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Im confused...didn't Trump HAVE to condemn both sides?

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Maybe somebody can fill me in. Im trying to understand exactly what happened. 

Is it true that the violence was started by the counter-protesters, that had clubs and attacked the protesters? 

If that is true, then that was...well...wrong. You can't attack somebody asserting their free speech with clubs no matter how vile the speech is....

So if this IS true and maybe it's not (Was Trump lying? The articles don't seem to talk about this, is it a media spin, trying to avoid this, or is Trump lying?) but if it IS true....

How could the president NOT condemn people who attacked somebody asserting free speech? 

I mean we, as the common people, can say 'whatever idc, it's nazis' and that's fine, but the PRESIDENT can't do that. 

I'm just very confused because if Trump is telling the truth he can't just forgive the violence that was started, so he WOULD be right there is blame on both sides if people attacked legal protesters with clubs. 

I'm Jewish and obviously not a nazi defender, but I do think the law should be the law and not influenced by feelings, and if somebody is within their legal rights, even if you think its vile, you shouldn't be able to attack them because you don't like what they're saying. Even if what they're saying is that they're a nazi. 

Then there was the car attack which obviously was horrible, and SHOULD be condemned which goes without saying, but if the violence was started by the left then there IS blame on both sides.

So can somebody set this straight with me?
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BLAKUboy 8 hours ago#2
This topic should go well.
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daftpunk_mk5 8 hours ago#3
The liberals are 100% to blame in this case
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hollow_shrine 8 hours ago#4
Use google, and find out. No one comes to CE looking for clarity on actual current events.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#5
hollow_shrine posted...
Use google, and find out. No one comes to CE looking for clarity on actual current events.


I have and no article is being very clear on this
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That_Happened 8 hours ago#6
delicious bait that I will leave on the floor
Milkman5 8 hours ago#7
the statue could have been Trump's son
GOATTHlEF 8 hours ago#8
No he didn't. The right is attacking and killing people. The left is just defending itself at worst.
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BootyGif 8 hours ago#9
HHH is the game posted...
hollow_shrine posted...
Use google, and find out. No one comes to CE looking for clarity on actual current events.


I have and no article is being very clear on this

Just stop
hollow_shrine 8 hours ago#10
HHH is the game posted...
hollow_shrine posted...
Use google, and find out. No one comes to CE looking for clarity on actual current events.


I have and no article is being very clear on this

Several articles have been quite clear on this. Go back and do some more reading.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#11
That_Happened posted...
delicious bait that I will leave on the floor


I am dead serious. I've read ten articles and none of them are going into what Trump said.

the media often is biased and Ive lost respect for CNN after they attacked that kid who posted a meme, so I can't trust them to be unbiased in ANYTHING regarding Trump...

So can somebody who has been following this fill me in on if Trump was telling the truth or wasn't, and if he WAS, why what he said was wrong? 

To be honest I don't get the terrorism claim either. It seems like a lot of people wanting to say that terrorism can come from anybody, even white people. Again, maybe true, but there seems to be a HUGE difference between a clash between two groups becoming very heated, and violent, and then this act occurring, then somebody RANDOMLY driving their car through a group of people....
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
HiddenLurker 8 hours ago#12
If this is truee he still could have blamed the "Nazis"........



if he planed to run as Democrat in reelection.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#13
hollow_shrine posted...
HHH is the game posted...
hollow_shrine posted...
Use google, and find out. No one comes to CE looking for clarity on actual current events.


I have and no article is being very clear on this

Several articles have been quite clear on this. Go back and do some more reading.


They made it sound like the violence was from the right, Trump claims there was violence from the left.
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
Im confused.

You sure are. If you are trying to establish a moral equivalency between a group that gathered to hate and another group that gathered to protest hate, then you really are lost.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#15
HiddenLurker posted...
If this is truee he still could have blamed the "Nazis"........



if he planed to run as Democrat in reelection.


but he CAN'T though. If there is free speech, even vile speech, you can't just attack them...one is in first amendment rights, but I don't know of any amendment that allows you to attack people violently....so as president, he really CANNOT.
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
Asherlee10 8 hours ago#16
Just go watch his speech. It's on YouTube.
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ssj3vegeta_ 8 hours ago#18
Trump lies all da time doe



Do dose images of a neo nazi crashing into a group of people lie?
HHH is the game 8 hours ago#19
Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
Im confused.

You sure are. If you are trying to establish a moral equivalency between a group that gathered to hate and another group that gathered to protest hate, then you really are lost.


No, there isn't, until it comes to the violence part.
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
emblem boy 8 hours ago#20
People also don't seem to like that he seemed to equate the message from both sides as being equally bad. One of the message is far far more hateful than the other.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#21
Asherlee10 posted...
Just go watch his speech. It's on YouTube.


Right. That's why I bring this up. I watched his speech, and am curious if he was lying, because nobody seems to agree with him, and everybody seems to be mad. So my question is, are they mad at Trump because he LIED (the violence was not started by the left, but they were just defending themselves for example), or are they mad because they disagree with his statement that there could be shared blame
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
tennisdude818 8 hours ago#22
Can you imagine if back in 2009 the Tea Party was throwing bricks and urine, assaulting people with clubs and pepper spray, and rioting over left wing speeches that they didn't like? For example, what if they broke s***, attacked people, and left threats to get a Van Jones speech shut down "by any means necessary"?
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#23
tennisdude818 posted...
Can you imagine if back in 2009 the Tea Party was throwing bricks and urine, assaulting people with clubs and pepper spray, and rioted over left wing speeches that they didn't like? For example, what if they broke s***, attacked people, and left threats to get a Van Jones speech shut down "by any means necessary"?


