The Group That Got Ignored in Charlottesville

[EasyAce]

By Ben Shapiro
http://www.dailywire.com/news/19782/group-got-ignored-charlottesville-ben-shapiro

The "alt-right" is evil. White supremacism is evil. Neo-Nazism is evil.

I've been saying these things my entire career; I've spent more than a year slamming various factions on
the right that refuse to disassociate from and condemn popularizers of the racist alt-right. The media, too,
have spent inordinate time covering the rise of the alt-right and tacit acquiescence to it from White House
chief strategist Steve Bannon and President Trump. So when an alt-right piece of human debris drove a
car at 40 mph into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, last Saturday, injuring 19 people and
killing a 32-year-old woman, the level of scrutiny on the alt-right forced Trump to condemn various alt-
right groups by name.

Good.

But the media have remained largely silent about another group: Antifa. Antifa is a loosely connected band
of anti-capitalist protesters generally on the far left who dub themselves "anti-fascist" after their compatriots
in Europe . . .

. . . In Charlottesville, Antifa engaged in street violence with the alt-right racists. As in Weimar, Germany,
fascists flying the swastika engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Antifa members flying the communist
red. And yet, the media declared that any negative coverage granted to Antifa would detract from the
obvious evils of the alt-right . . .

. . . Here's the moral solution, as always: Condemn violence and evil wherever it occurs. The racist
philosophy of the alt-right is evil. The violence of the alt-right is evil. The communist philosophy of Antifa
is evil. So is the violence of Antifa. If we are to survive as a republic, we must call out Nazis but not
punch them; we must stop providing cover to anarchists and communists who seek to hide behind self-
proclaimed righteousness to participate in violence. Otherwise, we won't be an honest or a free society.

[bolobaby]

No no no.

Rubio tweeted TODAY that violence against the alt-right is JUSTIFIED!

Know a bigot? Drag him into the street and beat him with bats! It's justified!

That baker doesn't want to bake a cake for the gay couple? Bigot! Beat them! JUSTIFIED!

Someone you know doesn't want to date the transgender person hitting on them? Must be transphobic! Hater! Bigot! Get the bats *and* the noose! JUSTIFIED!

[EasyAce]

Rubio tweeted TODAY that violence against the alt-right is JUSTIFIED!

If he did, he's an ass, plain and simple.

[GtHawk]

If he did, he's an ass, plain and simple.

Come on cut him some slack, he was probably dehydrate and not thinking clearly. I think he's dehydrated most of the time.

[Fishrrman]

EasyAce wrote (regarding Rubio):
"If he did, he's an ass, plain and simple."

He's been one for quite some time.
This guy was actually a candidate for president, that folks right here were pushin' ...?

[EasyAce]

EasyAce wrote (regarding Rubio):
"If he did, he's an ass, plain and simple."

He's been one for quite some time.
This guy was actually a candidate for president, that folks right here were pushin' ...?

Let's face it. Last year the crop of candidates on both sides, put together, was a dumper crop.
And when it came down to it we ended up with a national house on fire and no better choice
than between a pair of arsonists---one armed with a blow torch, one armed with a flame
thrower---to fight the fire.

Just another reason to be grateful that I could vote "none of these candidates" in my state.