PAUL: YES, THEY KNOW THAT THERE
IS A POTENTIAL SAFETY RISK, BUT
THEY FEEL COMPELLED TO TAKE A
STAND AGAINST HATE.
>> WE ARE GOING TO HOLD IT, SO
EVERYBODY AT THE RALLY KNOWS.
PAUL: THESE FIVE WOMEN ARE
EMBRACING THE MONIKER THAT SOME
ON THE RIGHT USE TO DENIGRATE
ACTIVISTS ON THE LEFT.
>> IT IS A MOMENT WHERE A BUNCH
OF SNOWFLAKES HAVE BANDED
TOGETHER TO JOIN THE "MAINE
SNOWFLAKE ALLIANCE." 
PAUL: DON'T LET THE NAME FOOL
YOU.
THESE WOMEN SAY THEY'VE BEEN
TRAINED IN DEESCALATION
TECHNIQUES AND ARE WILLING TO
ACCEPT THE RISKS THAT COME ALONG
WITH SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HATE
GROUPS.
>> WE DON'T FEEL THAT IT'S RIGHT
TO SIT HOME IN OUR SAFE, LITTLE
HOUSES AND WATCH WHAT IS GOING
ON IN FRONT OF RTV'S -- OUR 
T.V.'S, AND WE DO WANT TO STAND
UP FOR EVERYBODY.
PAUL: THEY DO WANT A PEACEFUL
PROTEST, AND THEY EXPECT THE
CROWD SIZE WILL BE QUITE
LOPSIDED.
>> THERE ARE MANY MORE OF US
SAYING THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT
, TO BE AS A COUNTRY.
THIS IS NOT WHO WE ARE AS A
PEOPLE.
AND I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT
MORE OF US THAN THERE WILL BE
PEOPLE PREACHING HATE TOMORROW.
PAUL: ONE OF THE GROUPS MAKING
UP THE MAINE SNOWFLAKE ALLIANCE
IS MAINERS FOR ACCOUNTABLE
LEADERSHIP.
THAT GROUP LAUNCHED A GO FUND ME
PAGE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE
GROUP, LIFE AFTER HATE, AN
ANTI-HATE GROUP THAT HAD
$400,000 OF ITS FEDERAL FUNDING
YANKED BY THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
THE PAGE AIMED TO RAISE $500 AND
HAS SOARED PAST THE $6,000 MARK.
THESE MAINERS REJECT THE IDEA
THAT THEY'RE PART OF THE
SO-CALLED ALT-LEFT.
THEY SAY THEY ARE PATRIOTS WHO
ARE STANDING UP FOR PEACE,
JUSTICE, AND EQUALITY AT A TIME
WHEN THEY FEEL THEY MUST. 
>> ALL OF US WHO BELIEVE IN
AMERICAN VALUES ARE OFFENDED AND
ARE THREATENED AND OUR OUTRAGED
BY THE HATE SPEECH OF THE
NEO-NAZIS OF THE WHITE
SUPREMACISTS OF THE MILITIAS.
,>> THERE IS NO MORAL AMBIGUITY
IN THIS.
WE ARE GOING TOMORROW TO BOSTON
TO STAND FOR AMERICAN VALUES.
PAUL: THE GROUP WILL LEAVE
PORTLAND SOME TIME AROUND 6:00
A.M. 
THERE ARE ANTI-HATE RALLIES
PLANNED FOR MAINE THIS WEEKEND
TOO, ONE IN KITTERY TOMORROW AND
ANOTHER IN PORTLAND ON SUNDAY.
