Two rallies planned in San Francisco and Berkeley this weekend were cancelled after Antifa and other groups threatened rally participants. In San Francisco, a free speech demonstration planned by the group Patriot Prayer was cancelled by organizer Joey Gibson because of threats demonstrators had received online and the attitude of the city's Democratic politicians who, although allowing the demonstration to take place, walled off the park where it was to be held, thus preventing anyone from hearing what the group had to say. Another rally in Berkeley never got a permit but was going to be held anyway until more threats from Antifa forced its cancellation too. The hysteria ginned up about white supremacists and Nazis resulted in Patriot Prayer being branded a "hate group" and Democratic politicians pretending that they were. This despite the Southern Poverty Law Center - not known for their tolerance of conservative and religious groups - stating on their...(Read Full Post)