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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Property damage, theft, and violence should be condemned at all times, but thus far, both sides have exhibited condemnable behavior. I have more respect for Bowser's equal tolerance of destructive behavior as opposed to enacting a double standard.[/quote]

If you have equal regards for people who are protesting for Black people to be treated fairly and "Western Chauvinists" (let's be real, racists) looking to pick a fight, then you are part of the problem.[/quote]

If you really think (un)popular opinion is the deciding factor for shutting down political speech, you've never read the 1st Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.  Making you "part of the problem" of the uneducated American people.

Respecting the bedrock principles of America — such as, say, free speech and the right to peaceably assemble — doesn't make me a racist.  Don't even try that $h!t.  [/quote]

Yep. And in this case, the instigators were the so-called "counter protesters" -- the larping Antifa losers who absolutely do NOT believe in free speech (or democracy) and gather illegally to attack and/or provoke a violent response. Both sides are moronic idiots deserving of condemnation... but Antifa are worse.[/quote]

Disagree completely.  Proud Boys and the white supremacists are all about hurting people.  Antifa hurt property.  Do you see the difference there?

I'm no fan of Antifa.  To say the least, but to ignore that they don't punch, run over, shoot, or otherwise murder or injure other people and the Proud Boys do absurd.[/quote]

I'm sorry to differ with you, but many Antifa types absolutely DO threaten and attack people. There is tons of video of this, in Portland, MN, and even DC a couple of months ago when Trump supporters gathered. [/quote]

Antifa don’t celebrate the mass murder of my Jewish child, so if push comes to shove, I’m with Antifa.

However, I do wish there were a badass organized NONVIOLENT resistance to the proud boys. I’m horrified that they would fly across the country to threaten DC. They should be confronted. But to do that we need bigger numbers and better PR - and that means the violence and unpredictability of Antifa is not useful, because it vastly reduces the pool of people willing to protest at their sides. I also believe nonviolent protest is morally and tactically superior.

I know it’s fashionable on the hard left to downplay Antifa aggression, but they need to look at the punk/metal movement for insight. In a lot of instances the anti-nazi punks expressly rejected violence and still got the nazis out of their venues. There is a long history of this: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-19-ca-21890-story.html[/quote]

This Jew is quite comfortable despising both the proud boys and antifa.[/quote]

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