UPDATE: Nazis Fuck Off Rally

[rachelmanija]

Looks like the Nazi scum saw how many people planned to show up to stand up to them in LA, and ran like the cowards they are. Apparently the Venice Nazi rally has been cancelled (but Nazi rallies are still planned in other cities). But it looks like OUR rally is still on, whether the Nazis show up or not.

I will keep updating but if our rally is happening, I'll still be there. I think it's important to show our solidarity and fire. Hey, just talking about showing up chased the Nazis out of LA before they even came - let's give them crowd photos to haunt their dreams and keep them out.

Comments

[melannen]

John Brown's Body is sung to the same tune but the truth that marches on in it is John Brown's, not God's. (There are some very Christian verses, but there are a LOT of verses to that song.)

..it might be a little bit too explicitly-condoning-domestic terrorism though, IDK.

[mme_hardy]

Julia Ward Howe actually wrote the lyrics to the Battle Hymn after hearing "John Brown's Body" and deciding (paraphrasing) that it was too good a tune to waste on inferior lyrics.

[ethelmay]

PRECEDENCE. Someone could do the same to her. (Though her lyrics are great fun to sing.)

[mme_hardy]

Hymns reuse existing hymn tunes all the time. It's a thing.