Right. Well that's my point. I HATE seeing hypocricy and its really disappointing me to see that the left behaves like the right when the shoes are reversed. now I think most can agree though that in THIS case, the protest they were attacking was legitimately very vile. (Though I know there have been instances with people just being controversial speakers where the left has rebelled against, which made me disappointed and upset). 

I don't think many would say that the things these protesters were saying was at all equivalent to what the left might have done. 

But the fact is that if the right did this the left would be furious. And legally we can't just say "well it was really vile so we are right to attack them with clubs"
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
Asherlee10 8 hours ago#24
Some points that are worth noting (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. The white supremacists showed up with weapons and riot shields to "peacefully protest"
2. Only some of the anti-protestors showed up with weapons as a response to the white supremacists with weapons
3. Some of the anti-protestors were military veterans (in wheelchairs), some just had signs, etc. 
4. Trump took 2 days to 'condemn' the neo-nazis claiming that he wanted to wait to get "all the facts."
5. When he finally did condemn them, he said that there were good guys in the white supremacist's crowd and that they 'alt-left' is to blame for the violence.
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Asherlee10 8 hours ago#25
HHH is the game posted...
Asherlee10 posted...
Just go watch his speech. It's on YouTube.


Right. That's why I bring this up. I watched his speech, and am curious if he was lying, because nobody seems to agree with him, and everybody seems to be mad. So my question is, are they mad at Trump because he LIED (the violence was not started by the left, but they were just defending themselves for example), or are they mad because they disagree with his statement that there could be shared blame


Probably both. At this point, he botched one of the easiest things a politician can do: Denounce the Nazis and that behavior.
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That_Happened 8 hours ago#26
HHH is the game posted...
then somebody RANDOMLY driving their car through a group of people....


Randomly?

A white nationalist drove his car into a group of anti-racism protesters...at a rally started by white nationalists. If that's "random" then it's the greatest coincidence that ever happened.
cjsdowg 8 hours ago#27
Tell me who were the good people on the side of the Nazi .
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That_Happened posted...
HHH is the game posted...
then somebody RANDOMLY driving their car through a group of people....


Randomly?

A white nationalist drove his car into a group of anti-racism protesters...at a rally started by white nationalists. If that's "random" then it's the greatest coincidence that ever happened.


Pretty sure TC has already spent the whole topic showing his reading comprehension isn't exactly on point, no reason to think he's going to make that connection.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#29
Asherlee10 posted...
Some points that are worth noting (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. The white supremacists showed up with weapons and riot shields to "peacefully protest"
2. Only some of the anti-protestors showed up with weapons as a response to the white supremacists with weapons
3. Some of the anti-protestors were military veterans (in wheelchairs), some just had signs, etc. 
4. Trump took 2 days to 'condemn' the neo-nazis claiming that he wanted to wait to get "all the facts."
5. When he finally did condemn them, he said that there were good guys in the white supremacist's crowd and that they 'alt-left' is to blame for the violence.


What it sounded like to me is he said BOTH are to blame for the violence. 

Honestly I just hate when people act like hypocrites. I hate when people condemn one side and then do the same thing.

And what I'm finding out and is making me very disillusioned is that in a lot of ways the left is no better than the right.

This is an extreme example. Not really the main point.

But things like complaining about the popular vs electoral vote when you KNOW that if the shoes were reversed and the right did it the left would call them crybabies.

I always kind of thought of the left as the 'good guys' and I still agree with them on issues, but a lot of things I saw everybody complaining about and agreed with (god the right are such crybabies) when the time comes, the left doesn't do anything different, they don't 'be the better man' like I would have expected them to be, and now Im realizing that everybody is a crybaby and everybody thinks they're right.

Everybody is so sure that they're right and they don't care about objective facts or looking at things neturally or logically they just wanna scream their viewpoint and if you don't agree you're wrong or the devil, and they don't want to discuss things. 

It bothers me because Im just losing faith in pretty much all people <_<. 

Now in this case its an extreme example because we can all come together in saying that nazi viewpoints are pretty evil. I don't think there's many on either side arguing that. But I also think we should acknowledge that you can't just attack protesters who have a legal permit. If you can't acknowledge there was violence on both sides its upsetting to me. Trump should be bringing this up as the President. If they both started the violence it should be acknowledged
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
HHH is the game 8 hours ago#30
Unquestionable posted...
That_Happened posted...
HHH is the game posted...
then somebody RANDOMLY driving their car through a group of people....


Randomly?

A white nationalist drove his car into a group of anti-racism protesters...at a rally started by white nationalists. If that's "random" then it's the greatest coincidence that ever happened.


Pretty sure TC has already spent the whole topic showing his reading comprehension isn't exactly on point, no reason to think he's going to make that connection.


Um...I know, that's what I'm saying. This wasn't some random act of terror. There was a violent clash between two parties and he got even more violent. I don't see how that is comparable to a terrorist driving a car through a crowd of random pedestrians. Hate crime sure, but terrorrism? That seems to be furthering an agenda to me. And everybody will stick on it because they want to prove they're right.
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
tennisdude818 8 hours ago#31
HHH is the game posted...
tennisdude818 posted...
Can you imagine if back in 2009 the Tea Party was throwing bricks and urine, assaulting people with clubs and pepper spray, and rioted over left wing speeches that they didn't like? For example, what if they broke s***, attacked people, and left threats to get a Van Jones speech shut down "by any means necessary"?


