re: Mitt Romney agrees, Anti-Fa> White Supremacists

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Why is that because to people like you its about image

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Everything is about Image that's just politics. My statement from the last page is absolutely true regardless if they both suck.

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"This group Antifa (that no one heard or cared about until last year) is just as bad as Nazis" - yea not the best frickin optics for a politician no?

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Is it not amazing that the Republican Party establishment stalwarts STILL BELIEVE after all that has transpired over the decades, that they can get mass media to be nice to them?!?

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It's one of the most pathetic things I've ever seen. It's like they know they're losers and have no problem being just that and they get pissed off when they see a "republican" win against them.

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This group Antifa (that no one heard or cared about until last year) is just as bad as Nazis" - yea not the best fuEckin optics for a politician no?

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I had never heard of Unity & Security for America until yesterday

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So its all about a show to you

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Im just stating facts buddy. People equate nazis with genocide and they equate Antifa (you remember the topic of this thread was Antifa va Nazis right) with being agaist Nazis.

That's current public opinion and it's a losing political battle to try and equate the two like you are doing especially after Saturday's car attack.

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People equate nazis with genocide and they equate Antifa (you remember the topic of this thread was Antifa va Nazis right) with being agaist Nazis.

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Those people are stupid

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That is the first time I have heard that antifa was just a group of people that don't like nazis.

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They've been creating violence since Trump won. They're commies

When's the last time a white supremacist opened fire on a contingent of unarmed congressmen playing baseball? They are all pieces of shite.

You want me to distance my independent party from nazis?

Ummkay done

Did I do that fast enough or did I hesitate too long?

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I looked at that itsgoingdown.org site. I can't agree with their ideology or tactics either. Different sides of the same coin with the Nazis to me.

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The problem with Trump's series of reactions over the past few days boils down to two things:

1) Timing: he didn't come out quickly enough or boldly enough for people to believe that it was authentic, especially given his history of statements and some of his supporters

2) (Probably most importantly) He didn't tease out the despicable elements of the protesters (the Antifa types, the communists, the anarcho-syndicalists, etc.) from the every day person who didn't want that alt right element in their town. I would say most - probably a significant majority - of the protesters looked like regular college kids or just run-of-the-mill liberals. That didn't seem to be the case on the other side where almost all of the protesters seemed to be from some alt right org.

That said, I 100% agree with you regarding Antifa and their ilk. They are every bit as bad as any of the "blood and soil" nationalist types. I mean what's the difference in one ideology that killed tens of millions, ripped apart entire countries, enabled genocide, and played a major role in the bloodiest century in human history compared to the other ideology that killed tens of millions, ripped apart entire countries, enabled genocide, and played a major role in the bloodiest century? Antifa likes to fly the hammer and sickle, cops old Communist slogans, and so forth just like the alt right groups do the same for Nazism.

That's where I disagree with McCain and Romney (and I love Romney - he's still my favorite Republican from this century). Most of the protesters in Charlottesville protesting against the alt right types are perfectly good people, but there was an insidious element mixed in there that is every bit as bad as the white nationalists.