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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Or do the Jews peacefully worshiping inside have a right to not be terrorized that supersedes the free speech rights of the Nazis? If the latter, should the government therefore enforce limited, reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech and public gathering to protect the victims of hate groups?
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The police will keep everyone feeling safe. Oh wait... (I'm not making a broad statement with this, I'm just saying it's not simple, and I'm just frustrated at the huge difference between the police giving wide leeway last weekend vs. something like Ferguson).
One thing I didn't know about Antifa was the amount of stuff they do behind the scenes to non-violently combat fascism. They apparently monitor social media and common online hangouts to look for coming events and try and get them stopped before they start, by talking to venues and informing them that the group booking the event are nazis and white supremacists. They identify them and try and get social pressures to bear on them (informing their families, schools, workplaces).
Also didn't realize the history of the movement was as deep as it is.
I don't condone many of the methods, but I also can at least see and understand the motivation. As far as I understand they're saying that some ideas are so evil that they can't be permitted to see the light of day unchallenged. I can't say with any great confidence that that's wrong or right, but I can at least understand it.