In his decision, a judge agreed that the alleged white nationalists were being selectively prosecuted instead of 'far-left extremist groups, such as Antifa.'
It’s pretty sad that your comments were removed, as discussing the logical conclusion of these situations is important.
We can’t simply plug our ears and ignore the very real dangers of the justice system failing to punish people (whether justified or not). When people determine they have no other recourse, political violence is the logical conclusion of such a situation.
It’s a terrible thing that there is a real chance for political violence to become mainstream, and simply ignoring that possibility is more dangerous than addressing it openly.
I didn’t see the removed comments but I wanted to mention something.
There’s a difference between “addressing it openly” and fetishizing violence. One says: “this may happen” or “this did happen”. The other says “check this out, think about it more often like I do!”.
I think we have all seen news articles that do one or the other. It’s relatively easy to tell the difference by the words or tone used. You’re not being slick if you pretend to do the first while actually doing the second.
It’s pretty sad that your comments were removed, as discussing the logical conclusion of these situations is important.
We can’t simply plug our ears and ignore the very real dangers of the justice system failing to punish people (whether justified or not). When people determine they have no other recourse, political violence is the logical conclusion of such a situation.
It’s a terrible thing that there is a real chance for political violence to become mainstream, and simply ignoring that possibility is more dangerous than addressing it openly.
I didn’t see the removed comments but I wanted to mention something.
There’s a difference between “addressing it openly” and fetishizing violence. One says: “this may happen” or “this did happen”. The other says “check this out, think about it more often like I do!”.
I think we have all seen news articles that do one or the other. It’s relatively easy to tell the difference by the words or tone used. You’re not being slick if you pretend to do the first while actually doing the second.