Right. Well that's my point. I HATE seeing hypocricy and its really disappointing me to see that the left behaves like the right when the shoes are reversed. now I think most can agree though that in THIS case, the protest they were attacking was legitimately very vile. (Though I know there have been instances with people just being controversial speakers where the left has rebelled against, which made me disappointed and upset). 

I don't think many would say that the things these protesters were saying was at all equivalent to what the left might have done. 

But the fact is that if the right did this the left would be furious. And legally we can't just say "well it was really vile so we are right to attack them with clubs"


That's true. If somebody has really bad ideas, let them speak. Nazism will not rise in America. If you attend a rally that is sympathetic to Nazis (real ones, not the Antifa definition that would include Ben Shapiro and Ron Paul), your career and reputation will be destroyed.
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HHH is the game 8 hours ago#32
Asherlee10 posted...
HHH is the game posted...
Asherlee10 posted...
Just go watch his speech. It's on YouTube.


Right. That's why I bring this up. I watched his speech, and am curious if he was lying, because nobody seems to agree with him, and everybody seems to be mad. So my question is, are they mad at Trump because he LIED (the violence was not started by the left, but they were just defending themselves for example), or are they mad because they disagree with his statement that there could be shared blame


Probably both. At this point, he botched one of the easiest things a politician can do: Denounce the Nazis and that behavior.


But denouncing the nazis and their behavior and averting his eyes from the fact that they were attacked with clubs during a legal protest (IF THIS IS TRUE) would be...wrong.
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
No it wouldn't.

They're Nazis who showed up with weapons.

History told us very, very clearly that ignoring them is a terrible idea. It kind of led to WW2.
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Funkydog  question him ALWAYS8 hours ago#34
He basically did a "but Obama" in response to a terrorist attack. Which took him days to condemn, when he responds instantly to the most minor infraction in a blind fury in twitter, even at 3am.
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Asherlee10 8 hours ago#35
HHH is the game posted...
What it sounded like to me is he said BOTH are to blame for the violence. 

Honestly I just hate when people act like hypocrites. I hate when people condemn one side and then do the same thing.


What he said was not correct. 

HHH is the game posted...
And what I'm finding out and is making me very disillusioned is that in a lot of ways the left is no better than the right.


I think you're pandering to extremism and painting a broad picture, which is disingenuous. The right isn't full of neo-nazis and the left isn't full of violent SJWs. There are always going to be extremists. However, what we saw in Charlottesville was neo-nazis showing up to a peaceful protest with weapons and riot shields. You don't do that unless you are looking to start a fight. 

Trump also lied that the people protesting the night before were just people wanting to keep the statues. That was found to be false.


HHH is the game posted...
I always kind of thought of the left as the 'good guys'

My advice is to stop pandering the divide. The identity politics is a major issue right now. 

HHH is the game posted...
But I also think we should acknowledge that you can't just attack protesters who have a legal permit.

Trump also incorrectly stated that the anti-protestors didn't' have a permit. They did.
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Antifa should be condemned in general. It's even okay to talk about the violence at Charlottesville from Antifa. But it wasn't their side that murdered someone and gloated about it on social media. And they don't have the same vile history in this country that the neo nazis do. Before have talking about what Antifa or other counter protestors did wrong, there should be strong and immediate condemnation of the neo nazis and the other white supremacist groups which Trump failed to do.
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DirkDiggles 8 hours ago#37
As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?
Funkydog  question him ALWAYS8 hours ago#38
DirkDiggles posted...
As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?

Perhaps. But how would you feel if he said "both sides are bad" in response to any other terror attack? He calls other terrorists sad and thugs, but in this case "some of them are good people" - it is a severe change in language to his usual kind. And for a group of people with nazis among them.
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Asherlee10 8 hours ago#39
HHH is the game posted...
Asherlee10 posted...
HHH is the game posted...
Asherlee10 posted...
Just go watch his speech. It's on YouTube.


Right. That's why I bring this up. I watched his speech, and am curious if he was lying, because nobody seems to agree with him, and everybody seems to be mad. So my question is, are they mad at Trump because he LIED (the violence was not started by the left, but they were just defending themselves for example), or are they mad because they disagree with his statement that there could be shared blame


Probably both. At this point, he botched one of the easiest things a politician can do: Denounce the Nazis and that behavior.


But denouncing the nazis and their behavior and averting his eyes from the fact that they were attacked with clubs during a legal protest (IF THIS IS TRUE) would be...wrong.


Let's remember that the neo-nazis showed up with riot gear on to their peaceful protest.

“Most white supremacist and Nazi groups arrived armed like a paramilitary force — carrying shields, protective gear, rods and, yes, lots of guns, utilizing Virginia’s loose firearm laws. They used militarized defensive maneuvers, shouting commands at one another to ‘move forward’ or ‘retreat,’ and would form a line of shields or a phalanx — it’s like they watched ‘300’ a few times — to gain ground or shepherd someone through projectiles. It seemed that they had practiced for this.”


I don't know if we will ever know who threw the very first punch. I'm not even sure if it matters. I think the stage was set by the neo-nazis looking to fight. Sure, the Antifa loved to have an excuse to fight them.
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That_Happened 8 hours ago#40
DirkDiggles posted...
the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight.


