Straight people are the "oppressed majority," they said. The parade's organizers, led by three straight Massachusetts men involved in Republican politics, said the parade was inspired by the "identity politics" of the left. He said four officers sustained injuries that were not life-threatening. Thirty-six people were arrested for a range of different charges, according to Boston police Sargent Detective John Boyle. Some counter protesters confronted police, who at one point appeared to use pepper spray on a group of anti-parade demonstrators. The police presence was so large, and fencing so vast, that many marchers struggled to make their way inside the plaza outside City Hall for the rally that followed the one-hour parade that stetched one mile. They wore helmets, held gas masks and some had military garb.
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"We outnumber you!"Ī massive contingent of police, including extra officers from neighboring cites, was present throughout, often getting in between the competing sides. "Boston doesn't want you!" one man yelled. Other people just stopped to see what was going on. Protesters, including many who identified with the anti-fascist group antifa, shouted "Nazi scum!" Some greeted the straight-pride marchers with their middle fingers and yelled expletives. The entire length of the parade's route was flanked with fencing, but the demonstrators followed alongside the whole way en route to City Hall. More: 'Straight Pride' parade group in Boston calls Brad Pitt its mascot, organizer ran for Congressīut the marchers were met by even more left-wing counter protesters, numbering more than 1,000, turning the event into competing demonstrations. "Whether you are straight and part of the oppressed majority, or here as an ally supporting us, we welcome you to the greatest parade in the history of the world!" "I am here to say, 'I am straight, hear me roar!'" said Mark Sahady, vice president of a group called Super Happy Fun America, which put on the parade. A man dressed as a giant dinosaur set the pace up front. They held American and Israeli flags while Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the U.S.A." blasted from speakers.
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While the far-right’s rallies in Boston are often small and violence is avoided by outnumbering them, Mark is a semi-frequent traveller to Portland, Oregon.The conservative-aligned marchers – many wearing "Make America Great Again" hats and other gear promoting President Donald Trump – started from Copley Square with a "Trump bridge" serving as the primary float.
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Mark’s desire for violence against people with left-wing politics doesn’t end at Facebook posts. Pinochet memes are perfect for the discerning crypto-fascist: not clearly established as a fascist the way Hitler and Mussolini is, and he’s also popular with the kind of libertarians/“anarcho-capitalists” that don’t actually mind state violence so long as it’s against the Left. Some are a little more careful, like Mark Sahady.
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Not every organizer or frequent attendee of “Resist Marxism”/“Boston Free Speech” is so unsubtle that they tattoo Nazi imagery on their neck, post exclusively about fascism or speak at known white nationalist events.