The opposition media have absolutely no credibility to lose.
Yes, the whole trick to the SA was not the few people they beat up or the few windows they broke.
It was the lesson to the watching, peaceful, compulsively law-abiding Germans that NOTHING HAPPENED TO THEM, whereas if Hans threw away his gum on the ground he would be dealing with the Orpo in ten seconds.
McAuliffe using AntiFa as his SA equivalent surprised me greatly (I am a naive and trusting soul). WaPo publishing a theoretical justification for it surprised me even more.
It appears that #ourguys learn fast, though. I can hear the drums, no longer so far away.