BluHorseShu said:But we can all agree PF and BLM are both groups of idiots. The distinction is that BLM was not held accountable and PF was arrested preemptively. I'd have to have more info on the PF arrest situation. I believe all have since been released. I guarantee that Coeur d'Alene is a very right leaning area, so if the police arrested them, they did so out of reasonable suspicion. But now those officers are getting death threats. I guess next time they'll wait until a riot happens and people are injured or killed. Constitutional rights should not be supressed…but what if it prevents a massacre? Tough choicesRebelE Infantry said:Sapper Redux said:RebelE Infantry said:Sapper Redux said:
Were you there?
I mean, you're claiming to understand the position of avowed white supremacists / neo-Nazis.
Well, Sapper, I can use the powers of reason to deduce that they would have behaved as they always have.
Just as I can reasonably deduce that violence and destruction will likely accompany a BLM/antifa by looking at past performance.
Or that a pride parade will include all manner of sexual degeneracy on display in front of children.
This is kind of basic stuff…
As they always have? You mean violently and combatively, hoping for an excuse to use force? And of course you jump to issues during BLM. That's literally all you have while defending avowed white supremacists.
PF's protest history consists of marching around with their megaphone and flags (a bit silly and ineffective if you want my true opinion) while carrying shields to defend themselves. Saying that "this is an excuse to use force" sounds an awful lot like blaming victims of violent mob attacks.
And of course I use BLM as an example. It makes perfect sense to draw comparisons and distinctions between various groups of organized protestors. And it's not like we all didn't sit around and watch on TV as one of these groups rampaged across the country like a Mongol horde just 2 years ago…
What do you consider 'being held accountable'?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/02/22/fact-check-thousands-black-lives-matter-protesters-arrested-2020/6816074001/