Philly Bike On Your Left’s “Great Ride of Return” targeting six Jewish-owned businesses around Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia may have taken place as planned yesterday, but it did not exactly go according to plan.
Granted, the Israel-haters-on-bikes did show up, but far from intimidating the community, the rally backfired completely. Counterprotesters flooded into the targeted Jewish-owned businesses, turning an intended boycott into a record day of patronage and solidarity.
And it gets better.
According to CNN, the sheer size of the counter-demonstration overwhelmed the rally in several areas, forcing some of the boycotters to lift their bicycles over the crowded sidewalks just to exit the procession.
The message from Philadelphia was unmistakable: attempts to intimidate Jewish-owned businesses and drive them out of the city will not go unanswered.
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