] " White supremacists tend to be violent, dangerous and irrational. Getting in their face to argue with them is as irrational as going to a zoo and jumping in the lion den. Most people don't blame the tiger when it attacks, and the same applies here" Yes, yes you did compare the two.
What hysteria? The hysteria that you hate being lumped in with the white trash that voted Trump? And you're somehow trying to make a false equivalency with radical leftists? Why bother?
No, I'm comparing the behavior of people who jump in the lions den, knowing lions are man eaters and are likely to attack you, and the people who antagonize and confront white supremacists, who are dangerous and likely to attack you. But that's clearly too complicated a premise for you to grasp.
There was no false equivalency in my argument; but you may want to reread his argument if you are looking for a fallacy.
Wow. Just wow. Our great grandfathers flew all the way to Europe to destroy this stupidity not less than 100 years ago, and now this travesty is embraced by these morons. I have nothing to say - really. This protesters certainly won't qualify for the [Greatest Generation] for sure, though.
There were Nazi sympathizers here during WWII, and they and their descendants didn't go anywhere. They just feel emboldened now that their guy became president.
Are you capable of having a discussion with people you disagree with without resorting to silly and distracting attacks? In the course of our back and forth here you've made claims that I am emotionally retarded, intellectually retarded, a liar, an idiot and now loosely a pedophile...(i think on that last one) All because I disagree with you? I'll acknowledge the only attack of sorts I stated was that your nazi/tiger comparison comment was stupid because it was. But I don't think you are stupid which was the whole point of me saying that, giving you a chance to walk back from a stupid comment, as we've all been there.
Didn't need the semi colon unless you wanted to sound like a putz, but yes, it's a clear false equivalency. Nazis and radical leftists aren't the same. Unless the swatzika is the new emblem for liberals?
The greatest generation became what they are despite these abominations, not because of it. To see this abomination come out in the open is disgusting to a whole new level.
Not holding liberals and the media accountable while white supremacists are merely the other side of the coin=lacking stability emotionally and intellectually
Don't condemn confronting evil people by counterprotesting their rallies. Right now they seem like a bunch of losers led by Richard Spencer-type wonks. But if they could repeat the Holocaust they'd do it in a minute. All that stops them is despite Trump being president (and he isn't really one of them) they have no power in government. Let's keep it that way.
Give it a rest Blue. I was being sarcastic. There were Right Wing Armed Protesters in front of the Lee monument. There weren't any Left Wing Paramilitaries anywhere and I doubt if any exist. That young lady was killed by a Nazi Wannabe, not a leftist liberal. Now if pointing that out makes me hysterical, so be it. Amazing that as long as it was Alt-Right people punching anti-Trump protesters, it was all good. Once the bully got punched, suddenly its a yuuge problem. As long as The Left was content in turning the other cheek and singing songs, it was ok to kick them around but once there were no more cheeks to turn, its an issue. So, now there are almost mirror images of both sides although it may take a while to find a leftist burning a cross or blowing up a govt. bldg. Call it a balance of hate if you will. Call it whatever you want but know this... Every time there's a racist rally somewhere, there's gonna be counter protesters. Every time your POTUS gets tongue tied when it comes to standing against Racists, he's gonna get called on it. For every punch thrown, a counter punch will be thrown. Violence is no longer the sole province of the Alt-Right. This is where things stand in 2017 Trumpmerica as it truly is no longer "United". We on the left didn't start this fight, but we'll do our best to survive it whatever it takes. The Snowflakes are turning into an Avalanche slowly but surely. Its about damned time too.
I always considered myself a hard-core conservative, and somehow, these days, I find myself being branded as a bluest democrat and liberal as one can be. Ya know, those America-Hating, Gay-Loving, Abortion-supporting liberals. [Like these fringe issues define conservatism. Ha!] Really - I wouldn't mind fighting with the liberals - that's always a better option than joining forces with the parochial, narrow-minded bigots that are here to destroy the future of this country. P.S. Republican party of late does NOT represent conservative values. They encourage division and hatred. That is not the vision of conservatism I was raised with.
Your Party got hijacked by maniacal ideologues pandering to the worst of human nature. I don't think all conservatives are racist homophobic xenophobes but it seems only those people can find microphones while the reasonable wing of the GOP is just now finding its voice. My God, even Sessions came out with public repudiation and people thought HE was a charter member of the alt-right. Maybe instead of taking your country back, you should have taken your party back. There's still time Zach. Help the GOP save themselves before its too late.
When you are taking heat for not criticizing white supremacists and a black CEO quits because of it, nothing like doubling down and attacking him... http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/14/investing/merck-ceo-trump-charlottesville/index.html
My party? What my party? GOP is not my party. It hasn't been for the past two decades or so. Last good president from GOP is Father Bush for all I can tell. He wasn't the lying weasel that his son was. And he ain't no megalomaniac that this Orange man is. And Father Bush had the sense to support immigration if anything. [His son deserves some credit in this regard too.] Do they stand for what I believe? FUCK NO. No man of integrity can survive in that environment. Yes. I am saying just that. I quit on GOP because I am a conservative.
