Is Bob Lonsberry Running Cover for Antifa?
Is Bob Lonsberry Running Cover for Antifa?
A Rochester-Based Antifa Schoolteacher and a Conservative Radio Host Agree on One Thing; White 'Racists' Should be 'Cancelled.' The Conservative, However, Seems Unable to Tell Black from White...
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"Sure, cancel culture is an evil. But so is racism.”
-Bob Lonsberry “THE LIFTING OF THE HOOD” - 24 Aug 2022
It seems a self-proclaimed member of the “Antifa” movement—Rochester City School teacher Adam Macintyre-Ross—has found an unexpected ally. His newfound ‘associate’ is conservative radio announcer Bob Lonsberry.
Lonsberry, who played a role in the 'canceling' of two White hosts of a private party for alleged racism, has implied that Macintyre-Ross, an exposed anti-White agitator and BLM rioter, is oppressing not Whites, but Blacks, after targeting Black Republican party-affiliated political organizer, Marcus C. Williams, in now-leaked chats.
We emailed Lonsberry on 10 February for a comment and have not yet heard back.
On 28 September 2023, Lonsberry stated that he was “not going to identify” Macintyre-Ross, but that a city schoolteacher was “possibly a significant Antifa organizer.” He would acknowledge that multiple locals and their families were “on the list of people that the local Antifa wanted to 'take down.’” Lonsberry, however, qualified the statement by asserting, “I don’t presume that's a violent takedown.”
Strangely, Lonsberry doesn’t mention that nearly all of the targets listed by Macintyre-Ross with hateful, violent rhetoric were White.
Lonsberry only mentions Marcus C. Williams by name, attempting to prove that Macintyre-Ross believes that “Black people aren't allowed to think the way they want or express a contrary viewpoint.”
The one-sided dispute between the two was in reality, a result of differing theories on criminal justice. Both sides have histories of lambasting “White Supremacy,” and believe themselves to be acting on behalf of Blacks.
Marcus C. Williams and Adam Macintyre-Ross also both have a history of celebrating violence against Whites.
Marcus C. Williams, Source
One is a city schoolteacher, Democrat, and Antifa while the other was a Republican-endorsed candidate and was just renominated by the party on 9 February for State Assembly.
In the case of Macintyre-Ross, some of his now leaked statements made in Antifa organizational chats appear unhinged, with explicitly anti-White statements rising to the level of sadistic and violent.
What Happened?
Racial equality is a core tenet of the two-party system. The anti-White extremism movement, commonly referred to as “Antifa,” represents a paramilitary wing of the status quo. In turn, Lonsberry's claim of anti-Black racism is further damaged.
It was Anti-fascist tactics that Lonsberry adopted when he targeted two conservative White people, getting them canceled for the alleged crime of their political beliefs. The individuals, local dentist Nicholas Nicosia, his wife Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia, and their children, were victims of a brutal media campaign that accused them of racism for the contents of a party unwittingly seen by a Black partygoer.
According to the Justice Report, American Iron Fron-affiliated Macintyre-Ross used social media to direct his allies to harass the Nicosia’s, claiming he intended to make life “difficult” for them.
It seems reasonable to ask, how is Lonsberry so grossly misinformed?
Antifa
Antifascist Aktion, or Antifa for short, is a broad left-wing and anti-White extremist movement that combines legitimate political protest with terrorism, including abhorrent acts of violence, doxing, and threats, to achieve political goals. Many times, its members are heavily armed.
“Seven people [Antifa, names included] were arrested at a women's march in Rochester, N.Y., for inciting to riot.”
Antifa ideologies vary but often operate under the pretenses of rejecting so-called 'White supremacy,' which manifests as a generalized hatred of White people, their values, and institutions. While their public rhetoric is existentially minded, a positive Antifa worldview generally remains unspecified. Antifa groups operate with some autonomy and independence, historically turning out in large numbers for noteworthy events, and turning what would be peaceful events into violent, undignified brawls.
Daniel Prude protests in Rochester:
Antifa and ‘civil rights’ minded radicals have a significant, and very Jewish history in Rochester, NY.
Saul Alinsky, Jewish author of Rules for Radicals a guidebook for left-wing political agitation. Alinsky was very active in Rochester. [IMG]
Since its peak in America during the George Floyd riots of 2020, Antifa has refocused its efforts on other projects in the United States, specifically posing opposition to the construction of a police training center in Atlanta, Georgia. Unlike in 2020, however, Antifa has encountered significant police resistance where they previously had not.
A wave of crackdowns including domestic terrorism charges and RICO indictments have been issued to dozens of Antifa as a result of the latest Atlanta riots, culminating in the real prospect of ‘hard time’ for some of the terrorists.
