Aug 13, 2017 So...... One example of a bunch of dumbass white supremacists doesn't constitute for all situations.
Aug 13, 2017 Don't understand how "Libertarian" falls inline behind a fascist who wants to spend more on the military and appoints Jeff Sessions top cop... Trump is probably the least Libertarian President we've had in a hundred years.
Aug 13, 2017 Never said I was 100% pro Trump..... There are plenty of things he does that I disagree with...... I hate Jeff Sessions..... And FDR is the least Libertarian president we've had in the last 100 years.
Aug 13, 2017 Any movement that's lighting cars on fire and smashing restaurant windows isn't helpful to anyone, but I don't know a lot of specifics about them beyond that if I'm being honest. Anti-fascism is certainly a more noble cause than white nationalism at the very least, but I don't think ends necessarily justify means.
Aug 13, 2017 Winning WW2 and the New Deal did actually Make America Great. So, you only had to go back 72 years to come up with a less Libertarian President than Trump... I can only come up with Rick Santorum as a less Libertarian modern Presintial candidate than Trump. Honestly think you should stop pretending you are a Libertarian and just admit you are a Trunp Cultist.
Aug 13, 2017 75% of the time I cringe at Antifa... But at the same time I know the Iron Front were war heroes.
Aug 13, 2017 Obviously winning WW2 was great. I'm not a fan of the New Deal because it expanded the role that government has in our lives. Forgot Santorum for a minute, dude is cancer. Right, I'm pretending to be a libertarian....... I'm totally a Trump cultist. Even though I didn't vote for Trump. Stop making assumptions Res.
Aug 13, 2017 to answer your question @Charlie Work i would respectfully disagree with bc's post here. i think antifa is necessary. we underestimate the value in stamping out white nationalism in all its various forms before it has the chance to build momentum.
Aug 13, 2017 They're extremists & I don't necessarily agree with all their techniques, I more or less support their cause. I can understand why people wouldn't like them because they have a tendency to be violent but at the same time, it's typically directed at the right people. I'm not mad if an antifa protestor punches a nazi in the face. We use to give medals to people who beat up nazis. All extremist groups are controversial though I mean look at the black panthers.
Aug 13, 2017 this is a silly way to look at the world. ideology is supposed to be rooted in prediction--you believe a government should act a certain way because you feel that method will be most effective for its citizens. judging history on anything other than its tangible effects is stupid.
Aug 13, 2017 Would have done the same tbh i am living in germany nazi s--- triggers me i am pro jewish and black fight me
Aug 13, 2017 I mean, I can see why people are hesitant to support an anonymous assembly that regularly destroys property, but it's definitely in the name of protecting people. The antifa participants don't even share the same ideologies most of the time. They only organize in response. We live in a country where our president won't even rebuke terrorism carried out by white extremists when it claims lives. If you advocate violence, I don't have pity when you're subject to it. These are groups which want to ethnically cleanse the United States. The commentariat have and continue to normalize their beliefs. Antifa is necessary.
Aug 13, 2017 Yeah dude, I'm stupid for believing government should have minimal involvement in my life. Big government has such a great track record.
Aug 13, 2017 There's a reason the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdoch financially supported the Teapublican movememnt. They only want government to shrink so corporations will have free reign. Don't fall for the branding they've slapped on it. Government regulations are helpful in protecting the populous whenever corporations haven't managed to pass legislation that allows them to asymmetrically influence politics. There's money behind the US lib movement because a class of corporate interests want to pollute and exploit at their own (lack of) discretion.
Aug 13, 2017 man, this is a really, really dumb post. i respond to your new deal comments by pointing out that ideology is a shoddy lens for judging history or fully-implemented strategies, and you respond by...doubling down on that? the new deal is one of the most successful legislative agendas in modern western history. tell me more about how bad its "track record" is.
