RE: My Response to a Charlottesville Response
Great post.
However, I do have to disagree with you on one point.
In this case (Charlottesville), the White Nationalists absolutely taunted and were expecting violence. They named their enemy they expected violent opposition from. The violent Communist part of the left. And the violent left obliged, involving the peaceful elements of the left in their street war.
This violent section of the left has, over the last 12 months, has shown up at everyday Conservative rallies. With pepper spray, urine bags, bike locks, tear gas and other means of violent suppression. They have decided in the past who a "Nazi" was. They beat journalists in Hamburg, Germany because someone on Twitter told them they were "Nazis".
This group doesn't just exist, it has been given a free pass by politicians, police department and the media. I always seem to find people downplaying their disgusting actions AND their offensive ideology.
I have no love for the speaker here, Stefan Molyneux, since he went from peaceful libertarian to white, alt-right identity supporter.
The Left began this identity politics movement. Assholes on the right decided to play their game, creating a "white identity" in response. Street wars began, innocent people have been harmed.
I just wonder why the denouncement of the radical left's actions and ideology always seems as lukewarm as Trump's was to the White Nationalists in Charlottesville.
A fair point. As I touched on in the post on the discussion of the horse shoe theory, the left can be just as dangerous as the right when girded by obsession. To be honest, I am more bothered that we haven't progressed past this point.
I completely put the blame at the feet of the rational among us for buying into the divide and conquer mentally and virtue signaling.
I'm not buying into divide and conquer. I don't understand why someone would become a bigot though. Simple logic can disprove it. Let's say someone says "All Muslims are terrorists." Okay, so that includes Cassius Clay, also known as Muhammad Ali. He wasn't a terrorist, therefore, your statement is incorrect. Statistically speaking, White supremacist groups are a larger threat to our domestic safety than any other group on the planet. Entitlement can be toxic. They, and the "violent" portion of the left have decided to perpetuate the separation, despite the fact that they really are not that different. As far as virtue signaling goes, or having conversations about right and wrong, those things need to happen. If not, people will just continue to fight and bleed. So you either have the divide and conquer violence, or the conversations about virtue.
People don't form opinions on logic alone. Nor should they, but not understanding the emotional component, and how to work with it is huge hindrance in humanity getting past all this.
Fully agreed. Few things stir a stronger anger reaction than supremacist speech and action.