Counterprotesters overwhelm free speech rally in Boston
The people who attended a rally at the Boston Common did not bear Nazi symbols or racist slogans. But the tens of thousands of counterprotesters saw their intention as defending hate speech.
(The Christian Science Monitor) A free speech rally in Boston organized by groups with right-wing ties on August 19 brought out tens of thousands of counterprotesters week after demonstrations in Charlottesville, in which three people died.
The counterprotesters’ aim was to assert their own values and to shout down what many view as hate speech rooted in white supremacy.
[Boston saw the largest crowd among rallies and protests nationally, some taking a right-wing position while others aimed to “Eclipse Hate,” as a Portland, Oregon, demonstration was called.]
