpg\" alt=\"Lafayette Gaza 061\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess they&#8217;re not used to somebody disagreeing with them. Finally, the police got tired of dealing with the pro-terrorist side, so you can guess who they asked to leave. Yep, not the side that was over-working them and causing the problem, the small group that wasn&#8217;t doing anything but standing there.<\/p>\n<p>The Free Republic folks felt sorry for the cops. They were over stretched with the Obamas in town early (a few blocks away) and all of the pro-terrorist drama and it&#8217;s still two weeks until the actual Inauguration. So the FReepers figured they&#8217;d made their point and they left to cut the cops a break. Since the protesters were moving their theater from Lafayette Park to the Washington Post (wtf?), the counter-protesters went to Luigi&#8217;s for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a better video processing at YouTube but in the interim, here&#8217;s the confrontation between the protesters and the folks from Free Republic;<embed id=\"VideoPlayback\" src=\"http:\/\/video.google.com\/googleplayer.swf?docid=6956847467303548993&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=true\" style=\"width:400px;height:326px\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><\/embed>As always, I have more pictures at my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/57925480@N00\/\">Flickr Photostream<\/a>. And <a href=\"http:\/\/maroonedinmarin.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/hamas-hezbollah-david-duke-supporters.html\">Marooned in Marin<\/a> has even more great pictures. Including one of him getting clubbed by a woman.<\/p>\n<p>The complete video is still processing at YouTube but it will show up here eventually;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uouociUQdiI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/uouociUQdiI&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Welcome <a href=\"http:\/\/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/israel-supporters-counter-pro-hamas.html\">Gateway Pundit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.solomonia.com\/blog\/archive\/2009\/01\/la-hamas-supporters-long-live-hitler-vio\/index.shtml#trackback\">Solomonia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com\/atlas_shrugs\/2009\/01\/pro-hamas-dem-1.html\">Atlas Shrugs<\/a> readers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This afternoon in DC, at Lafayette Park, across from the White House amidst preparations for the &hellip; <a title=\"Pro-Hamas theater meets Free Republic [Jonn]\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=6948\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pro-Hamas theater meets Free Republic [Jonn]<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,43,9,47,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antiwar-crowd","category-code-pink","category-foreign-policy","category-liberals-suck","category-terror-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6948","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}