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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJesus Christ this photo... ".. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary..."

Jesus Christ this photo...
— Greg Pak (@gregpak.net) 2026-07-04T15:01:23.657Z
hlthe2b
(115,328 posts)and our regression to those most ugly times...
calimary
(91,610 posts)If I were on that bus, Id sit with her, with me on the aisle to block the reach of any idiots or potential evil-doers. Dont try making Grandma mad! (Besides, THIS grandma earned her black belt, the hard & slow way, in karate school!)
NBachers
(19,683 posts)Ritabert
(2,879 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,258 posts)Celerity
(55,458 posts)mwmisses4289
(5,258 posts)Ritabert
(2,879 posts)dave99
(744 posts)True Dough
(27,731 posts)when you have to hide your face!
Useless wannabe thugs.
Botany
(78,354 posts)We have them here in Ohio. Proud Boys.
wnylib
(26,917 posts)They want to intimidate people, just waiting for the moment when they can move beyond mere intimidation.
Expect to see more of this crap as we get closer to election day.
Grins
(9,612 posts)PatSeg
(54,174 posts)Vinca
(54,600 posts)They are so brave, they don't want to show their faces, just like Border Patrol and ICE........Chicken Shits.........
All of this could have been avoided if the Capitol Police, inside the Capitol on J6th, had just started "dropping" each of the seditionists as they broke through the windows and doors........
yardwork
(70,107 posts)sheshe2
(99,140 posts)However these masks are just another version of the mask/hoods worn by the KKK. They were used then to cause fear, intimidation and violence anonymously just like ICE is doing now.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,773 posts)don't forget THOSE weenies---the ones with a bade they won't show!
yardwork
(70,107 posts)Amaryllis
(11,579 posts)HeartsCanHope
(1,823 posts)azureblue
(2,782 posts)different hoods. Same crap..
mwmisses4289
(5,258 posts)They wouldn't know patriotism if it bit them in the ass, slapped them upside the head and threw them to the ground.
Midnight Writer
(26,051 posts)When I see this picture, I hear Lee Greenwood singing "I'm Proud to be an American..."
MineralMan
(152,114 posts)OK, I can't actually imagine what she must be thinking. I can try, though.
popsdenver
(2,880 posts)She looks mortified...........
Alice Kramden
(2,996 posts)And unintimidated
taxi
(2,784 posts)It's a safe bet to say the skin on their hidden faces would turn sunburn red in mere minutes.
orthoclad
(5,299 posts)oasis
(54,429 posts)pay for a private bus for transport.
Disaffected
(6,734 posts)a U-Haul van?
rampartd
(5,644 posts)at least soros rents busses for us!
2MuchNoise
(971 posts)TommyT139
(2,550 posts)So they'll take advantage of a little socialism when it suits them.
It would be a shame if a sudden train deceleration sloshed this drug store brand cheap floral perfume on those nice white face gaiters. I swear, I was just holding it up so I could read the label, as an educated consumer should do.
Jilly_in_VA
(14,773 posts)Raine1967
(11,704 posts)This photo is why.
Nauseating for our city.
Solly Mack
(97,492 posts)Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Round"
&t=41s
Fuck the racists.
paleotn
(23,155 posts)Cheezoholic
(4,184 posts)oasis
(54,429 posts)electric_blue68
(28,056 posts)Disaffected
(6,734 posts)who doesn't move over for one of those cretins to sit down.
LeftInTX
(35,048 posts)DiverDave
(5,280 posts)Next to her.
Racist fucks.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,451 posts)Nanjeanne
(6,882 posts)Boomerproud
(9,434 posts)We know who unleashed this.
IcyPeas
(26,008 posts)Than these pieces of shit showing up.
Patriot Front
ICE militia on our streets
This is not America
Walleye
(45,878 posts)paleotn
(23,155 posts)wnylib
(26,917 posts)underpants
(197,974 posts)buzzycrumbhunger
(2,474 posts)Thats horrific (This from a pasty Celt!)
IcyPeas
(26,008 posts)And as others have said look at this poor woman's face. I apologize to her on behalf of the good people of the united states.

paleotn
(23,155 posts)What losers.
twodogsbarking
(19,945 posts)TommyT139
(2,550 posts)...but these young women are going to looking for husbands any minute now.
...[W]eve observed how young women are at the heart of the Maga movement: organizing at state and national legislatures, building social media followings, staffing rightwing advocacy groups, and enacting real gains for the Republican party.
That's from a very interesting article about Gen Z magat women. The article used the hook of this week's Supreme Court decision, but it's also about a new book on the movement as a whole, Esther's Army.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/01/rightwing-gen-z-women-supreme-court
Aviation Pro
(15,900 posts)Thank goodness the chances of them breeding is near zero.
Martin68
(28,366 posts)JCMach1
(29,273 posts)chowder66
(12,732 posts)Literal Nazis are marching through the streets of DC for Americaâs 250th. This is Trumpâs America.
— Hoodlum ðºð¸ (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) 2026-07-04T15:06:25.298Z
Botany
(78,354 posts)A couple of High School football teams could do it.
Wednesdays
(23,535 posts)tonekat
(2,605 posts)They're not going to start now.
RockCreek
(1,662 posts)And Emergency services be too overwhelmed to treat all of them.
ShazzieB
(23,120 posts)LeftInTX
(35,048 posts)CanonRay
(16,325 posts)-misanthroptimist
(1,985 posts)I don't remember the Founders wearing masks. In fact, I seem to remember that they signed their names to documents that would have been deemed treason had they failed.
These clowns with delusions of adequacy (which they think is superiority) have provided me with endless fun over the last fifty years. I verbally abuse them and humiliate them every chance I get.
debsy
(1,110 posts)They are so scared of their values that they dont dare show their face.
