If the young men with the permit (many of them Trump supporters) in the torchlight march to save the statue of Robert E. Lee—which is what this was all about, before the antifa and BLM fire-ants showed up at this picnic—are Nazis, then the fascists (antifa) and commies of all stripes who wanted the statute torn down and attacked these young men (who were funneled into `kill zones’ by police—`To Protect and Serve’), then these fascists and commies acting like Nazis were also Taliban.
Sure, there were neo-Nazis and white supremacists there. But this young man was simply photographed at a political rally holding a tiki torch. However, to be fair, I’m sure there will also be stories of the thugs who assaulted the young men also being let go from their ....
crickets .... That’s right. Doing this kind of violence is their job.
Accusing your opponent of being a Nazi is not only an ad hominem fallacy but a lefty default argument and you are in violation of Godwin’s law.
So take your lefty BS to Slate, HuffinPuff or the DUmp and be a progressive somewhere else.
I really don’t want to do the “what is a Nazi/what is not a Nazi” thing.
This event was organized by Richard Spencer. At that point, I’m done with it. Period. Full stop.
(This is not to say the march shouldn’t have taken place. I’m a free speech absolutist. I think Nazis should be allowed to march down Fifth Ave on Yom Kippur. But, at the same time, there are private consequences for public speech).