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In reply to the discussion: Portland antifa/right wing protests escalate to 'civil disturbance' [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,175 posts)The person you're responding to has stated before that they're okay with preemptive murder when it comes to certain people. They're not going to condemn the people who beat two innocent Marines in the street. Those two Marines are just collateral damage. It could've been anyone, though. If some rando walked up to me in the street and asked "Are you proud?" I'd stare at them like they were nuts, so yeah, I'd probably have gotten a beatdown, too.
Unfortunately it seems like a lot of people on the left are completely comfortable with the sorts of ideas and behaviors that they would (and probably have) stridently condemn on the right. They're okay with abandoning the idea of free speech as long as it silences the people they don't like. They're okay with responding to speech with violence. It's really saddening to me.