Yesterday, I found out that there is going to be a second Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville.

https://unitetherightrally.com/

Court documents say that the first UniteThe Right was not just a rally, but a "coordinated campaign" organized on Discord "to intimidate, harass, incite,and cause violence to people based on their race, religion, ethnicity, and sexual orientation [...]"

https://www.integrityfirstforamerica.org/sites/default/files/Complaint.pdf

The statue was just a pretext, as free speech (the theme for the next rally) is just a pretext.

As others have observed, tensions might be too high for any of these options. I want to ask researcher explore possible ways to distort the message without inciting violence.

Here is what I have come up with so far. I encourage any researcher to share any of the following

- links of successful protests that did not end in violence

-pros and cons to anything I have mentioned so far

-lessons from the first rally

-anything you feel is applicable to this

1.Banning the Event/Denying the Permit -Kessler will probably sue -Event will continue anyway

2.Silence/Allowing the Event to Occur and Media Outlets Not Publicizing it

https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/01/extremist-ideas-media-coverage-kkk?CMP=share_btn_tw&__twitter_impression=true

-probabably in the early stages of the various groups' development

-they will show up either way

-they have their own media platforms for recruiting

-news is too alluring

3.Humor/Trolling (My Top Pick)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3169567/Hilarious-moment-tuba-player-ridicules-KKK-supporters-Family-Guy-style-serenade-Confederate-rally-South-Carolina.html

-tensions most likely too high to be successful

4.Tricking the marchers into donating to charities to fight violent extremism.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/neo-nazis-tricked-into-raising-10000-for-charity

-same issue as 3