Caltrops - Balance of Power





	[quote name="They Will Never Understand"][quote name="exhausted but hopeful"]It was. It’s so easy to debunk that its enduring nature has really bolstered the whole “fake news” narrative. I’m not sure how much you remember (it was 2017) so I’ll include a synopsis, but please, go watch the conference/read the transcript for yourself. It was at a rally/protest while they were taking down Confederate statues in Charlottesville. One side was protesting the removal of historical monuments, the other was endorsing it. Of course, both sides drew diverse groups who nominally supported either removal or preservation; neo-Nazis showed up to protest the removal, Antifa showed up to counter-protest, violence ensued. A young woman was run over and killed by a member of the neo-Nazi subgroup. Local police were, for whatever reason, unprepared for the level/size/volatility of demonstration that took place.[/quote] It's too bad we can't know how the demonstration would've played out if antifa had decided to stay in bed that day. I suspect the neo-nazis would've felt like they were being heard, instead of drowned out by petulant children, and wouldn't have been forced to resort to violence to get their point across. Does antifa even care about history, or will they just take any opportunity to throw food and drink at people? They strike me as the sort who would ignore everything the appraisers on the Antiques Roadshow were telling them except what they could expect their item to fetch at auction. Meanwhile the skinhead is over here listening intently to the proud European provenance of his grandpa's dagger. If he put a hat on he'd be just like you or me.[/quote]