And I didn't suggest that you had absolved them. Both Newsweek and the rioters are in the wrong.
Like you said, If I insult a bully's mother, I might set in motion my own subsequent thrashing...
Do you hold that you would be responsible for your own thrashing?
Yeah, of course. If I wack a hornets nest, I am provoking a response from the hornets. Just like Newsweek wacking an islamofascist beehive. What did they expect?