Posted on 08/14/2018 6:26:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo said late Monday that Antifa should not be equated with white supremacists, arguing that "in a clash between hate & those who oppose it, those who oppose it are on the side of right" even if they resort to "petty violence."
"You attack cops, you slap the media, you are in the wrong, period," Cuomo said in a commentary on "Cuomo Prime Time." "But I argue to you tonight all punches are not equal morally."
"In the eyes of the law, yes. But in the eyes of good and evil, here’s the argument: If you’re a punk that comes to start trouble in a mask and hurt people you’re not about any virtuous cause," he continued. "You’re just somebody that’s going to be held to the standard of doing something wrong."
"But when someone comes to call out bigots and it gets hot, even physical, are they equally as wrong as the bigot they’re fighting? I say no. Fighting matters, too, there’s no question about that. But drawing a moral equivalency between those espousing hate and those fighting because they both resort to violence emboldens hate, legitimizes hateful belief and elevates what should be stamped out."
"Antifa or whoever ... are malcontent or misguided, they are also wrong to hit, but fighting hate is right," Cuomo said later. "And in a clash between hate & those who oppose it, those who oppose it are on the side of right.”
The perspective comes after a weekend of protests in Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Va. that included members of Antifa, which is short for "anti-fascist," attacking police and reporters covering a "Unite the Right 2" rally. The demonstrations came one year after deadly protests in Charlottesville that included one woman, Heather Heyer, allegedly being run over and killed by a man with reported Neo-Nazi ties.
Cuomo concluded on his primetime show that President Trump is "wrong to create a moral equivalency" between white supremacists and those who oppose them, even if "they resort to the same petty violence."
"Why people who show up to fight against bigots are not to be judged the same as the bigots," he said "Even if they do resort to the same petty violence. We should be our best. But I am arguing Trump is wrong to create a moral equivalency between bigots and those who oppose them, making them equal wrongs. Those hateful few who take solace and encouragement from the president’s efforts, my message is simple: Be aware there are many of us."
Cuomo once compared anti-fascist members to allied troops who stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day to fight Nazi soldiers in World War II in a tweet in August 2017.
Street violence makes for good television, dontcha know.
Antifa is a scam whereby haters can spew their hate with wild abandon, and warped leftist Democrat logic deems it honorable; even praiseworthy.
Woe unto those who call evil good, and good evil.
He doesn't have a clue what he's talking about. Good and evil are mere social constructs to this idiot. Without God, the terms are meaningless.
P.S. Isaiah 5:20 King James Version (KJV)
“20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!”
What is it about Cuomo and turdbrain logic?
These are the scum that chant: “No Borders, No Wall, No USA”.
That film clip should be a part of every republican ad this election.
The ends justify the means.
Communism 101.
[”You attack cops, you slap the media, you are in the wrong, period,” Cuomo said in a commentary on “Cuomo Prime Time.” ]
Evidently everyone else is fair game for violence. This man is a lunatic.
Antifa has never been anything but the Brownshirts of the DemocRat party. One of the Dem big shots is now openly endorsing them. The only surprise is how long it has taken for the truth to come out.
The Monkey Face Brothers are starting to defy all reasoning. Do they think they will stay popular and keep their jobs if they continue to make outrageous statements?
And you wonder why YouTuber Mark Dice rips CNN to pieces all the time.
I can’t remember the exact words but part of a Get Smart episode had a gentleman in a business suit meeting with the Chief.
“I represent the International Consortium For Peaceful Resolution of Human Conflict”
Chief: What does your group do to accomplish its mission, sir?
Man: We’re a hate group.
Chief: What?
Man: We’re a hate group. We hate hate. Just hate it!
I was going to post something snarky. Instead, let me just say;
wrong Cuomo.
That’s right. Calling for killing the President is abominable, against the law, and sadly typical of leftists today who casually make stupid comedian “jokes” or late night host remarks or Madonna wanting to destroy the White House speech lines.
If they do what was done to Gaddafi it means dragging him through the streets and murdering him. Outrageous they can casually talk about that. As if they’re saying their football team is going to slaughter the rival team and get to the playoffs. But this is about actual killing by violent leftists.
Important note:
Before anyone on FR gets gushy and understanding about the other side, please remember that broad hints have already been placed that a national socialist Dem. health care system would question how many old people can we afford and how much does a frail and sickly old person cost to the govt. health system and is euthanasia justified. Death panels would measure costs versus benefits like an auto salvage lot owner toting up expenses and deciding on keeping an old car in one piece or not.
How does anyone at CNN find their way home each day? Their moral compass is permanently set to point to dysfunction.
It is so obvious and is proven every day that to work for CNN, one has to have no brains and to not be capable of reasoned and rational thought.
Attacking Whites is OK because they’re Whites and Whites are bad.
That is genuinely the position of liberals.
It is flaming-tire-level dangerous.
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