Neo nazis show up with weapons and yelling that "jews will not replace us," and you see this as "not looking for a fight?" Amazing. You can't threaten people with guns at your waist and then when the other side swings at you say "I don't know why they're attacking me!"
HHH is the game 8 hours ago#41
DifferentialEquation posted...
Antifa should be condemned in general. It's even okay to talk about the violence at Charlottesville from Antifa. But it wasn't their side that murdered someone and gloated about it on social media. And they don't have the same vile history in this country that the neo nazis do. Before have talking about what Antifa or other counter protestors did wrong, there should be strong and immediate condemnation of the neo nazis and the other white supremacist groups which Trump failed to do.


Well I think the thing is that the violence on both sides escalated which LED to the murder so without the escalation the murder might not have happened. Obviously the murder is an act that should be condemned the MOST but there is STILL blame on both sides for getting to that point
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HHH is the game 7 hours ago#42
Funkydog posted...
DirkDiggles posted...
As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?

Perhaps. But how would you feel if he said "both sides are bad" in response to any other terror attack? He calls other terrorists sad and thugs, but in this case "some of them are good people" - it is a severe change in language to his usual kind. And for a group of people with nazis among them.


but most terror attacks don't start this way. Most terror attacks involve people peacefully going about their day and then suddenly getting blown up. THIS was something different....this was two sides that were at each others throats with violence
Shelton undoubtedly wants Cena's championship belt. And Cena undoubtedly wants Shelton's black heritage.- looseiver
That_Happened 7 hours ago#43
HHH is the game posted...
Well I think the thing is that the violence on both sides escalated


Don't create a neo nazi rally where you threaten minorities with weapons and riot gear, and this situation disappears altogether.
Funkydog  question him ALWAYS7 hours ago#44
HHH is the game posted...
but most terror attacks don't start this way. Most terror attacks involve people peacefully going about their day and then suddenly getting blown up. THIS was something different....this was two sides that were at each others throats with violence


And one side, with Nazis in their number, escalated it from violence to a terror attack. Many people were likely their to peacefully protest (or counter protest). Their may have been faults on both sides, but trying to say the side with nazis in them "aren't all bad" or trying to make it seem like both were equally at fault can't look like anything but bad. Coupled with the fact it took him days, and condemnation from his party to say it, before he leapt back to his previous rhetoric and seemed to refuse to condemn them again is also fueling the anger from all sides against him.
tennisdude818 7 hours ago#45
DifferentialEquation posted...
Antifa should be condemned in general. It's even okay to talk about the violence at Charlottesville from Antifa. But it wasn't their side that murdered someone and gloated about it on social media. And they don't have the same vile history in this country that the neo nazis do. Before have talking about what Antifa or other counter protestors did wrong, there should be strong and immediate condemnation of the neo nazis and the other white supremacist groups which Trump failed to do.


The history of socialism is much bloodier than the history of fascism. If "punch a Nazi" leads to a counter culture of "punch a commie", things will get much more violent.
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luigi13579 7 hours ago#46
The talk about counter-protestors attacking the car before it rammed into them is a lot of s*** at least. Have a look at the different angles on video.

On his speeches, I think it's more the way that Trump handled them. The fact that he took so long to condemn the neo-Nazis by name played right into their hands. A lot of them believed that he was on their side, and when he refused to call them out specifically, they took that as implicit support (see the Daily Stormer response to the speech, for example).

If he'd specifically condemned the neo-Nazis straight away and then condemned all violence, I don't think so many people would have criticized him. The fact that he took so long initially, and then backtracked again, emboldened the neo-Nazis.

Only one side (between the neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, that is) has given support for Trump (and criticizing them would at least answer that question) and only one has an ideology that is inherently violent, hateful, racist, etc. (at least to the extent that it is).

And yeah, what Asherlee said.

Also, some info on Antifa: https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/antifa_a_look_at_the_antifascist / https://www.democracynow.org/2017/8/16/part_2_antifa_a_look_at

The free speech argument is an interesting one in this instance. I'm generally for it, but when you're dealing with such an ideology, parliamentary democracy isn't always sufficient. It wasn't in Germany, in Italy, in Spain, etc. You may think that what happened in those countries could not happen in America, but that is underestimating fascism in much the same way as people did in those countries. Hitler only had a handful of supporters in the early days, and we know how things progressed there.

Do I support violence? Not if it can be helped. I do support standing up to the neo-Nazis though, counter-protesting, etc.
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Asherlee10 7 hours ago#47
HHH is the game posted...
but most terror attacks don't start this way.


I think you're reaching quite a bit here. 

Terrorism - "the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."
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NeoShadowhen 7 hours ago#48
Funkydog posted...
DirkDiggles posted...
As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?

Perhaps. But how would you feel if he said "both sides are bad" in response to any other terror attack? He calls other terrorists sad and thugs, but in this case "some of them are good people" - it is a severe change in language to his usual kind. And for a group of people with nazis among them.


In a vacuum, I'd agree. But this attack happened in the context of a year of escalating violence between antifa and the groups it counter-protests against, not all of whom are white identitarians.

Surely anyone who saw the footage of the guy taking a bike lock to the head knew it was only a matter of time before someone was killed.

This has been building for a while. The only appropriate response is to call out the violence on all sides. Unless of course, you're pushing for more violence, which admittedly a lot of people are.
cjsdowg 7 hours ago#49
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And what I'm finding out and is making me very disillusioned is that in a lot of ways the left is no better than the right.


