Violence is easy to condemn. That's not the point here, you were placing guilt on people for standing near other people who said things.
I'm not placing guilt on anyone! All I said was that if you didn't move away from people who espoused white supremacist values, then your motivations are suspect. That's what I said.
So you're doing what Donald Trump did, even though you condemned him for saying what you're saying now?
He's the president. Maybe you don't realize the responsibilities that come with that office.
I didn't realize you were this unprincipled.
Dear god, I'm not being unprincipled. I'm trying to talk about the practical differences between two different events. You're not even being remotely principled, you're just being impossibly obtuse.
According to you, there's no way to approach political demonstration rationally or practically if even the slightest degree of violent behavior occurs, even when this behavior occurs on the outskirts of an event and isn't sanctioned by the official organizers. That's very different than an event that is effectively co-opted by a large, significant group of disreputable individuals whose presence actually persuades many of the original attendees to stay away.
There are demonstrable differences between these two events. But according to you, they're exactly the same. Really great point of view you have there.
Not peaceful for the outnumbered people who were assaulted.
This shows how one-dimensional your thinking is. Hangings in the old west or lynchings in the Jim Crow days by your definition were non-violent and peaceful.
Jesus Christ, that's a stupid comment. I'm sorry.
Hangings and lynchings were events organized around those very central occurrences. Lynchings were defined by a group of angry white men gathered around to watch a black man hanged.
The rally in Boston wasn't an event organized around violence, nor can it be defined by the violence experienced by less than one percent of those in attendance. Your attempts to do so really shows how one-dimensional your thinking is.
What is the problem with illegally arming yourself to make sure you can counter-protest?
Pepper spray isn't legal? Carrying around a can of spray paint isn't legal?
I'm still laughing at this.
Your difficulty with all this is pretty funny.
) and had not even read that part before bringing up Johnson.
