02-02-2017, 04:31 AM
(02-02-2017, 03:13 AM)taramarie Wrote: SOME have gone overboard yes. Both sides take away rights in the name of their freedom. Not all participate in it though.
Except, both sides don't. Only one side regularly attacks people from the other side, or resorts to burning things down.
Now, I agree that only some progressives are engaging in organized violence. Too many are apologists for this kind of inexcusable violence, though.
(02-02-2017, 04:15 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: As a general rule, I suspect if Trump continues to ignore non-violent protest, continuing his policies without showing any sign that protests will effect him, the protests aren't apt to stay non-violent. I'm not advocating violent protest, but I anticipate protests are going to get more violent. Trumps persona is not one that backs down.
I've been trying to watch the spiral of violence, and this does seem to break new ground, at least in recent history. This was organized and thought through. The black clad protestors were masked and had a uniform of sorts. With video cameras everywhere these days, this seems prudent. The style of uniform reminds me more of the KKK than the fascists of the 1930s. The old fascists wore pseudo military outfits and left their faces exposed. Still, if you are trying to ask whether a group more resembles the brownshirts or the KKK, they aren't nice people.
It does not remind me much of the 1960s protests. There were few masks and no uniforms back then. The crowds of protestors were much much larger. Early days, though.
While the black clad agitators were reported as throwing molotov cocktails and commercial grade fireworks, there were apparently no major injuries? While the action was correctly described as violent, this suggests that the protestors were ready to take it only so far.
Like that, for example.