Trump complained about the electoral college. and the left as been complaining about that for the past 30 years. 


I always kind of thought of the left as the 'good guys' and I still agree with them on issues, but a lot of things I saw everybody complaining about and agreed with (god the right are such crybabies) when the time comes, the left doesn't do anything different, they don't 'be the better man' like I would have expected them to be, and now Im realizing that everybody is a crybaby and everybody thinks they're right.


Nazis are not right.
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Antifa should be condemned in general. It's even okay to talk about the violence at Charlottesville from Antifa. But it wasn't their side that murdered someone and gloated about it on social media. And they don't have the same vile history in this country that the neo nazis do. Before have talking about what Antifa or other counter protestors did wrong, there should be strong and immediate condemnation of the neo nazis and the other white supremacist groups which Trump failed to do.


Well I think the thing is that the violence on both sides escalated which LED to the murder so without the escalation the murder might not have happened. Obviously the murder is an act that should be condemned the MOST but there is STILL blame on both sides for getting to that point


I watched the video of the guy driving his car through the crowd and I didn't see anything that should have escalated it to that point other than the driver himself being a piece of s***. It's not like he was an the middle of an all-out brawl and pulled a weapon amidst the chaos or anything like that, in which case what you're saying would be more reasonable.
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    Funkydog  question him ALWAYS9 hours ago#51
    NeoShadowhen posted...
    Funkydog posted...
    DirkDiggles posted...
    As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

    Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?

    Perhaps. But how would you feel if he said "both sides are bad" in response to any other terror attack? He calls other terrorists sad and thugs, but in this case "some of them are good people" - it is a severe change in language to his usual kind. And for a group of people with nazis among them.


    In a vacuum, I'd agree. But this attack happened in the context of a year of escalating violence between antifa and the groups it counter-protests against, not all of whom are white identitarians.

    Surely anyone who saw the footage of the guy taking a bike lock to the head knew it was only a matter of time before someone was killed.

    This has been building for a while. The only appropriate response is to call out the violence on all sides. Unless of course, you're pushing for more violence, which admittedly a lot of people are.

    The violence on both sides was not good, no. but what Luigi said is fueling the anger against Trump.

    luigi13579 posted...
    On his speeches, I think it's more the way that Trump handled them. The fact that he took so long to condemn the neo-Nazis by name played right into their hands. A lot of them believed that he was on their side, and when he refused to call them out specifically, they took that as implicit support (see the Daily Stormer response to the speech, for example).

    If he'd specifically condemned the neo-Nazis straight away and then condemned all violence, I don't think so many people would have criticized him. The fact that he took so long initially, and then backtracked again, emboldened the neo-Nazis.

    Only one side (between the neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, that is) has given support for Trump (and criticizing them would at least answer that question) and only one has an ideology that is inherently violent, hateful, racist, etc. (at least to the extent that it is).


    If he intends to or not, he comes across as wanting to shy away from condeming nazi ideology, and trying to be "fair and equal " in blame when he almost never has for matters before. He has proven time and time again he doesn't hold back and strikes with all his fury. But this terror attack, he is suddenly reserved and proper? It doesn't make sense.
    Capn Circus 9 hours ago#52
    Trump was right to condemn both sides and he spoke the truth. 

    To give one group a pass for violence, to ignore it or lie about because the other group had Nazis intellectually dishonest. 

    Trump condemned hatred and bigotry during his first statement and he's condemned KKK, etc. repeatedly in the past and even way before he ever ran. 

    People saying Trump is condoning them are hysterical and really most people see through it. The fake news media is embarrassing themselves again
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    That_Happened 9 hours ago#53
    Capn Circus posted...

    Don't forget to wipe your ass.
    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#54
    Capn Circus posted...
    Trump was right to condemn both sides and he spoke the truth. 

    To give one group a pass for violence, to ignore it or lie about because the other group had Nazis intellectually dishonest. 

    Trump condemned hatred and bigotry during his first statement and he's condemned KKK, etc. repeatedly in the past and even way before he ever ran. 

    People saying Trump is condoning them are hysterical and really most people see through it. The fake news media is embarrassing themselves again


    People like Capn Circus are sincerely alarming.
    "Opinions should be a result of a thought, not a substitute for it."
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.
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    cjsdowg 9 hours ago#56
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?
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    Capn Circus 9 hours ago#57
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Capn Circus posted...
    Trump was right to condemn both sides and he spoke the truth. 

    To give one group a pass for violence, to ignore it or lie about because the other group had Nazis intellectually dishonest. 

    Trump condemned hatred and bigotry during his first statement and he's condemned KKK, etc. repeatedly in the past and even way before he ever ran. 

    People saying Trump is condoning them are hysterical and really most people see through it. The fake news media is embarrassing themselves again


    People like Capn Circus are sincerely alarming.


    And people like you are flat out liars and truth spinners. Or delusional. Or all of the above
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    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#58
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.
    "Opinions should be a result of a thought, not a substitute for it."
    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#59
    Capn Circus posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Capn Circus posted...
    Trump was right to condemn both sides and he spoke the truth. 

    To give one group a pass for violence, to ignore it or lie about because the other group had Nazis intellectually dishonest. 

    Trump condemned hatred and bigotry during his first statement and he's condemned KKK, etc. repeatedly in the past and even way before he ever ran. 

    People saying Trump is condoning them are hysterical and really most people see through it. The fake news media is embarrassing themselves again


    People like Capn Circus are sincerely alarming.


