“This might be discouraging in the short term, but will inevitably lead to counter-organizations who will protect their demonstrators”
Correct.
Either the State is too weak to repress Antifa, or they approve of them. You know what comes next.
Create Weimar problems, get Weimar solutions.
Jim, glad you agree with me, and hope we are both correct, or unlikely but hopefully, sanity returns and the violent left abates.
Also, the state can suppress the natural reaction, by going after conservative defenders. And AQ48, you are correct that there are no signs of defensive organization at the moment.
And, tangentially, masked demontrators should be arrested on sight, and masking should be considered an aggravating factor in the prosecution of any violence they perpetrate. That comment, only applies to the current situation. If Antifa is left unchecked, any counter-organization should be allowed the same masking privileges.