(08-24-2017 05:17 PM)wmubroncopilot Wrote: (08-24-2017 04:57 PM)Liam9903 Wrote: That was never equated here. At least not that I saw.
Maybe not. But "Both the left and right are equally crazy and, unfortunately, dangerous." would seem to equate them to me.
Admittedly they weren't explicitly equated but when you bring up the "crazy dangerous alt right" at this point in time, guys marching with tiki torches and Nazi flags is what leaps to mind.
When you look at the extremes of both the right and left, yes, there absolutely are dangerous "method of operation" similarities despite the polar opposite viewpoints
When protesters march streets chanting "What do we want? Dead cops! When do we want it? NOW!" and multiple police officers are ambushed and killed execution style (i.e. Dallas), yes, that is ABSOLUTELY as much a concern as the crazies who protested with tiki torches and Nazi flags in Virginia...and tragically took the life of a young woman practicing her first amendment rights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQXmnMr_w8
Both the alt-left and alt-right want to shut-down and censor those with whom they do not agree. Neither respects the Constitution's first amendment and both want an authoritarian-style government.
Remember University of Missouri?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kVGtqp7usw
I could provide numerous other examples, including, obviously, Cal-Berkeley.
The "alt-left" has no moral high ground, unfortunately.
Americans need to be able to engage in dialog and re-create a center base.
As Jack Kemp once said, "It is about more than just beating our opponent. It is about offering better ideas and solutions." Diversity of thought and free speech are critical for our Nation and neither the alt-right/left want or respect them.
We need to stop being ideological absolutists and hating each other ...unless, of course, you are a "Fleckstein".....
In an attempt to take this to a lighter-side, I offer these two videos from Bill Maher:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EclzaQYZPRw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1r9_tgRgRk
Cheers!