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If you're concerned about rights stripped away, start with the Patriot Act.

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Respectfully speaking...its not as black and white as you both want to paint it to be

theres nothing you just said im not in agreement with and ive laid fault at both the protesters, the counter-protesters and the police. exactly how then have I painted Charlottesville as something black and white?

Several speakers criticized the Council members for not having heeded warnings to avoid the protest, and promised to vote them out of office. But city officials stressed that they had tried to deny the white supremacist rally a permit, but that a federal court had ruled in favor of the protest organizers.

Well maybe the fault lies with the appeals court or with the appeals process. The city Council tried to reject the permit for the parade or the March claiming I would guess that it was too dangerous. However the court just went right ahead and, backed up by all the free-speech prior precedent, then had to approve the permit. So it makes you wonder where the balance is between a community that asserts there is a treat of lawlessness and a court that says it must comply with precedent on free-speech.

Your arguments would be very reasonable had the cops not been told to stand down by those same politicians. Had the cops been allowed to do their jobs we might not have had this mess. However, I believe the politicians how another agenda.

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If you're concerned about rights stripped away, start with the Patriot Act.

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I'll just be blunt that I will continue to oppose Nazis, however folks decide to spin the debate.
And I'll continue to wonder why there's even a debate about Nazis.
A bunch of armed folks carrying Nazi flags show up. Who thought this would go peacefully?
Some very angry people oppose them. Gosh, how strange.
That the president of the US would equate them--that's bizarre. I hope his ass gets kicked repeatedly. FFS.

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
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If you're concerned about rights stripped away, start with the Patriot Act.

Oh you gotta go a lot further back than that.

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If both parties are wrong, then the only "victim" is our potential for having our Constitutional Rights stripped away by the abuse of extremists behavior.
I can say ANTIFA was wrong, when they went from being protestors to rioting, because they WERE WRONG.
The same goes for Neo-Nazis.
I have never once supported Trump for President, neither did I vote for him. I avoid denigrating President Trump, simply out of a personal sense of distaste of badmouthing our President. I do not share his beliefs, condone the behavior of the man and I won't be sorry to see him out of Office. However, it my belief that The President, has very little actual power so I'm now focused on the levels of government in place to prevent our President from wreaking too much harm.
Yes, the ugly, the deplorable and the extreme are emboldened. That only means a voice of reason and respect for humanity needs to hold itself to a higher standard and those who abuse their rights need to be held accountable. No matter who they are or what they stand for. It doesn't mean they don't have a basic right, in America, under the parameters set forth by our Constitution, to be assholes with a shitty point of view.

• A Conservative interpretation of the US Constitution
  
• Personal Responsibility
  
• Help for the truly needy
  
• Limited Government
  
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I'll just be blunt that I will continue to oppose Nazis, however folks decide to spin the debate.
And I'll continue to wonder why there's even a debate about Nazis.
A bunch of armed folks carrying Nazi flags show up. Who thought this would go peacefully?
Some very angry people oppose them. Gosh, how strange.
That the president of the US would equate them--that's bizarre. I hope his ass gets kicked repeatedly. FFS.

He equated them only in that they both were part of the violence and hate. And, he was correct in that.

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On 15 August 2017, the disreputable web site YourNewsWire posted a story purporting to quote an “anonymous” police officer saying that law enforcement in Charlottesville, Virginia had been instructed not only to “stand down” during a violent white supremacist rally, but to instigate violence by purposely bringing rival groups together in order to start a race war.

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If both parties are wrong, then the only "victim" is our potential for having our Constitutional Rights stripped away by the abuse of extremists behavior.
I can say ANTIFA was wrong, when they went from being protestors to rioting, because they WERE WRONG.
The same goes for Neo-Nazis.
I have never once supported Trump for President, neither did I vote for him. I avoid denigrating President Trump, simply out of a personal sense of distaste of badmouthing our President. I do not share his beliefs, condone the behavior of the man and I won't be sorry to see him out of Office. However, it my belief that The President, has very little actual power so I'm now focused on the levels of government in place to prevent our President from wreaking too much harm.
Yes, the ugly, the deplorable and the extreme are emboldened. That only means a voice of reason and respect for humanity needs to hold itself to a higher standard and those who abuse their rights need to be held accountable. No matter who they are or what they stand for. It doesn't mean they don't have a basic right, in America, under the parameters set forth by our Constitution, to be assholes with a shitty point of view.

It's a pity you have to defend yourself simply because you assign blame for the violence in VA on both sides.

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Why do these clowns keep pretending people other than Nazis go parading carrying Nazi flags?

Isn't that the point of a flag? Ready identification?

