Idiots on the march in Virginia

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Neo-Nazis and anti-Fascists are not moral equivalents (nor did both start the imbroglio in Charlottesville). The Neo-Nazis came to a lovely, liberal, peaceful and historic college town with malice aforethought directed at the American ideal. Morever, Trump has actively courted Fascists and placed several on his White House staff.

Your post above is false on so many fronts its hard to know where to begin.

Let's try this: if the counter-protesters stayed away from Charlottesville, or stayed on the other side of town completely away from the Neo-Nazi crowd, do you think there would still have been an "imbroglio"?

As far as your "malice - aforethought" comments, the record doesn't favor your there at all. There was a significant amount of pre-planning that was designed to keep a lid on potential violence. However, the counter-protesters that were being imported into Charlottesville to "confront" the protester were a one of the primary concerns of town officials before Saturday. Did the Antifa/BLM folks who came in from out of town buy their black clothes, bandanas and makeshift shields that morning, or did they bring along because they were looking for a fight?