The Maelstrom of Violence

[Kinser79]

(08-27-2017, 02:56 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I've been noting an emphasis on the antifa in the way right press, and an emphasis on the phrase 'Alt Left'.  This tries to suggests the left is as violent and prejudiced as the right, and thus justify what the 'Alt Right', neo confederates and neo Nazis are doing.

I for one don't see anything to gain from escalating the spiral of violence, but some seem inclined to do so.  Some of it is just being young and male.  With all that testosterone, it feels good to some to hit somebody.  I suspect a lot of the violence is just testosterone.

Has anyone encountered real people calling themselves the 'Alt Left', or is it all a propaganda ploy be Breitbart and company?  Has anyone here actually thrown a punch or swung a club?

The Alt-Left is part of memetic warfare.  Not that I expect you to get it.  Boomers don't seem capable of understanding memes to any great degree.

In general the term Alt-Right is applied to Right Populists, and White Identitarians to distinguish them from the milquetoast GOP types.  The Alt-Left is a counter-propaganda meme used to combat that.  As to what the alt-left calls themselves, well they usually term themselves as Progressives, or Antifa or Black Lives Matter (since you seem to think BLM stands for Bureau of Land Management).

The last one is most troubling because they want to destroy the law enforcement agencies, the very agencies most likely to be called to deal with the crime problem brought on by the effects of the welfare state on the black population.