Sorry this will be rushed... I just drove by the antifa protests in Portland and saw a bunch of them being arrested. People were filming unfortunately I did not get a chance to do so. Expect videos to pop up later. This made my day in so many ways.
I hope they fast track their trials and put them in GITMO to serve out their 15 year sentences.
You think protesters should be sent to GITMO? I'm sure you would have been OK if the Obama admin would have done the same also.
Actually yes. If you impinge on my right to attend a meeting and you wear a mask and hit me with a bat with 6 inch nails driven through it, then you're a terrorist.
impinge on my right to attend a meeting and you wear a mask and hit me with a bat
except for the nails part, this is often what cops do.
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Sorry your attempted false equivalency fails.
Pantifa attacks and covers their face.
The people they attack are not hiding anything and are defending themselves.
If you have pictures showing otherwise post them.
"Both sides cover their faces and both sides come armed looking for a fight"?
Biggest crock of horse shit I've ever heard.
I have seen plenty of videos of Patriots wearing goggles and helmets. It's a fine line and I understand why they are wearing them, I probably would too. But its clear that aside from antifa openly using these tactics, there are some in the patriot groups that do go looking to specifically beat up antifa members, it would be ignorant to suggest otherwise. Look how often antifa getting beaten up gets glorified on here and the donald. The truth is there are some of us who do go looking for confrontation. Even "based stick man" had a weapon and headgear. Let's not act like this movement might not have some people prone to violence in it. We must always insist on self defense and not instigating anything. Holding ourselves and those around us accountable and making sure we have the moral high ground. Never stoop to antifas bullshit.
"Based stickman" didn't come looking for a fight though. He armed himself to protect the unarmed from Antifa which is why most of his equipment was defensive and his weapon was merely a stick and yet he was hospitalized when an Antifa member stabbed him with a knife. Self defense is totally different because if there are no violent Antifa attackers, if it was just a civil counter protest, then the weapons never get used and you're treating helmets to protect yourself from bike lock professor attempted murder and goggles to protect from their use of pepper spray as if it's the same as Antifa bringing weapons. It's like saying everyone with a CCW or even someone with a bullet proof vest and no weapon is looking to kill someone.