    And people like you are flat out liars and truth spinners. Or delusional. Or all of the above


    Now you sound as desperate as Trump. It really is alarming that his rhetoric has affected so many people like this. I'm just disappointed.
    "Opinions should be a result of a thought, not a substitute for it."
    NeoShadowhen 9 hours ago#60
    Funkydog posted...
    NeoShadowhen posted...
    Funkydog posted...
    DirkDiggles posted...
    As hideous and disgusting as the alt-right, Neo-Nazis, and the white supremacists message is, the left, mainly Antifa, did go there looking for a fight. It's outright unacceptable and damn vile that a person had to die expressing her first amendment right.

    Anybody that thinks that only one side is to blame is either delusional or just plain trolling. It's like blaming just one side for all the gang violence inside an inner city. Is it the Cripts fault, is it the Bloods fault, or is it both sides fault?

    Perhaps. But how would you feel if he said "both sides are bad" in response to any other terror attack? He calls other terrorists sad and thugs, but in this case "some of them are good people" - it is a severe change in language to his usual kind. And for a group of people with nazis among them.


    In a vacuum, I'd agree. But this attack happened in the context of a year of escalating violence between antifa and the groups it counter-protests against, not all of whom are white identitarians.

    Surely anyone who saw the footage of the guy taking a bike lock to the head knew it was only a matter of time before someone was killed.

    This has been building for a while. The only appropriate response is to call out the violence on all sides. Unless of course, you're pushing for more violence, which admittedly a lot of people are.

    The violence on both sides was not good, no. but what Luigi said is fueling the anger against Trump.

    luigi13579 posted...
    On his speeches, I think it's more the way that Trump handled them. The fact that he took so long to condemn the neo-Nazis by name played right into their hands. A lot of them believed that he was on their side, and when he refused to call them out specifically, they took that as implicit support (see the Daily Stormer response to the speech, for example).

    If he'd specifically condemned the neo-Nazis straight away and then condemned all violence, Iso long initially, and then backtracked again, emboldened the neo-Nazis.

    Only one side (between the neo-Nazis and counter-protesters, that is) has given support for Trump (and criticizing them would at least answer that question) and only one has an ideology that is inherently violent, hateful, racist, etc. (at least to the extent that it is).


    If he intends to or not, he comes across as wanting to shy away from condeming nazi ideology, and trying to be "fair and equal " in blame when he almost never has for matters before. He has proven time and time again he doesn't hold back and strikes with all his fury. But this terror attack, he is suddenly reserved and proper? It doesn't make sense.


    That's a fair point. The only explanation I could see would be that perhaps it's because both parties are American. Clearly it's debatable if the president is racist, as that debate is going on right now, but I don't think it's debatable that he is nationalistic as f***. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he puts on the brakes when its citizens vs. citizens. He's also rather boisterous when it comes to crime, which would also be citizen vs. citizen, but in that scenario it's easier to show one side (law abiding citizens) as the clear victim. In this particular situation you had both side acting unlawfully (commiting violence). If anything, his words seem to be trying to put all people who use violence in one basket and everyone else in the other, regardless of what side they were on. Kind of a lawful neutral approach, which while flawed, would be the most effective path to restoring order, at least in the short term.
    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#61
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Some points that are worth noting (correct me if I'm wrong):

    1. The white supremacists showed up with weapons and riot shields to "peacefully protest"
    2. Only some of the anti-protestors showed up with weapons as a response to the white supremacists with weapons
    3. Some of the anti-protestors were military veterans (in wheelchairs), some just had signs, etc. 
    4. Trump took 2 days to 'condemn' the neo-nazis claiming that he wanted to wait to get "all the facts."
    5. When he finally did condemn them, he said that there were good guys in the white supremacist's crowd and that they 'alt-left' is to blame for the violence.


    Love how you completely ignored those who was throwing piss and bricks at the other side. Love how you completely ignored that it wasn't "Two Days". He made a tweet later that evening. But what can I say? You, Asherlee are biased. So you shouldn't be commenting on anything that is Trump related.
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    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"
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    The Deadpool 9 hours ago#63
    Can you imagine if instead of a Nazi flag that exact same protest was flying an ISIS flag?
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    That_Happened 9 hours ago#64
    ThePredominate posted...
    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda.


    Could have sworn that each protest, even the ones about the statues, were sponsored by white nationalists. So unless someone was not given the details, pretty much everyone there knew who was running the show.
    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#65
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"
    #TheSmarkBrotherhood
    cjsdowg 9 hours ago#66
    ThePredominate posted...

    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"


    Most good people love places when the nazi flags and the racist chants come out. Tell me if you were a good person would you stand side by side with a literally nazi, for a statue for a slaver.
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    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#67
    The Deadpool posted...
    Can you imagine if instead of a Nazi flag that exact same protest was flying an ISIS flag?


    Close your account, you're a disgrace to Deadpool fans everywhere.
    #TheSmarkBrotherhood
    The Deadpool 9 hours ago#68
    Iwin2013 posted...
    The Deadpool posted...
    Can you imagine if instead of a Nazi flag that exact same protest was flying an ISIS flag?


    Close your account, you're a disgrace to Deadpool fans everywhere.


    Are you upset I was being unfair to ISIS? I mean I know they're not as bad as Nazis but there really isn't a closer analogue...
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    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#69
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...

    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"


    Most good people love places when the nazi flags and the racist chants come out. Tell me if you were a good person would you stand side by side with a literally nazi, for a statue for a slaver.


