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Making them feel silly is infinitely better than getting mad, trying to debate rationally, or engage on relevant issues.

Anti-anti-protest signs are the great, as is clever retorts like having a clown wig and nose in your bag and standing next to them with a "clowns for fascism" sign

If you are unprepared for counter protests, the next best thing you can do is ignore them and drown them out. Let them be there but let their numbers show.

Things like loud instruments, if you have speakers, playing "baby shark" on full blast, etc. while otherwise ignoring them can easily work.

Remember at all times they are here to get you to engage with them directly. Don't give them what they want.

You know how the British do their football chants? Do that, but mock that flag. Make it almost seem like he took it so it could get mocked.

The fact that only one counter protestor showed up to your event proves how many people are actually on your side. I would have shifted all the focus to the single guy representing the other side. His presence was a gift to your message.

At our pride festival entrance they used multiple chains of balloons tied together to create a curtain blocking the protesters and their signs from view.

Second best thing is to just move away from him like an unbathed person on a hot day.

I always make an extra sign that says something like "Doesnt Wash Ass" with an arrow pointing or "Pillow Princesses For Trump". Just switch signs and stand near them for a few minutes. The laughing and negative attention usually drives them off.

Point and laugh. Then laugh some more at him. Have fun with it.

The idiot wants you to be violent, or angry. That's all these types of people want. That's what gets him off.
But what he doesn't like, what he would hate, is people thinking he is a fool and a laughing stock.

If it happens again show them just how pathetic and laughable they are.

We had an agitator trying to shout over the crowds at ours, and someone had brought out really loud bell and just started going to town until they left.

Thank them for coming out to support your cause.

I would've sat down next to him and read "They Thought They Were Free" to him.

Edit: or The Anatomy of Fascsim

Learn from a master?

https://youtube.com/@professionaldouche

Bring them taller Trump flag poles, made of metal

Eh you handled it right for that situation. He was there hoping someone would start a fight so he could shoot back and claim "leftist violence". No reaction and ignoring them like a child having a tantrum is right.

Hand him a water. Let him know he’s not an enemy, and he may come to understand you’re not either.

You could also ask him how much his flag and other merchandise cost him 😂. Then just whistle appreciatively and tell him you had to make your own.

I thought someone had a good response by bringing a pre-made anti-anti-protest sign saying something like, "My favorite flavor is BOOT!" or, "Making Nazism Great Again ⬇️".

Physically box them out. Form a line and expand it so they have to use force to get past you.

Point, laugh, and move on. They're there to make you feel uncomfortable, draw catcalls and insults, but above all to be taken seriously. Treat them like a joke and, if they don't actually skulk away, you'll at least put everyone else at ease.

Completely ignore him. Attention is what he wants.

Encircle them with backs twords them so their view is completely obstructed.

Alternative, encircle facing them and all begin to chant something about them.

Make them embarrassed to be there.

We had one lady walk through the crowd draped in a Trump flag. We ignored her and she left.

You're allowed to use your words and make the assholes feel just as, if not more, uncomfortable than you are. Shout at them without using or threatening violence. It's what we did as part of our counter-protest when the Proud Boy fuckfaces basically had a klan rally in our city a few years ago. If you out number them, they will be the ones shitting their pants and hopefully leaving.

Take a picture of their face, reverse image search, find their Facebook, and show it to them.

"Is this information up to date?"

If anyone has a more intuitive way to search for people based on facial recognition feel free to chime in because if they're gonna use it on us we might as well make use of it ourselves

In chicago there was one guy with a bullhorn off to the side at one point of the march and the crowd pretty much just drown him out chanting shame but I mean this is a big city with a lot of people although there is only so many people passing by the spot at any particular time. Its inspiring though having so many voices out volume the machine.

Not directly to the troll, but I would shout and chant any leftist and liberal slogans and talking points, and then get the crowd to go along with you to make him uncomfortable.