Placed in light of the early demise and random acts of God seemingly against several infamous Antifa, many believe US-based Antifa’s best days are behind them as the list of allies grows thin.
As for Rochester, one of 2020’s worst Antifa agitators was unmasked in a bombshell exposé. The individual, who calls himself “Eightman,” would turn out to be none other than Jewish middle school art teacher, Adam Macintyre-Ross.
“I want every Republican to have their capacity to exist in a stranglehold,” said Macintyre-Ross in a leaked Antifa chatroom now made public by the anti-hate monitor, the William McKinley Institute (WMKI) ”…I want them to suffer every ounce of pain and cruelty…”
“If I saw some fat white as***le in a MAGA hat slinging slurs…I’d not stop attacking until there was only unrecognizable meat left,” he continued.
Alarmingly, Macintyre-Ross would appear to eventually benefit from a newfound ally in conservative radio announcer, Bob Lonsberry. Lonsberry would mirror Antifa’s tactics of doxing and ‘canceling’ when he used his platform to amplify the Nicosia’s situation. Simultaneously, he would obscure the true story of Macintyre-Ross’s explicitly anti-White hatred.
Cancellation
Cancellation is a relatively newfound weapon in the arsenal of neoliberalism. It is the process of ostracizing someone from American society to suppress the political speech of a citizen. Usually, the repression comes in the form of social, professional, or financial harm.
It is typically employed in a two-fold approach:
a. Accuse the person(s) of committing an action that affronts American ideology. Typically, racial politics for Whites and activities viewed as related to such are candidates for cancellation.
b. Threaten to instead cancel the people, groups, or companies that are associating with the person being actively 'canceled.'
Almost essential to this entire process, is the two-party system. While progressive movements serve as a funnel for people to be openly and flagrantly anti-White, conservatism cleans up afterward. Conservative influencers profess that so-called “systemic racism” is either minimal or doesn’t exist, denying the obvious elephant in the room of America’s racially fractured state. Instead, conservatives offer their followers a way to “move forward” presumably with some sort of price attached.
The end result is a system where political “cancellation” is wholly a problem for White Americans.
Lonsberry espousing core tenets of White-disarming conservatism [May 2023].
The use of this race-avoidant ideology by Bob Lonsberry works in two ways: it defuses the power of White collectivization while also lending credibility to those on the other side of the spectrum, who hurl accusations of racism which kickstarts the cancellation process. Lonsberry makes use of both roles against the Nicosia family of Rochester.
The Nicosia's are headed by patriarch, Nicholas (Ned) Nicosia and his wife Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia. They also have several adult children.
Ned owns a two-generation dental practice and up until August 2022, he alleged it was successful. That is until a 7 July 2022 party at their home with political themes was billed as an anti-Black event among other things.
Their home is considered “historic.” The Nicosia’s told the GVO they purchased the home in order to save it from commercial use and named a private university outside the city. Their commitment to restoral projects such as Pinnacle Hill has a long history as also evidenced here.
Still, The Landmark Society of WNY would unabashedly cut ties with Mary Znidarsic-Nicosia when the dust had settled.
The Nicosia’s, who were known for their philanthropy over their political donations, began to rally behind La'Ron Singletary. Singletary, who is Black was the former police chief of Rochester who resigned as a result of the Daniel Prude incident.
La'Ron Singletary [ballotpedia]
Instead of stepping out of public life, Singletary opted to challenge Joe Morelle for a U.S. House seat on the Republican ticket. Though the 7 July party was not a La'Ron Singletary-focused event, a discussion of the candidate’s viability, desirability, and general politics was reported by several witnesses.
Indeed, the party did have at least one Juneteenth flag. McMurray, Barnhart and others suggested that this flag was chief among the symbols at the party proving an anti-Black theme. Jerrod Jones, an attendee, and Black Rochester firefighter has created some confusion in that his account in the RFD report differs from his original notice of claim. Namely, the flag that fits inside a “flower planter” is called “large” in the claim.
The Nicosia’s include a photo of the alleged potted plant and flag in a lawsuit for defamation and tortious interference against Jones’ lawyer, Nate McMurray, and Rachel Barnhart, a Monroe County legislator.
There was also a Juneteenth Cup party favor reported by former RFD Captain Jeff Krywy. Krywy also reported not noticing an explicit theme to the party.
The final racially implicated item was fried chicken. Mary Nicosia does admit to mocking the Black affinity for fried chicken on Twitter, however, in practice, the chicken was assuredly a food item at least. In fact, new updates appear to show photos of the chicken bones “picked clean.”
