(08-14-2017 12:39 PM)JustAnotherAustinOwl Wrote:  Now to Rick's post about the dangers of 'painting with a broad brush' - I would point you to Tang's anti-Antifa rantings. I have a hard time telling to what degree this is just a talking point with a subset of conservatives vs. people actually thinking Antifa is coming to get them.

To be clear up front, I do not support what Antifa groups are doing. One, I'm against violence, and two, they hurt the causes they claim to support.

But acting like the only people protesting against the Nazis and white supremacists were antifa activists is either disingenuous or ill-informed. Newsflash: Many Americans find these people's beliefs offensive and show up to protest against them. I know many people who attended the post election demonstrations in Austin, often with their kids. There probably were a few antifa wannabes looking for trouble, but the overwhelming majority (like 98+%) were peacefully protesting the policies and attitudes of this president.

And another thing. The Klan has murdered thousands of Americans. Other white supremacists and neo-Nazis have too, though we don't keep good records on that apparently. Hundreds of thousands of Americans lost their lives fighting the Nazis and fascism. The Nazis murdered *millions* of people. But somehow a handful of misguided twenty-something activists are their moral equivalent because they got into fistfights or smashed some windows?

Please. Condemning Nazis, fascism, and white supremacy should be easy. The fact that this President can't make that call is shameful and despicable.