They're not REAL Nazis, they're just trying to make a point. Or something. About how they're only Nazi-ish. Or just like their outfits. Yeah. Maybe. Who knows. But they're DEFINITELY not REAL Nazis. I mean, you would have to be some kind of libtard cuck to think they were REAL Nazis...

And thus, the political philosophy of Moronism was born.

Do you think Trump will run again as a Republican, or will he want to front the Moron Party?

The Conservative Party, if it still has sense left, will run from both and start fronting their own candidate.

He may not have any other option come 2020 if he carries on the way he's doing at present. The sane republicans (not the ones we get on here, obvs) seem to like him even less than the democrats do.

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And your last sentence pretends I already haven't.

Yet, you're only blaming and condemning the white supremacists for the violence, and knocking those who are putting the blame on both sides as supporting the white supremacists.

that's been my observation also.

No, you've been an apologist for armed nazis for a week and a half, by deflecting anywhere else you can.

You continually decide what you think and then pretend you're seeing it in what others write.

Nobody here has defended any Nazis but you

You are literally projecting here in defense of your antifa speech Nazi friends

What you posted perfectly fits you, and them

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Before Trump, name one Republican whose sane, rational policies you defended.

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Why do these clowns keep pretending people other than Nazis go parading carrying Nazi flags?

Isn't that the point of a flag? Ready identification?

They're not REAL Nazis, they're just trying to make a point. Or something. About how they're only Nazi-ish. Or just like their outfits. Yeah. Maybe. Who knows. But they're DEFINITELY not REAL Nazis. I mean, you would have to be some kind of libtard cuck to think they were REAL Nazis...

And thus, the political philosophy of Moronism was born.

Do you think Trump will run again as a Republican, or will he want to front the Moron Party?

The Conservative Party, if it still has sense left, will run from both and start fronting their own candidate.

He may not have any other option come 2020 if he carries on the way he's doing at present. The sane republicans (not the ones we get on here, obvs) seem to like him even less than the democrats do.

Ironic that...you calling any Republican sane. Before Trump, name one Republican whose sane, rational policies you defended. If Trump were gone tomorrow, you'd be back to calling them all entitled, obstructionist, feeble-minded assholes. Just as you do those who find fault with what Trump first said but who also find fault with those on the left practicing violence

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Respectfully speaking...its not as black and white as you both want to paint it to be

theres nothing you just said im not in agreement with and ive laid fault at both the protesters, the counter-protesters and the police. exactly how then have I painted Charlottesville as something black and white?

I'm not sure, in my mind, that the cops have any blame. I've never met a cop that would want to stand down in a situation like that. I believe they were forced to stand down by politicians with a political agenda.

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And your last sentence pretends I already haven't.

Yet, you're only blaming and condemning the white supremacists for the violence, and knocking those who are putting the blame on both sides as supporting the white supremacists.

that's been my observation also.

No, you've been an apologist for armed nazis for a week and a half, by deflecting anywhere else you can.

You continually decide what you think and then pretend you're seeing it in what others write.

Nobody here has defended any Nazis but you

You are literally projecting here in defense of your antifa speech Nazi friends

What you posted perfectly fits you, and them

absolutely incredibly %(#&* mind boggling.

I mentioned earlier he's just a less vulgar version of mnottertroll and Thompson---im thinking now he has the same brains and lack of moral integrity they have also.

just to summarize it all:

bounty: the police were partially at fault for not doing their job

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: the counter-protestors were at fault, the police were at fault, the protestors were at fault

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: so hillwilliam, you cant make statements like that without being able to support them

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: I support anyone's rights to protest peacefully

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: people can carry weapons to protect themselves

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: you constantly show me you that you cannot articulate my views correctly

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

manicalmystery: I didn't get any bread with my soup

bounty: you want bread? two dollars!

maniacalmystery: Nazi!


interacting with him makes me feel like im in the middle of an ann coulter article and he's one of the liberals she's ripping on.

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absolutely incredibly %(#&* mind boggling.

I mentioned earlier he's just a less vulgar version of mnottertroll and Thompson---im thinking now he has the same brains and lack of moral integrity they have also.

just to summarize it all:

bounty: the police were partially at fault for not doing their job

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: the counter-protestors were at fault, the police were at fault, the protestors were at fault

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: so hillwilliam, you cant make statements like that without being able to support them

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: I support anyone's rights to protest peacefully

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: people can carry weapons to protect themselves

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

bounty: you constantly show me you that you cannot articulate my views correctly

maniacalmystery: Nazi!

manicalmystery: I didn't get any bread with my soup

bounty: you want bread? two dollars!

maniacalmystery: Nazi!


interacting with him makes me feel like im in the middle of an ann coulter article and he's one of the liberals she's ripping on.

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...and therefore people carrying Nazi flags are not Nazis.

You guys would be a great comedy team if you only had better material.