Hollywood, FL: Neo Nazis & Confederates Easily Defeated Again

As previously reported, Alt-Right supremacists tried, and failed, to rally support around Confederate symbols in Orlando, and again more recently in Hollywood. On Monday, July 3rd, The City of Hollywood bowed to pressure and announced it would vote to change the Confederate Street signs of Hollywood on August 30th.

This development marks the latest in a humiliating series of defeats when it comes to white supremacists’ fever dreams about uniting with neo-Confederate sympathizers, especially in the Southern half of Florida. Much like when the “Johnny Reb” statue came down in Orlando, these outside provocateurs were nowhere to be seen Tuesday in Hollywood as the City Commissioners mulled the final steps needed to transition the streets back to the names they originally had when the City was founded.

We’d like to take the time to thank super-charged neo-Nazi moron Jake Phillip Loubriel. He finally successfully organized a protest on June 21st – too bad the naked bigotry and hatred on display at this demonstration arguably propelled Hollywood to rush to this decision rather than deal with neo-Nazis at City Hall for much longer. (We were going to post glowering screenshots about him declaring “total victory in Hollywood” after that demonstration, but it appears the entire event page for that hate rally was “zuck’ed”.) Indeed, Loubriel has already set protests for July 19th and August 30th, the day of the final vote. Unfortunately there’s no way for them to unwind the damage done. Even Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was decrying the street signs as a consequence of their stupid, racist actions.

The level of unanimity amongst the political class around these issues as a result of 7.21 was absolutely unthinkable for years as the street sign campaign went virtually unnoticed. If anything, it was a total victory for the radical anti-racist, anti-white supremacist, and anti-fascist activists who brought this campaign from a seemingly trivial issue to a point that humiliated one of the most liberal cities in Florida, their police department, the alt-right, and the “legacy of the Confederacy” all in one swoop.

They should stick to trying to find cops to hug.