Originally posted by Darkstorm Zero
Was this ever denied? What does that have to do with someone dying?
I'm pointing out that the whole BS people are putting forth about "they didn't murder anyone so do not deserve condemnation" is..well, BS. These are not angels, no you didn't personally claim it.
Except you keep trying to draw attention to Antifa's antics more and more and more in a thread that is not about Antifa's antics, but the death of a potential Antifa member at the actions of a group known to harbor and praise people who kill for something as pointless as a difference of opinion.
The violent clashes of the day lead to deaths. Antifa was a part of those violent clashes.
Then talk about that rather than Antifa's actions here. Antifa's got multiple threads dedicated to it's bullshit, use them.
They were just as much a part of the violent clashes that lead to these deaths.
Outside of the direct topic, you need to prove your wider narrative of CNN's fake news. I'm not saying I endorse CNN, but if you are going to make a fake narrative, you need to explain your standards of evidence then provide that evidence.
It is not a narrative, I was literally quoting from a CNN article. The article flat out said the things I described.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/politics/trump-charlottesville-statement/index.html
The exact quote:
[b]"Both sides don't scream racist and anti-Semitic things at people with whom they disagree. They don't base a belief system on the superiority of one race over others. They don't get into fistfights with people who don't see things their way. They don't create chaos and leave a trail of injured behind them."
So the first sentence is true, they do not scream racist stuff at people they disagree with. They do at times accuse people they disagree with of sexism/racism in order to shut down the conversation though, but meh on that.
Their believe system bit, also true. The 3rd sentence: pure fantasy. The 4th sentence: pure fantasy. Even if you remove Antifa from the equation they are still fantasy. We've seen people on the left show up to Trump rallies and get violent. Anti-Trumpers committed various acts of violence in the days and weeks following his victory.
As for the rest of that last bit I don't know what you mean there... I certainly never said Antifa was innocent, but Antifa's guilt or innocence is not the subject at hand here. What is the issue, is that a person is dead, a Neo Nazi did it and that is a fact. it's also not surprising that it would be the Nazis who crossed the uncrossable line. THAT is the subject.
You personally have not said they are innocent, but nobody listens to you. I don't mean that in a mean way, I just mean you don't really have a platform. So even if, right now, you said they were innocent it would be meaningless because like 6 people will see it. Now if you were a reporter or even if you were just interviewed by a reporter and they broadcast the interview and you said they were innocent, it would be problematic. You have the right to it of course, though..I don't want people to think I mean you shouldn't be allowed to say it.
I agree it is not surprising a neo nazi would cross that line.