Some politicians were also reportedly mocked. The Nicosia’s claim a female guest dressed as Barnhart in order to lampoon the politician and that Barnhart and Mary Lupien—a very liberal City Councilor—were featured as a backboard for a cornhole game. Jones’ claim implied the Barnhart impersonator was role-playing a sex performer and utilized a quite liberal approach to the term “spike,” using it to describe wire. The same type of wire is used to stabilize a typical “Garage Sale” yard sign.
Images from the Nicosia Complaint
In the racial arena, it would appear that these confirmed Juneteenth symbols hardly signify a central theme. Moreover, they indicate a mainstream conservative opinion; Juneteenth is superficial pandering for Black people.
Some may point out that Mary’s Twitter account which contained racial commentary that some could consider inflammatory. Most of the comments presented on the now-defunct account appeared truthful, however.
Black Americans represent a significant amount of crime in Rochester and are starkly overrepresented in violent crime per capita. They also riot regularly in Monroe County and are the focus of a criminal investigation for the disbursement of COVID funds meant to elevate their own community.
Regrettably, there is no evidence of the Nicosia’s engaging in pro-White politics. In fact, the Nicosia’s were quite reluctant to be mentioned by a news agency like the GVO that points out Jewish identity.
Our reporter emphasized the story was inevitable.
Lonsberry’s Odd Relationship with Racial Politics
Lonsberry himself has been ‘canceled,’ fired, suspended from social media, and the like while engaging in the Finger Lakes and WNY political scene. Lonsberry is most often canceled over racism accusations. These include calling the former Black mayor of Rochester an “orangutan”, apologizing, then calling him a “monkey” at another time.
Most recently, Lonsberry learned of a young Black teenager on a bail-reform, supercharged crime spree. Needing a name for the minor who could not be named, he chose the name “Jayvon” stating, “if his name actually turns out to be Jayvon, well, who knows, maybe I’m clairvoyant.”
An image search of “Jayvon” in various search engines turned up scores of portraits of Black males. Primaries and caucuses are currently in full swing across the country.
Despite these obvious infractions against the neoliberal status quo, Lonsberry always seems to bounce back into the spotlight and resume his duties as the area’s authorized voice for upstate conservatism.
Still, this has done little to prevent complaints of cancellation during the oft-repeated process.
Interestingly, it is an observable fact that Bob Lonsberry’s rhetoric becomes much more pro-White in relation to the proximity of an election. For the time being, Lonsberry has been linking the fight against anti-Whiteness to fighting against anti-Semitism.
Bob Lonsberry connects anti-Whiteness to anti-Semitism. Note the religious justification of racial nationalism. No such justification has been made for the historically White population of the US. Lonsberry encourages military service to his audience.
Fallout
When addressing the 7 July 2022 party, Ned Nicosia uses the word “juvenile.” Despite this, the Nicosia’s apologized profusely after days of public pressure, including threats.
No mercy was shown, even for their children who were alleged to have been threatened with death by name. No mercy was to be shown by Rachel Barnhart who stated ad nauseum “It’s really easy to cancel the Nicosia’s” while addressing the difficulty of tackling ‘racism.’ Barnhart of course is the Monroe County legislator who as a former reporter, produced a news segment entirely of Black contributors in an excited state over empty stock at the local Popeye’s.
There was a $4.99 special.
Barnhart would react, but not apologize. She invited her viewers to react but mind themselves lest they use “hate language.” She also admitted to a bizarre sequence of events where Barnhart states she sensed the racial undertones, but had fun with the segment anyway, smiling throughout.
The bright smiles throughout the segment from the Jewish reporter were ascribed to the literary device of repetition.
The word: “chicken.”
Barnhart’s post was followed by a message from Black anchor, Norma Holland who seemed to add little to the discussion other than a Black person’s approval of the news agency.
Lonsberry had last mentioned Barnhart by name in his blog in 2008. He would not mention the 2009 Popeye’s segment nor Barnhart by name in his writing for 8 more years. At that point, Lonsberry would endorse the reporter for State office merely based upon rumors of her ambitions.
We were unable to locate audio recordings from that time frame
Lonsberry would however blog three times in one month directly concerning the Nicosias, then would mention the RFD lawsuit from Jones in a fourth post in May of 2023.
In his three blog posts succeeding the Jones press conference on 12 August 2022, Bob would lambast White firefighters explaining that “the firefighters weren’t a team; the white people were a team. And the black firefighter was the odd man out.” He also begins to bill the Nicosia’s as racist and sexist and Ned as a “rich dentist” and “rich white guy.”
Bob also mentions Barnhart among others without naming anyone. Seemingly unaware of the irony (Barnhart’s chicken segment), Lonsberry explains that Barnhart was the victim of the “sexual ridicule” of powerful people who enjoy jokes about Black people and fried chicken.