    It's about history, not about f***ing racism, you dolt. You leftists always has to make race the everyday pulling card, Jesus.
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    Antifar 9 hours ago#70
    ThePredominate posted...
    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"

    It was a "Unite the Right" rally at which people carried torches and chanted "blood and soil." There was coverage weeks in advance noting that it was organized by white nationalists.
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    That_Happened 9 hours ago#71
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there?


    Was Trump there? Because 5 minutes ago you were defending his statement that there were "some fine people" protesting the statues there. So if Asherlee's assumptions are "empty" then how the hell can you defend Trump's assumptions?
    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#72
    The Deadpool posted...
    Iwin2013 posted...
    The Deadpool posted...
    Can you imagine if instead of a Nazi flag that exact same protest was flying an ISIS flag?


    Close your account, you're a disgrace to Deadpool fans everywhere.


    Are you upset I was being unfair to ISIS? I mean I know they're not as bad as Nazis but there really isn't a closer analogue...


    No, you're a s*** tier. And don't have any credibility.
    #TheSmarkBrotherhood
    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#73
    Iwin2013 posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Some points that are worth noting (correct me if I'm wrong):

    1. The white supremacists showed up with weapons and riot shields to "peacefully protest"
    2. Only some of the anti-protestors showed up with weapons as a response to the white supremacists with weapons
    3. Some of the anti-protestors were military veterans (in wheelchairs), some just had signs, etc. 
    4. Trump took 2 days to 'condemn' the neo-nazis claiming that he wanted to wait to get "all the facts."
    5. When he finally did condemn them, he said that there were good guys in the white supremacist's crowd and that they 'alt-left' is to blame for the violence.


    Love how you completely ignored those who was throwing piss and bricks at the other side. Love how you completely ignored that it wasn't "Two Days". He made a tweet later that evening. But what can I say? You, Asherlee are biased. So you shouldn't be commenting on anything that is Trump related.


    Would you like me specifically name what the arsenal was for those involved in the fighting? That seems absurd. Point #2 mentions that counter-protestors showed up with weapons, also. I didn't "completely ignore" anything. 

    Trump took two full days to finally muster up the courage to condemn the neo-nazis and white supremacists. As I specifically said. 

    And you don't get to tell me what I can and cannot comment on. That sort of language is uncalled for.
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    The Deadpool 9 hours ago#74
    Iwin2013 posted...
    It's about history, not about f***ing racism,


    We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.
    Iwin2013 9 hours ago#75
    That_Happened posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there?


    Was Trump there? Because 5 minutes ago you were defending his statement that there were "some fine people" protesting the statues there. So if Asherlee's assumptions are "empty" then how the hell can you defend Trump's assumptions?


    No, he wasn't but he has classified information that tells him what actually happened. No biased bulls*** like your favorite news source the Salon cites out or Buzzfeed.
    #TheSmarkBrotherhood
    Antifar 9 hours ago#76
    Iwin2013 posted...
    It's about history, not about f***ing racism,

    This rally was absolutely not about history.
    kin to all that throbs
    The Deadpool 9 hours ago#77
    Iwin2013 posted...
    The Deadpool posted...
    Iwin2013 posted...
    The Deadpool posted...
    Can you imagine if instead of a Nazi flag that exact same protest was flying an ISIS flag?


    Close your account, you're a disgrace to Deadpool fans everywhere.


    Are you upset I was being unfair to ISIS? I mean I know they're not as bad as Nazis but there really isn't a closer analogue...


    No, you're a s*** tier. And don't have any credibility.


    Man, I haven't ever seen someone come on to defend ISIS this hard...
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    luigi13579 9 hours ago#78
    Iwin2013 posted...
    No, he wasn't but he has classified information that tells him what actually happened. No biased bulls*** like your favorite news source the Salon cites out or Buzzfeed.

    Classified info from Fox News.
    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#79
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there? Maybe people who thought political correctness had gone too far with the statue being removed, as Trump referenced when talking about George Washington's statue; "where will it end?"


    Even if there magically was someone who didn't fit into those groups, they are standing along side neo-nazis and white supremacists. It is their responsibility to disavow those groups, but we didn't see that happening.
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    Funkydog  question him ALWAYS9 hours ago#80
    NeoShadowhen posted...
    That's a fair point. The only explanation I could see would be that perhaps it's because both parties are American. Clearly it's debatable if the president is racist, as that debate is going on right now, but I don't think it's debatable that he is nationalistic as f***. It wouldn't surprise me at all if he puts on the brakes when its citizens vs. citizens. He's also rather boisterous when it comes to crime, which would also be citizen vs. citizen, but in that scenario it's easier to show one side (law abiding citizens) as the clear victim. In this particular situation you had both side acting unlawfully (commiting violence). If anything, his words seem to be trying to put all people who use violence in one basket and everyone else in the other, regardless of what side they were on. Kind of a lawful neutral approach, which while flawed, would be the most effective path to restoring order, at least in the short term.

    I think the issue is he has never been like that before, so the sudden change looks strange to people. His actions come with certain expectations, people expected him to rudely or even childishly condemn them, not wait a few days to do it and then backtrack almost immediately.

    If he had a reputation of handling things better, or even did it immediately, then the response wouldnt be nearly as bad I think.
    HHH is the game 9 hours ago#81
    But here's the question. Did the car driver do it because he was a nazi? Or because he was in the middle of a violent issue between two opposing , violent , and angry sides. Like gang violence as mentioned. 

