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Over the weekend San Francisco unfortunately played host to the 20th annual Walk for Life, an anti-abortion rally that marched through downtown SF and also had an “info faire” at Civic Center Plaza. While the organizers called for a “peaceful and prayerful attitude” and attempted to make the event family friendly by having pro-life face painting, they also brought the toe fungus of society with them…whether unwittingly or not.

As seen in the video below — which was originally posted by Tiktok user @ACreativeQueer and then reposted by BAS on Instagram — members of the Goyim Defense League were witnessed marching with the Walk for Life rally.

 

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According to their Wikipedia entry, The Goyim Defense League (GDL) is:

“An antisemitic hate group and conspiracy theory network of individuals who are active on social media websites and operate an online video platform called GoyimTV. The GDL also performs banner drops, papering neighborhoods with flyers, and other stunts to harass Jews. The GDL emerged in 2018 and is led by the antisemitic provocateur Jon Minadeo II. GDL is currently tracked by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.”

In the video, you can see that they are quite obviously pieces of shit. One is wearing a shirt that reads “Jews Rape Kids” while another one wears red suspenders (part of the neo-Nazi skinhead uniform), and throws the “Heil Hitler” salute. If that’s not a wholesome part of a family friendly event, I don’t know what is.

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These charming cum stains were later witnessed at Market and Van Ness handing out literature and allegedly carrying big knives:

In a way, none of this should be surprising. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), in 2022, antisemitic incidents were at their highest level in the US since the 1970s. And mind you, that was before the Israel-Hamas war began. Since then, antisemitic incidents have spiked a staggering 400%.

Many antisemitic groups have used the war as cover for their hateful rhetoric and bullshit propaganda. The Goyim Defense League is one of them. During Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israeli civilians that killed nearly 1200 people, GDL’s founder Jon Minadeo II “publicly cheered the assault on his livestream, saying ‘Come on guys, it’s time to dance! Get those Jews!’ and ‘Let’s go Lebanon, Iran! Wipe Israel off the map! Let’s go! This is awesome.’” You can read more about it right here.

Being in liberal, coastal California we often think these things can’t happen here and that these hate groups are out in the middle of East Bumfuck, but they are often closer than we think. The GDL was founded in Sonoma County for fuck’s sake.

Please watch the video above again and see if you can identify the human hemorrhoids in it. It sure would be a shame if their bosses found out what their employees were up to.

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Stuart Schuffman, aka Broke-Ass Stuart, is a travel writer, poet, TV host, activist, and general shit-stirrer. His website BrokeAssStuart.com is one of the most influential arts & culture sites in the San Francisco Bay Area and his freelance writing has been featured in Lonely Planet, Conde Nast Traveler, The Bold Italic, Geek.com and too many other outlets to remember. His weekly column, Broke-Ass City, appears every other Thursday in the San Francisco Examiner. Stuart’s writing has been translated into four languages. In 2011 Stuart created and hosted the travel show Young, Broke, and Beautiful on IFC and in 2015 he ran for Mayor of San Francisco and got nearly 20k votes.

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