{"id":121,"date":"2022-08-30T18:07:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2022-08-30T18:07:31","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T18:07:31","slug":"texas-residents-push-back-against-family-friendly-drag-show-guarded-by-ar-wielding-antifa-militia-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"Texas Residents Push Back Against &#8216;Family-Friendly&#8217; Drag Show Guarded By AR-Wielding Antifa Militia Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas.jpg\" data-caption=\"Image via Twitter. Screen cap by Boch.\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Armed-Antifa-groomers-Roanoke-Texas.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Armed Antifa groomers Roanoke Texas\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Twitter. Screen cap by Boch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Local residents of the small town of Roanoke, Texas were met with Antifa members wielding AR-15s outside a so-called \u201ckid-friendly\u201d drag \u201cbrunch\u201d over the weekend. Inside the Anderson Distillery and Grill about dozen minors attended along with adults.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Drag brunch in Roanoke draws armed protesters and counter-protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EQkQkQE1rU\">https:\/\/t.co\/EQkQkQE1rU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Morning News (@dallasnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dallasnews\/status\/1564277608606580736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Outside, armed Antifa-types tried to bully locals from standing on the sidewalk out front to protest the event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> militia had gunmen in front of &amp; around a family drag show event at the Anderson Distillery and Grill in Roanoke, Texas on Sunday to intimidate right-wing protesters. The protesters accused the event of exposing children to indecency. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/79jsRg407O\">https:\/\/t.co\/79jsRg407O<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1564122246624542723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If organizers of the event hoped to win hearts and minds, they failed. Not only did the obese men dressed as caricatures of women fail to impress those in the community, calling locals \u201cbigots\u201d and \u201ctransphobes\u201d for opposing the event didn\u2019t help either.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, the Antifa folks open carrying AR-15s didn\u2019t make friends among passers-by either, overtly threatening violence against those opposed to their point of view.\u00a0 In other words, fascists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_531287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-531287\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-531287\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-560x373.jpg 560w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer.jpg\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-531287\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Antifa-not-a-cop-groomer-560x373.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-531287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via Twitter. Screencap by Boch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today a group of armed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> members came to Roanoke, TX to support a drag queen event. The local chapter of the John Brown Gun Club, an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> militia linked to domestic terrorism, led the call to direct action. It is headed by Christopher Guillott &amp; Garrett Lee. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TC1uAG7Hl8\">pic.twitter.com\/TC1uAG7Hl8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1564006402846343169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What\u2019s more, for those paying attention, locals noticed more armed Antifa occupying the high ground looking down from the third floor of a nearby parking garage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sara &amp; I will talk tomorrow about how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> was placed very strategic during the \u201ckid friendly\u201d drag show in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CityofRoanokeTX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CityofRoanokeTX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Antifa<\/a> was armed like snipers on the 3rd floor of the parking garage. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylerUSA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TaylerUSA<\/a> will confirm the sighting. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BlazeTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BlazeTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@theblaze<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WatchChad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WatchChad<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SVyY86d4i8\">pic.twitter.com\/SVyY86d4i8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kris Cruz \ud83e\udee1 (@realKrisCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realKrisCruz\/status\/1564061982646345729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>USA Supreme<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usasupreme.com\/videos-show-that-antifa-radicals-armed-with-ar-15-guard-a-kid-friendly-drag-show-which-featured-nudity-texans-decided-to-do-something-about-it\/\">has the story<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The streets outside a bar in a small town in Texas became the scene of a heated confrontation between people protesting a \u2018family-friendly\u2019 drag show hosted by the establishment and defenders of the event, some of whom were armed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The protesters accused the bar of \u201cgrooming children\u201d by exposing them to sexual content, as they gathered to protest the show last Sunday. But according to reports from the scene on social media, they were outnumbered by activists from the opposite camp, who dismissed the demonstrators as \u2018bigots\u2019 and \u2018transphobes\u2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Everyone attending on both sides appeared to be abiding by applicable firearm laws. But it\u2019s difficult not to notice that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrace.org\/2020\/03\/freedom-of-speech-open-carry-demonstrations-first-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the same people on the anti-gun left<\/a> who claim that lawful open carry somehow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/when-openly-carrying-a-firearm-limits-others-free-speech-allegedly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chills the right<\/a> to free speech are deafeningly silent when it\u2019s done by Black Bloc types.<\/p>\n<p>And how long before one of these events that\u2019s being \u201cguarded\u201d by armed Antifa members \u2014 a group that has shown no reluctance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/dayton-shooter-antifas-first-mass-murderer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engage in violence<\/a> against those they dislike \u2014 results in a rolling gun battle with counter-demonstrators or police?<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/texas-residents-push-back-against-family-friendly-drag-show-guarded-by-ar-wielding-antifa-members\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image via Twitter. Screen cap by Boch. Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Local residents of the small town of Roanoke, Texas were met with Antifa members wielding AR-15s outside a so-called \u201ckid-friendly\u201d drag \u201cbrunch\u201d over the weekend. Inside the Anderson Distillery and Grill about dozen minors attended along with adults. 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