Violence in Charlottesville

[Hooahguy]

Did I say they were the same thing? Ever?

You pointed to it as a classic case of whataboutism which leads me to believe you think they are comparable.

No, I said that you should have been paying attention when this was being fed. So eager to use death for political capital that he lamented the death of those killed in self defense or in the process of breaking the law, the "post race president" proclaimed thier demises as examples of police brutality and racism later to be proven false. This was one step in a long chain that served to sour race relations and brought upon the chaos you see before you.

So I suppose according to you, using the case of Emmett Till to bring light to rampant and vile racism in the south was wrong as well.

If you had also been paying attention you'd also be taking account that the communist black bloc took the streets of america before the nazis reemerged. They marched down Berkeley and Austin's streets carrying the hammer and sickle and raising thier fists and only the politically blind couldnt see them for the neo red guard they are.

Were they marching and shouting for the extermination/expulsion of other races/religions? Calling for the burning of synagogues? Brandishing a large arsenal of weaponry? Besides, from the images and videos of the marches you mention, their numbers are a tiny fraction compared to the neo-Nazis who showed up last weekend.

If this is how you interpret "objectionable material" you had best get used to snark for you will be eliciting a lot of it.

It is absurd to ban an entire site for political conspiracy theories, I may as well petition for the banning of anyone linking to the rolling stone after they pushed the university of virgina false rape accusation. You could disqualify half the american mainstream media for peddling the "russia hacked the election" theory.

A false rape accusation is hardly on the same level as pushing the birther conspiracy theory. If you do not like how moderation is done on this forum, there is nothing forcing you to stay here.

[Xiahou]

Some surprisingly balanced reporting from NBC:


So yes, there were people on both sides that came looking for a fight. However, most counter-protesters were locals who were appalled to have white supremacists and neo-nazis marching thru their town.

[Husar]

Some surprisingly balanced reporting from NBC:

So yes, there were people on both sides that came looking for a fight. However, most counter-protesters were locals who were appalled to have white supremacists and neo-nazis marching thru their town.

I'm not saying you said so (and this isn't a criticism of your post, just related of sorts!), but what really gets me is not that people criticize the antifa and black block or whatever they call Stalinist and other leftist extremists, is that they do it in an attempt to equate both sides and shof the discussion away from the white supremacist rally.

In almost every left counter-demonstration in Germany you can find the antifa and it's not surprising that they exist in the US, too. The difference is they usually make up a relatively small percentage of the counter-demonstration whereas the tiki torch racist thugs are usually the (vast) majority of the racist demonstration.

It's actually the typical right-wing reaction to try and de-legitimize and entire group of people based on the actions of a very small percentage of the group in order to deflect from the fact that their pet group is entirely rotten to the core...

Or to say it in the words of Jesus, whom the right often claim to represent (even the racists):
http://biblehub.com/matthew/7-5.htm

You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.