{"id":29920,"date":"2020-01-18T22:49:04","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T22:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29920"},"modified":"2020-01-18T22:49:06","modified_gmt":"2020-01-18T22:49:06","slug":"follow-up-on-my-antifa-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=29920","title":{"rendered":"Follow-Up On My Antifa Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5248,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/18\\\/known-fascists-sympathizers-richmond-jan-20&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250615034554\\\/https:\\\/\\\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/18\\\/known-fascists-sympathizers-richmond-jan-20\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 06:23:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 00:23:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 00:23:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5249,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ammoland.com\\\/author\\\/johncrump&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.ammoland.com\\\/author\\\/johncrump\\\/&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5250,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/18\\\/in-response-to-vice-news-why-this-antifa-group-is-siding-with-thousands-of-pro-gun-conservatives-in-virginia&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250615034601\\\/https:\\\/\\\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\\\/2020\\\/01\\\/18\\\/in-response-to-vice-news-why-this-antifa-group-is-siding-with-thousands-of-pro-gun-conservatives-in-virginia\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 06:24:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 00:23:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-03 00:23:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>This is a follow-up to my post from Friday saying I didn&#8217;t have a good feeling about the <a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2020\/01\/17\/i-dont-have-a-good-feeling-about-these-guys.html\" class=\"rank-math-link\">Seven Hills Antifa participation in the VCDL Lobby Day.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think my worries were warranted. Looking at their webpage, they have posted a list of people that they consider <a href=\"https:\/\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\/2020\/01\/18\/known-fascists-sympathizers-richmond-jan-20\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">known&#8221;fascists and sympathizers&#8221;. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Included in their list is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ammoland.com\/author\/johncrump\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Crump<\/a> who writes a column for Ammoland. I&#8217;ve read his articles for a few years and nowhere do I get the feeling that he is &#8220;known fascist or sympathizer.&#8221; Writing about Oath Keepers, Threepers, the Second Amendment, Ralph Northam, or anything else doesn&#8217;t make you an &#8220;other&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You don&#8217;t publish a long list of people with pictures unless you want them targeted. While they themselves may not be the ones targeting these people, according to Seven Hills Antifa there are others of their leftist colleagues who do plan to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>They also had <a href=\"https:\/\/antifa7hills.blackblogs.org\/2020\/01\/18\/in-response-to-vice-news-why-this-antifa-group-is-siding-with-thousands-of-pro-gun-conservatives-in-virginia\/\" class=\"rank-math-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a long statement in another post about the Vice News article. <\/a>They seem to be upset because their fellow traveling friends now think they have gone and joined some sort of white supremacist Neo-Nazi unit.<\/p><p> Many folks have read this article, or possibly just the headline, and come to the conclusion that we are choosing to march with Neo-Nazis and Klansmen on Monday. This was and never will be the case.\u00a0We are forever\u00a0in\u00a0opposition to these groups.\u00a0It is our group\u2019s stated mission to keep these groups from having footholds in Richmond\u00a0and beyond. There are many racists and fascists planning on attending\u00a0\u201c2A lobby day rally\u201d on January 20th, at a\u00a0steadily\u00a0increasing rate since this\u00a0bill emerged\u00a0in November. We anticipated their efforts to recruit from the 2A movement, as has already been happening, and saw this as an important point to intervene since we oppose this legislation.\u00a0We recognize how many in the movement, especially due to the projections of law enforcement, bear extreme prejudice towards Richmond and its residents, in the equation of \u201cDemocratic strongholds.\u201d We understand the many racist, homophobic, transphobic, and misogynistic remarks that abound in the river of online comments on these issues.\u00a0 Reading through and digesting these conversations is a reality of the work we engage in. We see it as our place to endure this, to be able to peer further into the void. In no way does this mean we seek to make alliances with those who wish violence and terror upon those most vulnerable. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The response to the Vice News article by Seven Hills Antifa is quite long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It concludes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong>We will work to get active threats out to the community as we get and verify them.<\/strong> We will never know all the threats but we will do our best to keep a watchful eye. We are not a vanguard force, and rely on the contributions of our community and comrades to be effective.\u00a0We will use everything at our disposal to defend our neighborhoods in the event that fascists decide to move offensively. Our hope is that instead this moment will transpire in whatever peace is left.\u00a0<\/p><p>We are deeply sorry to\u00a0our allies\u00a0that this article scared or angered. Especially if it seems as though we were going to march alongside Neo\u2013nazis or fascists. We would never do that and our intention is to only ever expose and expel them to the best of our ability.\u00a0We hope that our prior words and actions speak to this, and that good faith can be assumed in us, especially in moments where we cannot afford transparency.We are always available to talk, and we encourage you to reach out. Only some of you may know our faces, but all of you have our ears.\u00a0<\/p><p>Love and Rage <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I know it is easy for me to say be alert, be aware, and be safe given I&#8217;ll be at the SHOT Show and not in Richmond. Nonetheless, it is good advice. If you decide to be inside the fenced enclosure on the Capitol Grounds, make sure you have 2-3 good friends who are armed outside of it as your escorts. If you own a GoPro, take it with you and have it running on your hat or body. Think of it as your personal body cam or dash cam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to Rick R. for the links to Seven Hills Antifa&#8217;s webpage.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a follow-up to my post from Friday saying I didn&#8217;t have a good feeling about the Seven&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5033,4890,5042,5040,1518,5041,5013],"class_list":["post-29920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-antifa","tag-john-crump","tag-leftists","tag-richmond-va","tag-safety","tag-seven-hills-antifa","tag-vcdl-lobby-day-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29921,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29920\/revisions\/29921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}