If this paragraph were to omit references to Juneteenth or liquor and change the brand to Popeye’s rather than Kentucky Fried Chicken, the absurdity would become much more apparent.
Lonsberry continues in two more blog posts that month concerning the Nicosia’s party. The next was on 15 August and the headline asked, “Who should get fired over a racist party?”
Lonsberry appears to ‘pump the brakes’ in some areas, namely the Jeff Krywy situation. Krywy was recommended to be fired by the RFD’s report for bringing firefighters in his charge to a political event while on duty.
Indeed, this later occurred, despite Bob’s half-hearted about-face.
Lonsberry does not completely abandon the idea of canceling. An assumptive ‘close’ is used by Lonsberry, who asks mid-post “The natural question is: Who gets cancelled [sic] for this?”
He then answers. Essentially, Lonsberry believes it should be the Nicosia’s and possibly everyone in the RFD chain of command, up to the mayor.
To make it clear that Lonsberry has tasked society with a full cancellation, he implies that any presence on various boards is not a result of talent, calling the couple “big money people” mathematically worth 1/100th of the White firefighter he called to cancel 3 days prior.
Lonsberry’s final and perhaps most offensive post, titled “The Lifting of the Hood” debuts in late August.
The body of the post makes it clear that the title is a metaphor for a Ku Klux Klan hood. Lonsberry tells a story of standing in a grocery line behind a man with a “White Pride tattoo” that “fit a profile.”
After commenting that the tattooed man is “an ‘other’ not an ‘us,’” Lonsberry then compares ‘him’ to the Nicosia’s who he references as “the white elites of a black city.”
Narratives Seemingly at Odds
In May of 2023, Bob Lonsberry would revisit the events of the summer of 2022 in a blog post titled “JERROD JONES LAWSUIT IS WRONG.”
The post confirms much of the GVO’s claims in the first few sentences: Lonsberry slanders Whites for their race and class, states that he “[doesn’t] know about [Jerrod Jones’] claims” about the party, and finally introduces the premise that Lonsberry feels Jones’ is not honest:
“The part of the Jerrod Jones lawsuit about me isn’t true.
He’s a Rochester firefighter, out on full-pay sick leave since an incident last summer at which some rich white people at an East Avenue mansion seemed to mock Juneteenth and some liberal Democrat politicians.
Jerrod Jones is black, and he is suing the city, the fire department, and his former captain for $5 million, alleging that he faced racism at that gathering and through the length of his fire career.
I don’t know about his claims. I wasn’t at the party, and I don’t know about his career.
But he included me in his lawsuit, and he made some claims about me, and they aren’t true.”
This position on Jones's integrity is what the Nicosia’s and their legal representation have maintained for nearly 10 months at the time of the above quote.
Note Lonsberry’s newfound use of uncertainty while referencing the party (ie: “seemed to mock Juneteenth” vs. “At the East Avenue mansion of a rich white guy…they were making fun of black people. I wish it was different. I wish it hadn’t happened.”).
In August of 2023, the Nicosia’s sued McMurray and Barnhart for defamation and tortious interference with most of their claims staking on what the plaintiff feels are lies by the defendants.
Where Lonsberry had been concerned about the misrepresentation of the truth, he seemed certain of the facts of the party again, stating “you're going to pay merry hell suing somebody for defamation in a situation like this...”
Lonsberry then ‘speaks directly’ to Nicosia over the air, reacting to the breaking news:
”…this was stupid man because the best thing for you is to let people forget this...whatever your view, this was a nuclear bomb that went off. The community responded to this with disgust. and Nicosia was dramatically damaged. I don’t think it was by anything Rachel Barnhart said. Some would make the argument it was by what you guys did at your house!”
-Bob Lonsberry 10 August 2023
On 1 Feb, Barnhart v. Monroe County progressed. Rachel Barnhart had sued Monroe County for the cost of her defense against Nicosia’s lawsuit. This does not appear unusual. In fact, Barnhart was advised to do so by the County itself when her request for legal defense was denied.
The County argues Barnhart was not acting on official business concerning the response to the Nicosia’s party. Nicosia filed a motion to reject Barnhart’s position on behalf of himself as a taxpayer. Necessarily advocating for the entire tax base simultaneously.
On 1 Feb, the Nicosia’s case filings added what appears to be several never-before-seen photos of the party that add “Happy Birthday” signs and other off-the-wall decorations to the growing list of Non-Juneteenth items. In addition to displaying the Barnhart impersonator, guests alleging attendance have signed affidavits backing up the Nicosia’s version of events. The impersonator’s clothes are fairly typical of summer wear and are neither flashy nor sexual.
The wig does seem to bear resemblance to the County Legislator’s own hair.
Court reconvenes on 21 Feb.