Barry
It's Going DownPeople held the line against violent Proud Boys today in #SilverSpring, #Maryland. Even in the face of violence, people held strong against the fascists and the children's event inside a local bookstore was not disrupted.
mf MD 
@igd_news local news needs to start taking this seriously.
@igd_news and i mean this nationwide. there needs to be an expose, by local media, about this.
JenX@mfreeman @igd_news The problem in America is that local news is dying and has been for a while. And in turn the “news deserts” are contributing greatly to democracy’s decline. https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/06/newspapers-close-decline-in-local-journalism/
As newspapers close, struggling communities are hit hardest by the decline in local journalism
The United States continues to lose newspapers at a rate of two a week, further dividing the nation into wealthier, faster growing communities with access to local news, and struggling areas without, according to a report on the state of local news from the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University.
JonyaP@JenX @igd_news @mfreeman From reading on Next Door app, off and on, I wonder if people are creating their own echo chambers of ‘news’ on some of the social media options. Which is not good. Is there a suggested path by which an under employed educated journalist can build up their own employment? Sean did it with https://www.medcitybeat.com/#gsc.tab=0. Other examples? Hashtags?
@SewHappy1960 @JenX @igd_news i mean i'm not a journalist nor am i a practicing doc anymore. i just have opinions which i will happily share in the form of words.
I'm a person with opinions as well so I respect this. And as I'm not coming forward as a trained, dedicated journalist, no one should just believe anything I say without vetting it. As JenX says, there are American news deserts. I feel these are being filled in by various social media conversations without the credibility of unbiased journalistic standards coming into play. In my town, the local Journalism School (w MU) fills in that gap. @CoMissourian is student-ran
Since we have this very active J-School in #ColumbiaMO, and we have another paper, we are not in a news desert. If you are, though, do you know if there is a trained or dedicated person filling in the gap in some way? Not necessarily speaking to the other people 'at'ed in the convo with me, but to anyone reading this. A great example is Twin City's based @bringmethenews.
Chaoddity@igd_news Brave and good woman, standing up to... these... disgraceful brutes, thugs, and bullies.
"Nurture-boy" Ric Flair@igd_news
Punk-ass proudboys can fuck off and die.
Punk-ass proudboys can fuck off and die.
Spaghetti@igd_news nice work fuck the piss boys
@igd_news They are so “proud” they are all disguised behind their masks, hats, and shades.
beforewisdom 
Kristin Mink, Montgomery County Council (MD) on Twitter
“Proud Boys showed up in Silver Spring and got violent today, trying to scare away families and children attending Drag Story Hour at Loyalty Books. But the community held a wall of 🌈 safety and support. The kids had a great time and were none the wiser. We will never back down.”
GATEKEEPER
We Can Be Gyros@igd_news violent street gangs are legal in America. Pass it on.
sarah gilbert@igd_news thanks to the people of Silver Spring for protecting their community!
Patricia Kayden@igd_news So proud of my fellow Marylanders!! That's how you do it!
LeeFromVT 🌎🌌🐈♂️♏🏳️🌈 🇺🇦@igd_news
Stand against them all the time. They want to intimidate, if they do more then peacock around with they weapons of mass destruction they will have to be designated a terrorist group.
Stand against them all the time. They want to intimidate, if they do more then peacock around with they weapons of mass destruction they will have to be designated a terrorist group.
Mike Fraser 
@igd_news I'd ask these pussies why the need masks.
Lisa Hamilton@igd_news Why are designated domestic terrorists allowed to interfere with civic events at all?
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌@igd_news The only Proud Boys that don't need to be jailed & forbidden👇👇👇.
#RuleOfLaw #DefendAmerica #DefendDemocracy #DefensiveDemocracy #Jan6 #ProudBoysSedition #Insurrection #Overthrow #TrumpInsurrection #Terrorism #Extremism #AccountabilityMatters
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2020/10/04/the-proud-boys-are-furious-that-gay-men-have-taken-over-proudboys-on-twitter/
TurboQuokka@igd_news Those folks look like they might be some of my Parasol Patrol extended family. I highly encourage anyone who wants to help create safe spaces for queer folks (especially kids) to see if you’ve got a local Parasol Patrol-affiliated group in your area!! There are new affiliates springing up all the time, and we can always use more volunteers!!
Obot 50549535 🌺@igd_news
Apparently we need to call for police backup before we try reading stories to children.
Local news coverage:
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/police-break-up-protest-at-drag-queen-story-hour-in-silver-spring/3282999/
@igd_news Are there more details somewhere? When I hear about incidents such as this one, I want to thank the protectors and the bookstore or library or school, where ever they are on social.