re: It must be backfiring

The fact that trump promoted (unsuccessfully) protests after obamas election but damning them now seems quite ironic. I don't think you share that sense of irony or want to believe he didn't meant it when he said it.

That was my point. If you're going to call people who organized and, for the most part, peacefully protested Trump fascist wouldn't it be fitting to look at Trump in the same light since he was encouring this behavior in 2012?

Can you even tell me the majority of protesters present were violent or took part in the riots, or did the news give more press to these rioters instead of the actual peaceful protestors. Isn't that what typically happens in events like this? Riots get more clicks or views. I still haven't seen any evidence suggesting that these protests were created for the intent to incite violence and destroy property, and the majority of protestors, over the span of these protests, were indeed partaking or supporting this.