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‘F*ck The Pigs’ And 6 Other Crazy Things Heard At The RNC Communist Rally

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Three brave reporters from The Daily Caller News Foundation ventured Tuesday deep into the protest of activist Cornel West and the Revolutionary Communist Party outside the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

The sea of humanity was angry that day, friends, peppered with chants of “f*ck the pigs,” before devolving into an incomprehensible storm of guttural rage.

Here’s a brief rundown of the shameless radicalism TheDCNF witnessed.

1. ‘F*ck The Pigs’

Protesters wearing masks were quick to express their hatred for cops. TheDCNF captured a number of them chanting “f*ck the pigs” before the chant devolved into incoherent screaming.

And that was only the beginning!

2. The Anarcho-Buddhist

Anarcho-Buddhist

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This skirt-wearing anti-GOP fellow was proud to assert his personal ideology of “anarcho-Buddhism.” What is that? Well, it’s not entirely clear.

“It’s kind of something I’m figuring out as I go along,” he told TheDCNF. “[It’s] Anarcho- in terms of taking the struggle of justice into your everyday life … pushing against relationships of unjust domination, and [it’s] Buddhist meaning rooted in a Buddhist philosophical outlook, with the nature of suffering and the nature of violence and all those types of things.

Like many other demonstrators in Cleveland, the anarcho-Buddhist really did not like police.

“Every week we see video footage of police shooting people, and walking away from it fine, with a promotion often,” he said. When asked for an example, he demurred.

“I don’t have the names on the top of my head, no.” After further thought, he suggested the example of the Baltimore cops involved in the death of Freddie Gray. But when asked what those police had done wrong, he confessed he didn’t know.

“I’m not as familiar with all the specifics of the case,” he said. Nevertheless, he remained sure they deserved to be imprisoned for murder.

3. Make Memes Great Again Guy

Make memes great again

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Zach, an 18-year-old punk from Cleveland, who just graduated high school, wanted to lighten the mood at the rally with a “Make Memes Great Again” sign, though not everyone welcomed his humor. Earlier in the day, Zach told The Daily Caller News Foundation he had been attacked and shoved.

“I was just standing there with my sign, and they tried to take my sign,” Zach said.

While his sign generally came off as hilarious to people under 30, it seemed to completely puzzle the boomer generation.

“What is memes?” One elderly lady asked.

Zach later explained that if she was curious, she should look into “Bernie Sanders’ dank meme stash.”

“I just want to try and get people to laugh and unite the city a bit,” Zach added. “Everyone just looks so miserable.”

4. Trump Is The KKK Or Something

“No Trump. No KKK, no fascists USA,” a group of protesters, some with masks covering their faces, started chanting as anti-capitalist activists began congregating outside the RNC.

The chant is clearly in reference to the white supremacist group, the Ku Klux Klan, and even though, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has not come out in support of any KKK positions, activists still believe him to be a fascist and racist.

That same group of activists then began chanting “black lives they matter here,” all while one lone black Trump supporter shouted back “all lives matter here.”

Not long after, another group started to chant their support for refugees.

5. The “Om” Guy

The 'Om Guy' handing out flowers at the RNC. [Blake Neff/Daily Caller News Foundation]

The ‘Om Guy’ handing out flowers at the RNC. [Blake Neff/Daily Caller News Foundation]

This older hippie dude has been cavorting outside the convention for two whole days, picking fights with fascists and handing out flowers. He’s also been pursuing a peculiar strategy he says will improve the RNC’s tense political climate.

“We need to de-escalate,” the man said Tuesday. “Will everyone join in with me?”

The man then attempted lead passerby in an “Om” chant, a spiritual technique borrowed from Hinduism. Nobody else was really interested, so he ended up just rotating around in a circle chanting “Ommmmmmmmmmm” into a megaphone.

He then handed out “free flowers for de-escalation.” It is unclear where the flowers came from.

5. Guy Dancing In Front Of Police

Things were getting pretty heated as at least one protester kept approaching the line of police to yell at them, but as he walked away from where one DCNF reporter stood a guy came out of the crowd to start dancing in front of the police.

6. Miss America

Miss america also made an appearance.

Well, not the real Miss America, but this lady rally wanted to show how patriotic she is and how much she dislikes Trump.

Miss Anti-Trump protester

Lady dressed in red, white and blue protesting Donald Trump — TheDCNF

7. Repent! Well, That’s What These Crazy Jesus People Said

And then there were these people …

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