Defenders of Ee Ech in Berkeley
So there was a bit of a battle in Berkeley on Saturday between a motley crew of alt-rightists who wanted to give some speeches and a bunch of anti-fascist (antifas) who didn’t want them to.
Things got a bit, well, heated, with the alt-right anti-antifas going on a bit of a rampage.
This is when Trump supporters, the alt-right, nazis, Proud Boys, militia, etc. pushed through and took downtown Berkeley. pic.twitter.com/21IPF3iBlW
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
Yes, that’s right, that was one baseball-hatted defender of “free speech” carrying a golf club on the off chance that he might stumble upon a golf course in the middle of the protests, I guess.
I don’t know if that guy used his golf club on any of the antifas, but there were definitely a lot of alt-rightists using their fists.
BOOM POW
#Anifta can't bully any longer. Your days are numbered #berkley#MAGA
pic.twitter.com/2kRq7LnXU9
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MAGS4
Trump
(@DJTJohnMiller) April 16, 2017
BOOM POWThe “Proud Boys” considered the day to have been a glorious victory.
Hail victory in Berkeley. What a massive humiliation for the anti-white, anti-freedom antifas.
— Mike Enoch (@MikeEnochTRS) April 15, 2017
Hail Victory! https://t.co/EsAd0KYiXt
— Richard
Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) April 15, 2017
Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) We are the champions! No time for loser ANTIFA because we are the champions of the world. We won Berkeley! So tired of all this winning!
pic.twitter.com/1GjYCMle2D
— Irma Hinojosa
(@irmahinojosa_) April 16, 2017
Tired: Trump will make anime real.
Wired: Trump will make Fallout real. pic.twitter.com/CJSx73asFz
— Reinhard (@jackhatesme) April 16, 2017
We captured the flag! We win! UHURU! @Gavin_McInnes @ProudBoysUSA @ProudboyUSA @proudboysgirls @LJRadical @Lauren_Southern pic.twitter.com/f4wh9JIVWp
— Bay Area Proud Boys (@ProudBoysCA) April 15, 2017
While capturing flags is, I guess, quite thrilling, what has the alt-rightists most excited is that bit at the end of 
MAGS4
Trump‘s clip above — in which one anti-antifa dude, identified by assorted observers as white supremacist Nathan Damigo, punched an antifa woman in the face.
The smug freaks that constantly repost Spencer being assaulted will likewise learn to face the fist. pic.twitter.com/WR7IAl7WDH
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Jubal
(@NEETOBO3) April 15, 2017
Gender Equality on the #Berkeley Battlefield Has Been Achieved ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/bVuN5elm9z
— Battle Beagle (@HarmlessYardDog) April 15, 2017
@eddiesurfs @ramzpaul @LibidoDominandi She's a feminist. Equal to men, get it? Now she knows firsthand what she's been asking for.
— Eye in ☀️the Sky (@irrepressably) April 16, 2017
The punch was quickly memeified.
So now we have this Punch a Communist in the face meme floating around. #berkeleyprotests pic.twitter.com/19atL33nQn
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) April 16, 2017
@MikeEnochTRS pic.twitter.com/swmadrFNjZ
— PunchinCommies (@EvropaAwakening) April 16, 2017
Meanwhile, some of the biggest celebrity alt-right fellow travelers — who have gone to great lengths to deny being alt-rightists themselves — cheered on the violence. Some were there.
#Berkley pic.twitter.com/aiqUdLIzx3
— RAMZPAUL (@ramzpaul) April 16, 2017
We just charged the protestors and won. https://t.co/2JAiI90tNM #ProudBoys
— Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) April 15, 2017
Today presented a moment of truth. Who is real and who isn't? Who is in the streets and who is hating on those doing real work? Great day! https://t.co/q8qKtpo1ef
— Mike Cernovich
(@Cernovich) April 15, 2017
Whatever this movement is called….I don't even know. But today it leveled up. Proud of everyone!
— Mike Cernovich
(@Cernovich) April 16, 2017
WE WON THE BATTLE OF BERKELEY!!
— Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) April 15, 2017
Southern, ostensibly a journalist, was one of those who was there to witness the “victory” in person, wearing a MAGA helmet and accompanied by “Proud Boy” bodyguards.
Libertarian journalist @Lauren_Southern had Proud Boys as her security. pic.twitter.com/WkHsKvwNp9
— Shane Bauer (@shane_bauer) April 15, 2017
Meanwhile, one fellow who’s a bit more honest about his allegiences than many of the alt-right fellow travelers looked toward the future with cautious optimism.
The right did good today, but it will not win every battle as Weimerica decays. Street fighting will become critical.
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Jubal
(@NEETOBO3) April 16, 2017
To contrast, the right and nationalists must be willing to fight to. We must lose the chains of the false sense of the moral high ground.
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Jubal
(@NEETOBO3) April 16, 2017
There is much to lose in the face of the horde if we underestimate civilisation's greatest enemy since the Turkish locusts swarmed Europe. pic.twitter.com/SKql4wc4RI
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Jubal
(@NEETOBO3) April 16, 2017
So take heed. Do not give up, no matter how vast the devil's ranks are. Under the right leaders and actions it will fall into place again. pic.twitter.com/afNpnxgooU
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Jubal
(@NEETOBO3) April 16, 2017
So how was your Saturday?