    If it's the latter the president CANT take sides really as neither side should be violent against the other. If it was a peaceful protest that was attacked the issue would be way more clear.
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    Asherlee10 9 hours ago#82
    Iwin2013 posted...
    That_Happened posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there?


    Was Trump there? Because 5 minutes ago you were defending his statement that there were "some fine people" protesting the statues there. So if Asherlee's assumptions are "empty" then how the hell can you defend Trump's assumptions?


    No, he wasn't but he has classified information that tells him what actually happened. No biased bulls*** like your favorite news source the Salon cites out or Buzzfeed.


    The reaching...
    "Opinions should be a result of a thought, not a substitute for it."
    That_Happened posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    cjsdowg posted...
    ThePredominate posted...
    You're all perverting what Trump actually said (and so is the media):

    He said there were "some fine people" protesting against the statues removal who were not there under a white nationalist or Nazi agenda. He condemned anyone there under those agendas. He also condemned people from the other side who were violent.


    Tell me who among the Nazis and the Klan were the good people ?


    I would also be curious to know who wasn't a Neo-Nazi, white supremacist, or Klan member that was "peacefully protesting" the removal of the statue.


    I wasn't there and neither were you. Assumptions are empty. Who are we to say there wasn't innocents there?


    Was Trump there? Because 5 minutes ago you were defending his statement that there were "some fine people" protesting the statues there. So if Asherlee's assumptions are "empty" then how the hell can you defend 
    Trump's assumptions?


    He's the President, and he seemed pretty sure about it, made a point of noting it. Nobody has queried it in the media and they sure don't drop the ball on finding fuel against him. He condemned the racists and made an exception to those there who weren't. If they weren't even there, why make an exception for an imaginary group of people?
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    and you will not see the Shadows.
    cjsdowg 8 hours ago#84
    Iwin2013 posted...


    It's about history, not about f***ing racism, you dolt. You leftists always has to make race the everyday pulling card, Jesus.


    Literally Nazis yelling racist chants is not about the racism. White nationals and Klan members marching is not about race. Get over yourself.

    BTW you people don't care about history. the CSA lasted for 4 years, and that is what you people want to focuse on?
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    luigi13579 8 hours ago#85
    HHH is the game posted...
    But here's the question. Did the car driver do it because he was a nazi? Or because he was in the middle of a violent issue between two opposing , violent , and angry sides. Like gang violence as mentioned.

    Maybe a bit of both, but I think that violence at that particular moment is overstated. Again, if you check the videos, the people in that area, including those that were run over, were protesting peacefully.



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    That_Happened 8 hours ago#86
    Iwin2013 posted...
    No, he wasn't but he has classified information


    Nah, if he had classified info he already would've shared it with people at a dinner party. *chuckle*

    ThePredominate posted...
    He's the President, and he seemed pretty sure about it,


    You mean like Obama being born in Kenya? And about the size of his inauguration crowd? And the 3 million illegal immigrants voting for Shillary? If at this point in his presidency you take Donald Trump's "certainty" with anything but a grain of salt, you are legally braindead.
    Iwin2013 8 hours ago#87
    That_Happened posted...
    Iwin2013 posted...
    No, he wasn't but he has classified information


    Nah, if he had classified info he already would've shared it with people at a dinner party. *chuckle*

    ThePredominate posted...
    He's the President, and he seemed pretty sure about it,


    You mean like Obama being born in Kenya? And about the size of his inauguration crowd? And the 3 million illegal immigrants voting for Shillary? If at this point in his presidency you take Donald Trump's "certainty" with anything but a grain of salt, you are legally braindead.


    Or maybe you are, because you are f***ing remedial.
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    Iwin2013 8 hours ago#88
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Iwin2013 posted...
    Asherlee10 posted...
    Some points that are worth noting (correct me if I'm wrong):

    1. The white supremacists showed up with weapons and riot shields to "peacefully protest"
    2. Only some of the anti-protestors showed up with weapons as a response to the white supremacists with weapons
    3. Some of the anti-protestors were military veterans (in wheelchairs), some just had signs, etc. 
    4. Trump took 2 days to 'condemn' the neo-nazis claiming that he wanted to wait to get "all the facts."
    5. When he finally did condemn them, he said that there were good guys in the white supremacist's crowd and that they 'alt-left' is to blame for the violence.


    Love how you completely ignored those who was throwing piss and bricks at the other side. Love how you completely ignored that it wasn't "Two Days". He made a tweet later that evening. But what can I say? You, Asherlee are biased. So you shouldn't be commenting on anything that is Trump related.


    Would you like me specifically name what the arsenal was for those involved in the fighting? That seems absurd. Point #2 mentions that counter-protestors showed up with weapons, also. I didn't "completely ignore" anything. 

    Trump took two full days to finally muster up the courage to condemn the neo-nazis and white supremacists. As I specifically said. 

    And you don't get to tell me what I can and cannot comment on. That sort of language is uncalled for.


    YEAH... Two days.....

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    BLAKUboy 8 hours ago#89
    You know a topic is bad when Differential has to drop his gimmick.
    Aeris dies if she takes more damage than her current HP - Panthera
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    prince_leo 8 hours ago#90
    BLAKUboy posted...
    You know a topic is bad when Differential has to drop his gimmick.

    he's been dropping it a bit often, lately
    1. Boards
    2. Current Events
    3. Im confused...didn't Trump HAVE to condemn both sides?

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