People have seen what happens to people that defend themselves. You will probably be arrested and spend a few thousand in legal fees even if the charges are dropped. Then you will have to worry about being doxed and people showing up to your house or place of work.
We could isolate Russia totally from the world and maybe they could apply for membership after 2000 years.
Thanks for providing context.
While nothing warrants offensively breaking windows in a stationary vehicle, it seems less like a randomly selected target.
It seems to me that the fear and outrage that comes out of viewing videos like this result from the assumption that the victim was selected by the ANTIFA assholes almost randomly. That assumption makes it all that much more unacceptable.
Having perspective that the recipient of the violence and intimidation was someone that showed up to “play the game” can give some reassurance that there is a way to significantly reduce the likelihood of such a thing happening to us.
Originally Posted by Wingate's Hairbrush
Haven’t thought that far ahead. 18 year Scotch? A nice bourbon?
Can't fault your thinking...
There's nothing civil about this war.
I'm not afraid, and the only "outrage" I have is this is allowed to go on unchecked in direct dereliction of duty by those appointed or elected to uphold and enforce the rule of law. Flip the script and let any group that doesnt like the left wing terrorists goad them into the open at one of their events so they can attack them at will. I absolutely agree that showing up is stupid, but I've physically held the line between these types before, and as long as it's idiots shouting at each other I dont care. Go ahead and get your first amendment on. Once it involves physical attacks, then it's enforcement time. If not, who knows what speech will be next on the list for attack? Unless the violence used on someone is lawful self defense/defense of an innocent third party or enforcement of the law, then it is criminal and needs to be treated as such. I'm not into victim blaming. I am okay with pointing out that folks are often the architect of their own demise, however, no one deserves to be beaten, maimed, killed, or having their property destroyed because they have a differing point of view. Or making a bad choice. God knows I'd probably be in a coma or the grave if the latter were true.
I concur 100%.
I’m getting tired of the whole “don’t go because these assholes will be violent” mindset. So we don’t go which allows them the victory of knowing they were successful in using violence to silence dissent. How veryanti-fascist of them. The whole practice of ceding ground for the sake of keeping the peace has been working just great so far eh?
“Conspiracy theories are just spoiler alerts these days.”
A cashier in a store I visited this afternoon had a Black Lives Matter face mask on. My immediate thought was this cashier supports terrorism and this store manager allows their employees to promote terrorists.
But I’m probably racist for thinking that.
Doesn’t seem any different from any other black lives matters protests I’ve seen.
It will be a real tragedy if this happens. Very sad for the loss of life of the rioters. Very sad for their families. Sad for the additional property damage and physical harm that will occur from follow up rioting in response. Sad for the defender who is forced to ruin their lives and go into hiding after they are criminally cleared.
It will be a tragedy like September 11th was a tragedy, but that didn’t stop me from cheering when Osama bin Ladin was killed. So I’ll be with you, raising a glass as well, in spite of it simultaneously being tragic. In the hopes that this event, while tragic, cuts out the bullshit going forward when the rioters realize there are real consequences for their actions.
What's the answer, then? Showing up ready to answer violence with violence isn't exactly a good look, either. It hasn't done wonders for the image of the proud boys, after all.
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