I wasn't making a gun rights statement I was simply saying that those people went expecting and maybe even hoping for a fight. And got one.
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I wasn't making a gun rights statement I was simply saying that those people went expecting and maybe even hoping for a fight. And got one.
The person who drove into the crowd...was s/he a white supremacist or a protester of white supremacists?
Verbal confrontation is to be expected. Violence is not to be expected. The violence must be condemned.
Tell that to the thousands of people they have lynched over the years.
We didn't have to do anything of the sort in Baghdad. The real world isn't just a game of risk. You gotta worry about others responses to such actions in the real world.
The Klan hasn't lynched anyone in over half century. I guess the police should also run around chasing Al Capone's gang!
How do we know they haven't lynched anyone? Their history of terrorism means we diligently monitor their hate and stop them from ever lynching another person.
We are discussing the modern Klan and how they behave in public demonstrations. In private, as far as I am concerned, they are nothing but domestic terrorists.
The modern klan is no different than the klan of the past. They're just weaker because they have not maintained membership.
We did not take out Hussein. We stopped short. We later had to go back and do it.
Well if the Klan had lynched anyone in the last 50 years the SPLC would have let everyone know about it. Of course that hasn't happened.
No, we decided to. Not sure it was worth the effort. We certainly didn't have to do it. W simply chose to.
It doesn't mean the klan isn't a terrorist organization.
The modern Klan is totally different. It is much worse and more dangerous than the Klan of old.
I am not defending the Klan. I am defending their right to demonstrate. I am also trying to tell some of you thick skulled people that the best way to make their demonstrations meaningless is to ignore them. Violent counterdemonstration is the response they are seeking.
Of course they have the legal right to demonstrate. So do the counter demonstrators.
History shows that ignoring hate groups with political motivations is a bad idea.
It is being reported that Police were told to stand down.
Police Stood By As Mayhem Mounted in Charlottesville | HuffPost
I am against the violence cause by white nationalists, BLM, and antifa equally!
Of course they do. The problem is the demonstrations are always turned violent by the counter demonstrators. The counter demonstrators have a right to demonstrate, but they have no right to attempt to shut down the demonstration. They certainly have no right to use physical violence.
Kind of like the rioting in Baltimore. Liberals looking to create situations like this by provoking and using government to create the atmosphere. The white nationalists were issues permits and it is likely word got out so there was great planning to feed the anger. One is just as bad as the other.
The left is always the pot stirrers. That said the white nationalists are just as despicable.
I haven't seen any video of counter-demonstrators starting the violence. I condemn that if they did. However, like I tell my kids..."Fighting a wrong with a wrong does not make it right."
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