In short, it was a Very Important Moment for the leftocracy, as they could demonstrate how dangerous the bitter, racist clingers of the broad center really are.
Fast-forward to this week. Same state. Another rally. This time, a whole crew of AR-15-toting, tactical-camouflage-gear-wearing, political-discourse-spewing rednecks show up. They're intimidating. Like they own the place. And they're there for the protection of the protestors against the police and other authority figures.
Practically a... militia, you might say.
Of course, the kakistocracy in academe, Washington, and the news media have been falling all over themselves to condemn this dangerous posse of radical extremists. You can't go five minutes without tripping over a blog item or newspaper article about them. Right?
Right?
Well, actually, no. You can't find this anywhere. It's been embargoed. Disappeared. Just like Stalin did it, back in the left's good old days.