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Old 08-16-2017, 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by nailer View Post
Excellent article and a good post expect for your second sentence which begin with if. The white supremacist went there knowing they would not be ignored. Your second sentence could be interpreted as that of an apologist and a contradiction of your opening statement.
No, not being an apologist. However, I think its worth pointing out we're going to condemn violence by one group, we have to condemn it by any other group. Its called consistency.

The alternative looks like this:

We appropriately condemn the violence of the neo-Nazi crowd in VA. We inappropriately excuse the violence of the Antifa / BLM crowd in VA. The result is tacit approval of vigilantism in pursuit of punishing those who engage in racism. As abhorrent as racism is, I don't think anyone wants to condone vigilantism.
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