(08-12-2017, 02:31 PM)Frailbones Wrote: Counter protestors fault. Got it. Not the person who took their car and ran over the counter protestors?

They should share some of the blame I would think.  The black panthers hold a rally once every couple months at a new city around the country.  They talk about killing all white people.  One of their leaders Malik Shabazz has this peculiar hatred of Jews for some weird reason (why does it seem like everyone hates the Jews?).  I think it was last year they had a meeting in Charleston and were suggesting that nutjob Dylan Roof was actually in cahoots with the cops so they should go out and kill all the cops.  Obviously these people are completely unhinged.  Completely racist.  Total nutjobs. etc, etc.... but guess what happens at their rallies?  Nothing!  Nobody in the mainsteam media covers it so they get absolutely no attention.  And for whatever reason, anti-racist protesters never seem to bother to show up for these things either.  And again, thats all a good thing because nothing happens.  You get a few hundred pissed off racist black people shouting out loud, nobody pays them any attention, and then they eventually just go home.  And if nobody showed up in charlottesville, and you had a few hundred rednecks wearing their little sheets and doing nazi salutes all by themselves, I'm not sure anything would have happened.

I know I'm farther to the right than most people on the left when it comes to freedom of speech and freedom of assembly.  I dont believe in limits to free speech.  And I dont believe in limits to freedom of assembly.  I don't care if racist black people get together and say racist things as long as they dont actually impact anyone else.  Same with racist white people.  I don't care.  Now obviously me not caring and me doing nothing about racism doesnt help solve the problem of ending racism.  But on the otherhand, I don't think showing up at their rallies with signs and screaming at them really solves anything either.  And I dont think I'm going out on a limb suggesting that it only makes the situation worse.  Again, these people are already a little unhinged at best.  What the heck is yelling and screaming at them going to do to help?  You think they'll sit there and have a come to jesus moment and be like "you're right, I am racist!  I need to stop!" That's dumb.  It's not helpful.  It only leads to violence.  And sadly it helped lead to a few completely unnecessary deaths.

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