Posted on 02/03/2017 12:56:39 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
The videotaped sucker punch that staggered the white nationalist Richard Spencer on Inauguration Day quickly inspired mockery on social media. But it echoed loudly in an escalating confrontation between extreme ends of the political spectrum.
With far-right groups edging into the mainstream with the rise of President Trump, self-described anti-fascists and anarchists are vowing to confront them at every turn, and by any means necessary — including violence.
In Berkeley, Calif., on Wednesday night, masked protesters set fires, smashed windows and stormed buildings on the campus of the University of California to shut down a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, an inflammatory Breitbart News editor and a right-wing provocateur already barred from Twitter. Five people were injured, administrators canceled the event, and the university police locked down the campus for hours.
That followed a bloody melee in Seattle on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, when black-clad demonstrators — their faces concealed to minimize the risk of arrest — tried to prevent a speech by Mr. Yiannopoulos at the University of Washington, and a 34-year-old anti-fascist was shot and seriously wounded by a supporter of Mr. Yiannopoulos. . .
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They are sowing the wind.
For myself: Fear, no. Hate, absolutely.
One of the reason I’m convinced the leftards push for gun control so much is to disarm any opposition to their democrat “vanguard”.
Is it wrong to shoot a maoist?
Notice the propaganda of the Times: white nationalist...., far right...., different year, same playbook.
At this rate, not for much longer.
.. tick .. tick .. tick ..
I hope they keep their protests up, as more and more people are sick and tired of these babies.
Fake news.
But they’re not good eating!
William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz.
When do we get to unleash hate on these pieces of worthless trash?
We need for the government to expose these thugs and their employers.
An an anarchist is just a totalitarian who has no power.
How come it's not "far-left groups"?
How come only they get to "self-describe" themselves?
I know, I know, it's the NYT.
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Yes, and notice the not-so-veiled implication that these groups are justified, and only rising up in response to some not-mentioned malfeasance of these "far-right" groups coming in to the mainstream.
pffft...
Thanks. Overwhelming!
While I agree that the 60’s was the last time we have seen something like this, an organized group that causes riots and moves on to the next town. Kent State and the Chicago Democrat Convention were both caused by left winged thugs that resulted in death at Kent State (partially due to national guardsmen that did not know bullets were subject to gravity) and hundreds of arrests and hospitalizations in Chicago.
In today’s, reincarnation of the mobile left winged thug, its smaller and more for show than anything. The fires, broken glass, signs and, general mayhem is more for the cameras than anything else. But people still get hurt and property still gets destroyed.
Trump should call out this group as a terrorist organization. And the FBI and HLS should hunt the group down. It may get uncomfortable when they find that the husband of a senior House Rep from Illinois and the past President of the United States are part of the group as strategists. But if you start jailing mid-level members of the crime family the others my hide and be too frightened to continue the criminal activities.
Didn’t Trump mentioned something about not tolerating civil disobedience . How long will he let this go on?
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