Liriena wrote:Ostroeuropa wrote:They were also outnumbered here.
Fair enough. I misread my own source, and that was very, very dumb of me.
Ostroeuropa wrote:So i'll ask again, why do you seem to think they are only willing to initiate violence at their own rallies?
I don't. I think they are willing to initiate violence when and where it best suits them, be it through blatant provocation by invading spaces where they are not wanted or by committing hate crimes against individuals and smaller groups of people.
Also, fascist scum can be very PR savvy, and their propagandists surely know that violently disrupting somebody else's rally makes it easier for the general public to see them as the bad guys.
Ostroeuropa wrote:And why aren't you drawing a connection between the behavior of progressive demonstrators here, and progressive demonstrators in other contexts, like say, MRA meetings.
Because I'm not interested in getting dragged into a discussion about your anti-feminist grievances.
1. It happens.
2. "Blatant provocation by invading spaces where they are not wanted " = violence. This is essentially my point that you and other progressives believe this constitutes violence, and how the consequence of that is that a core part of the ideology is violent disruption of protest. As for PR savvy, they're openly fascist, so no I don't really think so.
3. You're not interested in noticing a pattern of behavior you mean. I think it's an apt point.
The authoritarian nature of progressivism can also be seen in the google memo incident. Dissent is not tolerated, no matter the space.
You're also arguing that confederates aren't welcome at the statue of a confederate general.
I thought the entire point was that this made it a racist space and that needed to change. Surely, that's where they belong? But consistency be damned, it's a series of rationalizations and excuses as usual.