Ljevičarski američki mainstream mediji pokušali su u ponedjeljak prikazati skup podrške Drugom amandmanu u glavnom gradu države Virginije Richmondu kao događaj bijelih supremacista kojem su planirali prisustvovati samo ekstremisti.
Ispalo je da je čitava narativa bila lažna.
Na skupu se pojavilo nekih 22.000 aktivista za slobodu; događaj je zaključen bez prijavljenih incidenata, a izvršeno je samo jedno uhićenje — žena za koju je policija rekla da je u više navrata ignorirala njihova upozorenja da skine masku koju je nosila.
Nije jasno je li uhićena osoba, koja je kasnije puštena, čak bila dijelom skupine pro-oružja ili je bila dio Revolucionarne komunističke partije, za koju je Getty Images izvijestio da je bila jedina protuprosvjedna skupina koja je prisustvovala događaju.
Čak je i NBC News bio prisiljen priznati da je skup bio miran u članku pod naslovom: “Na napetom skupu u Virginiji, prosvjednici su odbacili ekstremiste, branili vlasnike oružja koji poštuju zakon”.
Izvješće NBC News-a došlo je nakon što je ljevičarski novinar lažno ocrnio vlasnike oružja prije samog događaja pokušavajući uokviriti narativu tvrdnjom da je događaj “skup bijelih nacionalista”.
Novinar je kasnije bio prisiljen obrisati svoj tweet nakon što se suočio sa žestokim reakcijama na Twitteru.
Ben Collins has deleted his tweet that smeared the many good gun owners who will show up to Richmond tomorrow to advocate for their Second Amendment rights. pic.twitter.com/uK2aXeXj8n
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) January 19, 2020
Urednik web stranice NewsBusters, Curtis Houck, objavio je tweet s video snimkom koja je prikazala brojne lažne i varljive izjave koje su iznijele krajnje lijeve informativne kabelske mreže CNN i MSNBC.
#NEW MONTAGE from me showing how @CNN and @MSNBC spent their mornings hyping fears that "white nationalists" and "extremists" would cause "violence" at #VirginiaRally for the #2A like in 2017 at Charlottesville #LobbyDay2020 pic.twitter.com/wR91mMPfmR
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) January 20, 2020
Skup je održan kao odgovor na ekstremističke prijedloge demokrata u Virginiji koji žele uništiti slobode građana koji poštuju zakon u toj državi.
Mediji su pokušali tvrditi da će taj skup pohoditi bijesni bijeli konzervativni muškarci i da će vrlo vjerojatno izbiti nasilje. Ne treba posebno napomenuti da se ništa od toga nije ostvarilo.
Članovi LGBT zajednice, demokrati i pristaše gay prava također su prisustvovali događaju, izjavljujući da su “Prava na oružje homoseksualna prava”.
Protecting our Second Amendment rights in Virginia.
Gun Rights Are Gay Rights. #2A #IStandWithVirginia #LGBT pic.twitter.com/zp8alZR3Vp— Ghey Pay Triot (@BCinQC) January 20, 2020
The LGBT community even came out to support the pro-freedom movement at Virginia's Second Amendment rally
Total narrative fail for Democrats and media pic.twitter.com/LuWRO7THug
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) January 20, 2020
“I know a lot of Democrats don’t consider guns to be a civil right. But I do,” says Miranda Smith, a 25-year-old programmer from Chesapeake pic.twitter.com/QF0OhMcsIC
— Graham Moomaw (@gmoomaw) January 20, 2020
Članovi crne zajednice također su izašli u velikom broju i podržali prava na oružje, činjenica koju su mediji naširoko zaobilazili u svojim izvješćima.
Pro-2A patriot slams Fake News about Virginia's gun rally: "Every news piece you've seen this weekend have brought up the issue of race as though it's nothing but white rednecks and hillbillies out here who care for the Second Amendment." pic.twitter.com/zO5vxzJZzI
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 20, 2020
Ostali videozapisi na društvenim medijima pokazali su crne Amerikance kako izražavaju bijes prema medijima zbog laganja o događaju i zbog njihove nade da će se na skupu dogoditi loše stvari kako bi mogli i dalje širiti svoju agendu.
The MSM told you that the #VirginiaRally pro-2A rally in Virginia was really a “white supremacist” rally that would be drought with violence. I guarantee you won’t see this man on @MSNBC or on @CNN – when a black person carries legally they ignore them!pic.twitter.com/GkUsjsIOTy
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) January 20, 2020
"I love this country."
"It's about the #2ndAmendment… It's not only a constitutional right issue, but it's also a civil right issue."
"As an African American on #MLKDay, it's critically important that we preserve the ability to defend ourselves" pic.twitter.com/CX5LPX9kUd
— Trump War Room — Text FIGHT to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) January 20, 2020
WATCH:
Reporter: Why do you think it’s important for women to exercise the #SecondAmendment?
Richmond 2nd Amendment really attendee: “It’s definitely very important especially for women because it keeps us safe. I think that’s fundamental.”
pic.twitter.com/cJqO9XkXBg— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) January 20, 2020
Hands down the WORST white supremacist rally I’ve ever seen! I mean they let me speak and everything. People shaking my hands and stuff. What would MLK do if he saw all of these people judging me by the content of my character instead of the color of my skin? #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/ah0hDWGcCY
— Antonia Okafor Cover (@antonia_okafor) January 20, 2020
I’m posting this just in case the media doesn’t. Are these the white supremacists that they were talking about? #2A #IStandWithVirginia pic.twitter.com/RDM0ZiHjkv
— Bryson Gray (@SuriusVsVodka) January 20, 2020
