I am reminded of that Berkeley ethics professor, Clanton, who snuck up behind people at various protests and struck them in the head with a bike lock, seven tim

I am reminded of that Berkeley ethics professor, Clanton, who snuck up behind people at various protests and struck them in the head with a bike lock, seven times. This was not at just one event, either. He did this at multiple events. Even got one of his targets wrong, hit one of the people on his own side. Just three years probation. Three felony assault charges were dropped. One can only imagine the ethical gymnastics there. All of the steps, however, I've heard laid out, so he need merely assemble them. First, you classify a bunch of people as "Nazis." Second, you convince yourself that their speech is violence. Third, you're nobly defending people from the depredations of the violent, and if that means skulking up from behind, well, that's just being practical.