AverageOldGuy
(4,402 posts)Id likely be arrested for assault - rip off a mask and see what they do.
GiqueCee
(5,161 posts)... is the kindest thing one could call these cowardly shitweasels that hide behind masks and shades. They are malicious bullies to a man, or they wouldn't have anything to do with this bunch, who are only intimidating as gangs. Challenged to go one-on-one, and any of those clowns would shit his britches.
BeneteauBum
(1,007 posts)Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
Peace ☮️
Joinfortmill
(21,989 posts)Doodley
(12,166 posts)electric_blue68
(28,056 posts)Last edited Sun Jul 5, 2026, 01:29 AM - Edit history (1)
And poster Disaffected pointing out her not moving; so one can sit. Bad enough they're all around her
Jimi du Ranty
(64 posts)..Straight out of the basement!
swong19104
(684 posts)Riding the metro instead of taking a car each.
3catwoman3
(30,303 posts)What bunch of chicken shits.
Ilsa
(64,800 posts)And I'm convinced the vampires are more human.
If there were such a thing.
aggiesal
(11,027 posts)TommieMommy
(3,255 posts)Baitball Blogger
(52,941 posts)live love laugh
(16,581 posts)mntleo2
(2,662 posts)Wednesdays
(23,535 posts)SidneyR
(255 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if they verbally harassed her.
kentuck
(116,193 posts)...to intimidate the voters?
hamsterjill
(18,004 posts)Bring it! I will be there to walk anyone who needs it into the polls. I'm White, I'm old, and I'm tired of bullies who are such wimps that they won't even show their faces. If any one of these assholes had a set of balls, they'd be volunteering to fight Trump's war. They are a bunch of limp-dicked cowards.
azureblue
(2,782 posts)Who paid for their expenses?
Gore1FL
(23,003 posts)Haggard Celine
(18,055 posts)liberalgunwilltravel
(1,315 posts)The heat will kill them.
Stuckinthebush
(11,226 posts)White hoods
purr-rat beauty
(1,700 posts)Let those mother fuckers burn
0rganism
(25,784 posts)At first, I thought it was a big tumor or a bizarre skull deformity or that I'd just looked at the picture wrong, but the closer I looked... it's a pistol and I can't unsee it. No one commented on it yet, though, so I did a triple take. Still there.
Is this common practice for F47's paramilitary goons? Seems between this and the high temperatures, a person could get real uncomfortable, maybe even a tad ornery...
MerryBlooms
(12,621 posts)A bunch of them have lumps under those hoods. I'm thinking communication gear?
0rganism
(25,784 posts)Maybe some of them use bulky old headset equipment so they can pretend it's untraceable? I'm probably just not used to seeing the chonky headsets anymore.
MerryBlooms
(12,621 posts)I can only zoom.in so far... But that's what it looks like to me
Like, ebay purchased lol
That woman surrounded by these creeps
I would love to see this on Time front page celebration USA trump 250th!
how embarrassing!
Nictuku
(4,692 posts)Haha!
JohnnyRingo
(21,107 posts)Not one of them.
Some people are just fucked up. We can't fix them.
hoosierspud
(253 posts)In Coeur d'Alene, ID a few years ago. Someone at their hotel saw them loading up into the back of a rental moving truck and called the cops. They were stopped and arrested before they made it to the event.
3catwoman3
(30,303 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 4, 2026, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)
Do they have any idea how ridiculous they look in their matching costumes? A bunch of mindless copycats.
Hey, morons - you look really stupid with your faces covered!
Woodwizard
(1,354 posts)I have a group of yahoos that love to burn rubber on their lifted loud diesel trucks it is a 13 percent grade on my road so easy to do. Not little burnouts 200' ones.
I had enough and painted in flourecent orange in 2' high letters TINY DICK on the road over them. For the last 3 weeks no burnouts and somebody painted over it. Making fun of the idiots they pay attention to.
They do it again the paint comes out.
3catwoman3
(30,303 posts)And how wrong they are about that. It makes them look like the cowards they are.
mzmolly
(52,885 posts)a bus?
surfered
(15,257 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,870 posts)Wednesdays
(23,535 posts)Norrrm
(6,222 posts)Patriot Front Nazi Jared Boyce
Right wing anti-LGBTQ but pro-child pornography
https://crooksandliars.com/2023/05/patriot-front-member-facing-30-years-child
B.See
(9,080 posts)to celebrate America's democracy. As in, "Authoritarian Dictator/King Parades Masked Terrorists/Insurrectionist in Nation's Capitol."
But hey, they're NOT a cult of despicable reprobates
(sarcasm)
MLAA
(19,869 posts)The Wizard
(13,974 posts)all punks, incels and skells.
Skittles
(173,756 posts)the same vile assholes who couldn't bring themselves to mask up for the common good during a fucking PANDEMIC
The Wizard
(13,974 posts)some_of_us_are_sane
(3,876 posts)Melon
(1,946 posts)Unrepentant Fenian
(1,163 posts)niyad
(135,586 posts)masked and hatted up? I hope they suffocate.
nini
(16,834 posts)Same asshole cowards.
Karasu
(2,403 posts)LeftInTX
(35,048 posts)They belong in the back of a U-Haul
Betty Boom
(507 posts)Its just the kind of shitweasels they are
llmart
(17,790 posts)If I saw them I would just point and laugh my ass off.
Raine
(31,282 posts)dave99
(744 posts)letting shit contact each other
dawgdan
(41 posts)Hand that photographer a Pulitzer Prize for that picture
LetMyPeopleVote
(184,389 posts)The United States 1957 vs. 2026:
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2026-07-04T21:21:45.618Z
The same vibe, an innocent black girl surrounded by the same damn problem, white supremacy.