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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
Somehow, I don't think all those donkeys violently protesting events such as the G8, the WTO and so on are "right wing party" voters...
To suggest there aren't yahoos on both sides of the political spectrum is crazy.
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I wasn't suggesting there are not extremists on both sides because that's clearly not the case. I'm just consistently irked by the repeated claims of false equivalence; one side is far more likely to invoke firearm-related metaphors and appeals to violent revolution. Surely I don't need to tell you what side that is. You're being purposely disingenuous and intellectually dishonest if you think both sides are equally guilty of this.
The types of protesters you mentioned are radical fringe elements on the extreme left, and many of them tend to think both the Democrats and the Republicans are merely two sides of the same coin. Their actions are certainly not encouraged by any Democratic candidates or elected officials, unlike GOP-backed candidates like Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle pandering to their base.