"More information on the planned 9/3 protest in downtown Port Townsend. Originally, we understood Robert Zerfing of Vancouver, WA and Common Sense Conservatives YouTube channel was behind it.
Many women at the 8/15 press conference credit Zerfing with protecting them from possible assault.
However, Zerfing's event was disavowed by Amy E. Sousa, of the women's rights group RevFoxx USA and organizer of the 8/15 event that saw an angry, at times violent mob engulf mostly older women calling for bathrooms and locker rooms where they could feel safe and respected. She had not given permission for use of the LetJulieSwim meme and was concerned about the wrong message resulting from an event organized by men from out of town. Julie Jaman has sent messages to the City of Port Townsend and police chief that she is not part of nor endorsing the event. Nonetheless, this week notice of the event was circulated on Washington State Patriot Response and seemed to be widely shared.
We were able to communicate with Zerfing. He said quite unfavorable things about Sousa and initially disclaimed responsibility for organizing the event. "’I'm just the guy getting the message out. There really isn’t a leader of it to be honest. It’s a few people who talked about doing an event and just want to get some people to do a protest."
Today, he wrote us that, "Well, as of today I am taking ownership of it, I guess, but it's a group of people to do something in response to what happened on the 15th and what happened to Julie." How many people does he expect? "Your guess is as good as mine. Could be 100-200? But odds are it will be about 50 MAYBE. It made national news and people are upset about it. But people are also afraid of the violent Left. So ya never know."
We informed him that the city had imposed restrictions on areas of downtown near Pope Marine Park. He wrote back:
"[I]t is a permitted event and we have been assured by law enforcement that they will do what they can to insure the safety of the protest attendees.
"Also:
"The purpose of the event is laid out on all of the flyers. If people do show up to oppose this event, their position on the subject matter is without question.
"The people opposing us will be showing the world that they:
"Support men once again attempting to make women 2nd class citizens.
"Support the idea that victims of rape, sexual abuse, and domestic violence should just “get over it” and not use that as a reason to not be ok with men staring at them while naked; completely ignoring their trauma.
"Support Bestiality from a mayor.
"Completely oppose and wish to invalidate all of the progress that the women’s suffrage and gay rights movements has made.
"The entire incident that has happened to Julie is completely unacceptable. What happened to the 'Press Conference' on 8/15 is completely unacceptable.
The city's response to what happened on the 15th is completely unacceptable.
What the attendees have had to endure since the 15th with the harassment, the bullying, and the abuse from locals, and from people abroad is completely unacceptable.
"Nobody is coming to this protest [in] Port Townsend to 'cause trouble' or 'harass the LGBTQ community' in any way. People are coming to Port Townsend to stand up for women’s rights to privacy, common decency, and to say enough, is enough.
"People have the right to speak, to peacefully assemble, and to air their grievances.
"That is the plan and we hope that it happens that way.""
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