The Maelstrom of Violence

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(08-30-2017, 11:48 AM)Warren Dew Wrote:

(08-30-2017, 11:19 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: Antifa's tactics are not just violent though; they actually prefer non-violence from what I'm reading; it's just that sometimes they get violent, usually when provoked.

I think your reading is exceptionally charitable.  Yes, if they can shut down free speech representing views they oppose without resorting to violence, they will, but that's nearly as bad as doing it through violence - possibly worse, since the violence at least discredits them to some extent.

You know what your dealing with when violence is openly used as a means to eliminate opposition. You don't know what's happening when shit happens and no one seems to care or views it as an action which directly relates to them/potentially impacts them in the future. My college educated pals didn't view college as a long term gig like their professors and administrators or life long college students may have viewed it at the time. They simply viewed college as a means to get better (higher paying) jobs. What went on in college, what people believed in college, what activists (professors and students) did during college didn't much matter to them because they'd be leaving and moving on with their lives in a few years. I have to admit that I don't much care what students do on college grounds. However, if one of them where to take it off campus and try to apply it off campus, I would meet them head on and destroy them.