koshergrl
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No, fighting against the result of legal elections isn't a *rational* cause. Fighting to eliminate freedom of speech for *some* isn't *rational*.BLM and ANTIFA are fighting for rational causes in an inappropriate way. These are extremists within their groups btw. There are also many people working hard to do good things with anti-racism etc efforts in their communities.You make fair points, I agree with some and disagree with others as the agenda of these groups go directly against what our laws state as appropriate. There are forums to freely express your ideas and ideologies and religion in this country and I hold those sacred... But you have to do it within reason. You can't get naked on a stage in Times Square and try to recruit citizens for mass suicide... There are many laws that limit speech if that speech is causing a disruption of the people or threatens harm to others. I see the Nazi and WS causes as promoting harm and threatening others. Perhaps not all "Alt-right" causes but some do. Just like Terror groups get classified as terror groups, I think these hate groups are flirting dangerously close to being classified as something illegal.We fought wars surrounding their beliefs that they think is best. Millions of people died. Nazi's gassed and slaughter the Jews, American's chained up blacks as we bought and sold them with the occasional rape and lynching. We fought a civil war because of it. We had Jim Crow after that which resulted in a revolt and the civil rights movement. I'm sorry EverCurious the views of these groups have been outright rejected and after a ton of bloodshed.Could make the same argument for Nazi's and White Supremacists frankly Slade.
They /believe/ they are doing what's best for the nation, for their people, etc... You or I disagreeing with that belief isn't a deciding factor on individual morality. You're playing /your/ agenda, /your/ beliefs, except this is America and our Constitution defends those fucks rights to believe and even say as they wish.
Most modern Nazi's and white supremacists don't kill people, some fringe activists take it too far. See how that shit works? It sucks sometimes, but that's the way it is when you have real freedom.
Again, you are stuck on your personal opinion as to "right and wrong" and using that to in a very real sense attacking the freedom this nation is founded on. That right to freedom is the real reason why the right is fighting it, not because they support nazi's or white supremacists, but because they support that freedom of thoughts, beliefs, ideologies that are protected by the constitution. The left has abandoned that in favor of mob rule and PC culture and they're pushing that same narrative again; it pisses the right off, and a lot of us center folks too - it is a lot of why the left lost the white house, it's a lot of why they're losing the next generation, it's a lot of why they are losing classical liberals, it's a lot of why they are bleeding support. Related?
Yes, /I/ think communism, socialism, and anarchists like ANTIFA who would shut down free speech are evil - I want them denounced right along with the nazi's and white supremacists - and that is why the right /isn't/ pissed off about President Trump saying "many sides" here, and why the media and lefties political wrangling ploy will fail. ~shrug~
ANTIFA and BLM are guilty of the same shit - not being reasonable, being violent. Attacking Trump supporters, attacking police, destroying property, etc. I see them as promoting harm and threatening others just the same.
I believe in freedom, even if I think the ideas being espoused are shit, yes, I would stand up and defend a Nazi or white supremists right to speak. Don't support their ideology, they'd like to kill my son, but I do support their constitutional rights. If they get violent, throw them in jail, if they cannot control themselves then they're not safe to be in public - but until that point they're... just a bunch of morons. Just like ANTIFA, just like BLM, etc. They're all shit sandwich's.
Do you not see the difference between a rotten core and rotten actions to support a good core?
And there are a lot more antifa/blm members than there are white supremacists..though Obama is pushing crazy lefties into those ranks as fast as he can.
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