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Basically, from what I can tell, nazi is anyone with an opposing viewpoint. I would also posit the majority of recent political violence is from the Antifa fol
by UncleEntity 9y ago
Basically, from what I can tell, nazi is anyone with an opposing viewpoint.
I would also posit the majority of recent political violence is from the Antifa folks who believe they can shutdown their opponents through pure and simple violence.
In fact there was one act of violence attributed to all the "tea party" protests during the Obama era and that was instigated by an anti-tea party person.
For two generations political protests were virtually 100% violence-free until the current crop of kids took to the streets with their anti- trump activities.
Makes me sad really...
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- RandomTisk 9y agoThere is a sort of folly that makes one overestimate the value they place on something. Imagine a knight who wants to be brave and courageous, whose pursuit of valor takes him to a place where he heard many evil creatures are gathered. So he goes into a starving mongrel's den and attempts to slay the wild beasts. He kills one, strikes another, and the rest get away. He drags the dead one back to the city square where his minstrels sing his praises. He killed one wild animal, that may or may not have hurt anyone, and achieves a great deal of valor, all at very little risk to himself in his shiny armor. Meanwhile the next town over is being raped and pillaged by bears, lions, pirates and wildfires.
- SolaceQuantum 9y ago> For two generations political protests were virtually 100% violence-free Two generations? So 60 years? Political protests were virtually 100% violence free? [1][2][3] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_King 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention#Protests_and_police_response https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Conve...
- UncleEntity 9y agoWell, two of those weren't political and one was literally two generations ago...
- SolaceQuantum 9y agoThe second was definitely political, as he was one of the main organizers of the black panther party. The third occurred less than 60 years ago, or less than two generations.
- UncleEntity 9y agoWell, my mom was in high school in '68 and I'm old enough to be the father of the kids rioting in the streets so we can call that two generations methinks.