I live in Charlottesville, and there seems to be some confusion about those who are resisting fascism and national socialism. They are not all communists. You did not imply that above, but I wanted to point the fact out anyway.
In Charlottesville's recent protest for example, it was not a bunch of communists on the opposite side from the racist KKK and other Nazis. There were genuine liberty lovers there to resist too. "AntiFa" includes them, yes?
I'm anti-fascist and anti-communist. I'm against all control systems no matter what reasons they use to justify their control.
Yes, I can say Nazis because they really are, at least trying to appear, as Nazis. They were even marching down the street with torches chanting "Blood and soil."
Please, let us be careful to not be blinded by false left and right choices. The true spectrum is individual liberty to total tyrannical government, and we should not replace one tyranny with another (corporatism/fascism with socialism/communism).
Liberty should be defended from both. Many people in Charlottesville were doing that too. They were not there to replace one control system with another either.
Yes! it seems that people can never quite hold focus on to the idea of individual liberty! It always devolves into some for of 'group rights' that eventually bulldoze the individual.
AntiFa and Black Lives Matter are both racist organizations so in truth "peace" loving is a mischaracterization. The tearing down of historical monuments is a socialist/marxists act. You can not rewrite history. The peace lovers are not peace lovers but radicals hell bent on distorting facts and promoting their on agenda. I do not endorse either party involved in yesterday's rioting. I do know the difference between right, wrong, and racist and it's apparent that BLM and AntiFa are just as guilty, if not worse, than the group which was there to lawfully protest. Also, let's not forget the so-called "law enforcement" that neglected its duty to protect and serve. If anything law enforcement added fuel to the fire by allowing those schedule to lawfully protest the removal of the Lee monument to be hemmed in by race agitating, feces and urine throwing AntiFa and BLM members.
Let's keep the narrative straight.
That's funny because the local police here were holding Black Lives Matter signs in a past protest. Charlottesville made the news yesterday, but many people don't realize that these protests have been going on over and over for months now.
I guess our local police are racist too then? You are throwing all AntiFa and BLM people into a single category, and you're wrong. There are tons of AntiFa and BLM people who are NOT as you characterize them. I live in this city and know that to be a fact. Nice try though.
The protest yesterday has tons of videos and images from it. Who arrived in combat gear with shields, etc.? It was the alt-right. The people that got ran into and over by the fascist alt right nazi? They had no weapons and were walking peacefully. Look at the video again if you need to.
The so-called law enforcement is not a straight forward situation either. There were many agencies there. Virginia State Police where there for example, and they quite often do NOT see eye to eye with our local city and county police. I was a reserve deputy for a brief moment and know that to be a fact too.
Yes, let's keep the "narrative" straight. Let's also get our facts straight.