Did Antifa go to the PBs out of curiosity or did they know their history and expected to be attacked? They might contend they were defending themselves.
Antifa has been clear many times in teh past that their goal is to use violence to stop the targets from speaking or doing anything.
The Proud Boys have been clear that their goal is to do "Free Speech" and to defend themselves if attacked.
You are making up stuff, to give Antifa the benefit of doubt, if not a pass.
I have condemned Antifa but that doesn't mean I will applaud the PBs.
Yes, I caught that. You condemn Antifa for fighting. YOu condemn the Proud BOys for fighting. YOu think talking about who attacked who is childish.
Is that about right? If not, please clarify.
Hitler attacked Stalin, would you say Stalin was the good guy?
In that specific context I said nothing about anyone being good. My point was that the attacker, ie the person that chooses to start teh violence, is the "bad guy".
WWII, started with Hitler and Stalin BOTH attacking Poland. Poland fought back. The polish government, in my understanding was far from angels.
But in this case, they were pretty much just minding their own business and were attacked by vicious thugs who did not have just cause for their actions.
The poles fought back. THEY FOUGHT.
Someone who plays the "it takes two to tango" or "it's childish to say he started it" might say that the nazis and the soviets and the Poles were all fighting and thus all equally bad.
IMO, that is.... incredibly wrong. The POLES were teh only ones who had a valid and just reason to use violence. They were defending themselves.
In that context, they were the "Good Guys" and the Attackers, ie the Nazis and the Marxists, were the "Bad Guys", because they were the ones who choose to have the fight happen and for people to get hurt, as their way of getting what they wanted.
Do you disagree with any of that?