Let the KKK go back to lynchings (this time around, Antifa members), and let the Antifa groups cover the KKK in quick-drying cement (Its white, so it will match their outfits), and let the problem work ITSELF out through attrition. Then just arrest the last one standing on each side. Probably won't even make the news by then.
Today he tweeted that "Major Consideration" is being given to naming Antifa as a domestic terror group. Not ONE mention of the KKK, Proud Boys, American Nazis and many other fascist thug groups being put in the same category.
Personally, I don't like Antifa. They are nihilist, anarchist thugs. But they are no more terrorists than the right wing thug groups. So why should they be treated differently?
Perhaps our fascist apologists, Wu and cur-de-goebbels would like to opine?
I think Antifa IS a domestic terrorist group, and so is the KKK. Any group that wears masks like ISIS to hide their identity while they commit their thuggery is a terrorist organization in my book. The terror comes from the lack of accountability because they hide behind masks so that they commit their crime of assault anonymously. Assault is a very personal act, because it requires physical contact between the perpetrator and the victim. I will make an exception on wearing a mask for the Lone Ranger, because he is not part of an organized political group.
That said, BOTH the KKK and Antifa DO fall under the definition as I read it. So basically, without having the stones to say it out loud, you are agreeing with me that Trump is WRONG to threaten making Antifa a terrorist group but not the KKK or the Nazis, etc. Thank you! But next time why not just say it?
PS: A couple of Proud Boys were just convicted of assaulting Antifa members. I assume you're pleased. The assaults took place.....wait for it....outside the Manhattan Republican Club, which had given the head of the Proud Boys a podium to spew his bullshit.
Yes, if he is going to make Antifa a terrorist org, then I think he should also do the same with the KKK. I thought I WAS saying it out loud, thank you. Its consistency that the American public wants. This is why the majority of the voters think the Durham investigation is a good idea. Either there was a deep-state effort to usurp Trump's win, or there wasn't. People want to know. What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, right? I don't see any difference in the way these two orgs operate, so why should they be treated differently?
"the majority of the voters think the Durham investigation is a good idea." REALLY? I'd say the majority of voters have no clue what the Durham investigation is or that it even exists.
Perhaps you could back up this claim. Or, you could just keep on doin' what you're doin'; pulling shit out of your ass.
It's safe to say that the majority of the voters think the Durham investigation is a good idea. We have been hearing the debuncked "Russian, Russia, Russia" collusion mantra for the past two years. Most folks would like to know how and why it started.
the Durham investigation. You seem to forget that while 800,000 people are watching CNN and MSNBC, who don't want to even mention it, 20,000,000 are watching Fox News where they get nightly updates on the latest developments. Just because YOU are in the dark doesn't mean the rest of the Dem voters are. Many of them pull down the shades so the neighbors can't see what they're doing, and then watch Fox News in the darkness so they will know their ass from a hole in the ground.
"Lots of people?" Really? How do you know? How about you stop making flat assertions and prove it. Oh, right, then you'd have to cite a poll, assuming one exists.
You probably haven't heard about it, because the fake news channels are certainly not going to mention it, but they are called :Neilson Ratings", which measures the number of viewers certain shows had. Since we KNOW for a fact that 1) Fox News programs are reporting on the Durham investigation, and we KNOW 2) the number of viewers they are getting from the Neilson's, that is how I KNOW a lot of people know about the Durham investigation. A smart guy like you should have been able to connect the dots on your own. Its not complicated. I'm starting to see some similarities between the things that you say and what Biden says. This is not a good development for you.
And I am sure they will be thrilled to read your post. All of a sudden. For the FIRST TIME EVER! Neilson Ratings are not only a guideline for TV advertising rates! They tell us what viewers know about a particular subject and whether or not they CARE about it. WOW!
Does Neilson employ you? They should! With your novel theory you could generate YUGE new revenues for them.
ROFL
You really are an excellent Wu Protege. There seems to be no subject you cannot torture and twist to suit your political agenda. Congrats!
And If I will agree with you that Trump is wrong to ONLY wanting to give ANTIFA the terrorist label, will you concede that the Libs who ONLY want the KKK to own that label are also wrong? Libs seem to give ANTIFA a completely free pass, just like many racist white people want to give the klan a pass. Why is ONLY Trump wrong by singling out one group while appearing to give the other, equally violent group a free pass?
Personally I think both groups, and all their subsets should have the right to exist, AND the right to voice their opinions although I hate both groups almost equally and both groups most likely hate me equally in return. They should be allowed to "speak" as even detestable speech should be protected under the first amendment, what they should NOT be allowed to do is hide behind masks/hoods while threatening and committing violent acts while hiding their identities like the cowardly little fuckers that they are. I also fully agree that BOTH groups should get the domestic terrorist label and be treated accordingly. Additionally, just like Backpage kept most of the predators right where LE could find them. I think allowing both ANTIFA and the KKK to exist out in the open will allow LE to infiltrate them in order to keep either group from "scaling" their violent acts to where they put the public at large in danger.
As for Proud Boys assaulting ANTIFA members, I care about as much about that as I do when a couple of Crips assault a couple of Bloods, as long as "No humans are involved" I would be perfectly happy for both sides to kill each other. The problem of course is that innocent bystanders are always getting hurt.
What they do is basically like yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater. Fuck them all.
have carved out exceptions to the first amendment for what were commonly described in the old days as "fighting words." These are words that are so incendiary that the average person would become incensed to the point of physical violence. The rhetoric of both Antifa and KKK would probably fall into this category. 100 years ago, if someone yelled "Them's fightin' words" before he punched you in the nose, he would often not be charged with an assault or battery, so its a principle that has been around for a long time.
I don't want either group SILENCED, not to mention I don't want them driven off the regular internet where they are easy to track onto the so called dark web where it's so much tougher to monitor/infiltrate these crazies from BOTH groups.
I simply don't believe that suppressing hateful and vile speech is the way to combat the "actions" these groups take. Only the actions (or the conspiracy to commit said actions) are criminal. Hating jews for example is not a crime, nor is it EVER likely to end, but conspiring to shoot up a Synagogue is most definitely a crime, and allowing these keyboard warriors to run their mouths while monitoring every word is the best way we have of stopping these crimes before they happen.
Here is the problem with suppressing free speech, even offensive speech. Who gets to decide which speech is so offensive that it should be banned? You have been known to post some very offensive things right here on TER, not to mention even MORE offensive things I can think of that you have said in private about just about EVERY minority group. Should your speech be censored? Or let's talk about race, Let's say some members of a pro Jewish forum make statements deemed to be Islamaphobic, should they too be censored and silenced. How about if an Irish American group takes pride in their heritage, their WHITE heritage, how long would it be before they would be lumped in with the Neo Nazis and White Nationalist for taking pride in their heritage. Someone has to be the judge of this, we've already seen what happens when Mark Zuckerberg gets to decide, how do you propose to suppress free speech even handedly?
Let the KKK go back to lynchings (this time around, Antifa members), and let the Antifa groups cover the KKK in quick-drying cement (Its white, so it will match their outfits), and let the problem work ITSELF out through attrition. Then just arrest the last one standing on each side. Probably won't even make the news by then.