Hours into what was supposed to be the epic redux of last year's white nationalist/neo-Nazi/fascist/whining white male hate fest, even the Popsicle and water vendors seemed to outnumber the Unite the Right marchers.
"There they are! Nazis!" someone shouted, as a knot of about two dozen helmeted, masked, jackbooted marchers clomped through the back of the crowd down H Street. A sneak attack!
"Go home Nazis!" some counterprotesters shouted, as the crowd began to turn and surge toward the militant-looking group.
The antifa - antifascists - style themselves after the radical demonstrators of the 1930s who battled fascism in city streets.