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>Seems like the leftwingers are the ones being actively discriminated against by the government(s). It seems like left wing riots are much more common than rig
by alexanderstears 9y ago
>Seems like the leftwingers are the ones being actively discriminated against by the government(s).
It seems like left wing riots are much more common than right wing riots (in Europe and America) and those seem to draw the most attention from governments.
However, the reality is more complicated. Esp. in America, there are a ton of recent examples (2016 to present) of mayors / college admins telling police to stand down / avoid protecting right wingers from left wing violence. Plenty of Trump supporters have been punched (or worse) during rallies. People openly call for punching Nazis (which seems to be a blanket term for individuals for conservative sympathies).
Berkley? Evergreen? San Jose? The stand down orders are tantamount to a conspiracy to deprive right wing people of their civil rights and that's de jure discrimination if not active de facto discrimination.
It's tough because both sides can point to some injustice and correctly say that there's an element of ideological discrimination at-play. It's disappointing that calls to reduce political violence are equivocated with partisan positions.